Transfer students who matriculate to UVA during the summer typically apply to Brown college with the fall deadline for upperclass students and can request a room for the spring semester if one is available should they be admitted. Those who wish for immediate fall housing at Brown College must apply with the deadline for first-year students, and space is not guaranteed as all upperclass rooms may have been filled for the upcoming year at that point.

Transfer students who matriculate in the spring semester typically are unable to get an immediate room since by that time all rooms have been filled by the fall application deadline, but are free to apply to Brown College either with the first year application deadline for a room for fall semester, or are able to apply with the fall's upperclassmen deadline for a room for the following year.