<p>I believe that housing for freshmen is assigned based on when they receive your application and deposit, so if you are interested in specific dorms (honors, LLCs, standard v economy etc), the earlier you make your deposit the better. Your deposit is fully refundable up until a certain time and then may be partially refundable; here is a list of their cancellation dates:</p>
<p>[Residential</a> Life > Information Pages > Cancellation Dates 2010-2011](<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/reslife/info%20pages/cancellation1011.html]Residential”>http://www.northeastern.edu/reslife/info%20pages/cancellation1011.html)</p>