The 2027Dorm Room Makeover
First in your family to go to college? Let us design your first home away from home, fully funded and installed on move-in.
What you could win
A fully funded dorm room design and on-site installation in your assigned campus housing.
Criteria to apply
Are you ready?
- ✓
Graduating senior
You're a high school senior entering college as a freshman in Fall 2027.
- ✓
African American or Hispanic
You identify as African American/Black or Hispanic/Latino.
- ✓
First-generation
Your parents or guardians don't have a bachelor's degree, and none of your brothers or sisters has earned a degree.
- ✓
Full-time in an eligible state
You plan to attend a college or university full-time in one of these:
ALDCFLGAMDMSNCSCTXVA - ✓
Living on campus
You plan to live in on-campus housing. Not sure yet? That's okay.
- ✓
Video + full application
Finish the online application and personal video by May 7, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET.
Quick check · 5 questions
Do you qualify?
Answer honestly. Green means you're on track, and red means you won't be eligible for a Dorm Room Makeover this year.
Are you a graduating high school senior starting college in Fall 2027?
Do you identify as African American/Black or Hispanic/Latino?
Your parents or legal guardians have not earned a four-year (bachelor's) degree, and none of your brothers or sisters has earned a degree.Is this true for you?
Examples
- YesMy parents didn't go to college, and I'm the first in my house to go to a four-year university.
- YesMy mom went to community college but didn't get a bachelor's degree.
- NoMy dad has a bachelor's degree from a four-year college.
- NoMy older brother graduated from a four-year university, even though my parents didn't go to college.
Will you attend college full-time in AL, DC, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TX or VA?
Do you plan to live in on-campus housing?
Start your application
Tell us who you are
Enter your name, email and high school below, then you'll go straight to the full 2027 application.