@williamNYC - agreed that people signing up for housing before they’ve made their decision is not helpful to UMD for planning purposes. My son called UMD admissions office on Monday. The person he spoke to specifically told him that he should neither activate his UMD portal account nor sign up for housing until after he has made the decision to commit to UMD. So, while it seems the system may let you get around that, it isn’t actually what they want (going by what they told my son). Makes sense to me - the check list is numbered in order: item 4 is accept your offer, item 5 is activate your account, item 6 is sign up for housing… My son is going to wait until he’s sure about his decision. I understand that others may decide to handle it differently.