<p>haha, just wondering.
and how would you get a single, if there are any.</p>
<p>thanks everyone~</p>
<p>[First</a> Year Housing: Frequently Asked Questions, Housing Division, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/housing/faq.php?faq_id=fy#faq_6]First”>http://www.virginia.edu/housing/faq.php?faq_id=fy#faq_6)
just request a single on the application, search this site for more info on the single room options you might get and why rooming with a friend is usually a bad idea</p>
<p>Can you request two roommates and a triple dorm?</p>
<p>Paved88, in the past you haven’t been able to request a triple room or two roommates. In all honesty I don’t know why you want two roommates though, those few triple rooms that exist aren’t much larger anyways.</p>
<p>The roommate thing is definitely something I worry about for D. She is looking to get into BME and although she is far from a complete book worm she will need quite time at night to study. Ive heard my nephew talk about party every night and that will not help her get into a competitive program like BME. She has done a few summer programs at UVA and has stayed at Kellogg and Alderman. She liked the Alderman suite style because you did get to meet more than your roommate and she definitely wants to meet new people and not just hang out with people from her H.S. VT actually has a specific dorm for female engineering students the first year (if you chose to take that option). The theory being that those around you can help with questions and are taking the same courses. Does anyone else have any suggestions regarding what is the best way to get a roommate that would be a match?</p>
<p>Fill out the form accurately (ie, doesn’t party, smoke, whatever else they ask on there). There’s no guarantee outside of that unless she gets a single.</p>
<p>Also, in reference to the “party every night” comment, well I’m actually not into the party scene at all, but even if there is a party every night, most people limit their partying to the weekend+thursday as far as I know. Also, if she needs a quiet place to study, the libraries are GREAT. I was never a “library person” in high school, I was always perfectly able to get my work done efficiently just in my room, but now, even though I have a single, when I need to get work done I go to the library. It’s just a lot more conducive to efficient studying regardless of whether you have a roommate or not. …not to mention the McGregor Room in Alderman Library (affectionately known as the Harry Potter room because it looks like the Gryffindor Common Room) is really comfy as well as being a quiet-only study area 
It’s my favorite place to study by far.</p>
<p>…thursday is the weekend</p>
<p>that’s essentially what i meant :)</p>
<p>:) (10 chrs)</p>
<p>Sounds like any other college experience. Thanks for the input.</p>
<p>She should look for a UVA group for 2010 first years on Facebook. We are from out of state and that is how my daughter found her roommate last year as she did not know a soul. They were then able to meet at one of the summer orientations. And it has worked out wonderfully for her.</p>
<p>From a current engineering student: don’t worry about roommates first year. I think living with someone else for a year, in a non-A/C environment, and having to learn to live in a dorm is a key aspect to college. Once she gets a room assignment, she should talk to her roommate and designate certain nights where they can have peace and quiet in their rooms. Like others have said, the library will have to be utilized, and there’s plenty of study space in the e-school as well. I live in my own room this year and still have to go to the library because as UVA_hopeful pointed out, it’s a space conducive to studying/doing work.<br>
She shouldn’t fret about whether or not a roommate will keep her out of BmE. Her grades are her responsibility and it’s a good life lesson to learn how to get work done. Having a roommate will give her someone to talk to, hang out with, and help ease the pressures of college. It may actually be good for her GPA :)</p>
<p>Gary614 - my D is also going into the e-school and has similar concerns as to a rommate match. She’s on the official 2014 group on facebook but judging from the responses on the roommate discussion, many are ready to start the party :)</p>
<p>If you’re interested, PM me and maybe we can have them talk on facebook :)</p>