Hey guys,
Since the housing application comes out in a few weeks and I would like to get my application in ASAP to make sure that I get the type of dorm that I want, I wanted to ask a question to those currently attending: Would you recommend choosing a roommate that I find who I seem to have similar interests with or just going random? Basically, whichever path you decided to choose in terms of roommates, how has your experience been so far?
As an adult who went to a different college before F’book I’m interested in the answers of others. I think on line you might be lulled into the impression that you actually have a potential friendship with a roommate. Really all you need is someone with the same basic philosophy: messy v. neat, smoker v. non smoker. partier v. weekends only etc. I had a year in boarding school and two years in college dorms. The last year I picked my roommate because she would only be sleeping in the room about once a week. I think the “blind date” roommates were better and I was friendly but not close with any of them. Do you really want to be with your best friend 24 hours a day? It’s interesting that your user name is turndown4college but you’re going to WUSL. Good job and good luck!
Well, since you asked, I think many of us would rather be with friends as roommates than people with whom we are not close. At any rate, my daughter got lucky I guess and, while things can always change, it wouldn’t shock anyone if she and her roomie turn out to be lifelong friends. They will live together again next year and that is one less thing to have as an open question for the fall. They chose each other through a matching site. Others she knows who have found new friends took the random approach.
You can always try the matching site and see if you can find a good match. You can either accept or decide to choose random at that point. The only negative I can think of is that I have heard that some people have felt pressured. For example, what if you communicate with someone and they want to be your roommate but you are undecided about them? Still, you would be in control and would not have to accept.
How about this:
If I get accepted RD, we become roommates.