To any current brandeis students, did you choose your roommate for your first year and if you requested that person, did you
ended up roomming with them? I found a roommate that I liked on ■■■■■■■■ but I heard brandeis discourages you from choosing your roommate for your first year? except, the thought of someone trying to find a roommate for me gives me a lot of anxiety.
I remember at a prospective student visitation event Brandeis said that they group roommates according to living styles, e.g. how quiet you are, how clean you are, what your habits are like, etc. in order to create a more harmonious living situation. However, they don’t group roommates according to interests, since they want to encourage exposure to different ideas and perspectives among roommates. I could be wrong and there may be some exceptions, but that’s what I remember from last October’s event. Hope that helps!
@BelovedInfidel thanks so much! except the person I chose was based on living styles and not interests; in fact we have really different majors. Do you think that’ll make it more likely for them to choose us as roommates?
Honestly, no, mostly because my understanding of the policy was that Brandeis likes to pick for you for the above reasons. However, I’m not a current student and I can’t say for certain. Your best bet is to call up admissions/the department that handles freshman housing and ask them directly.
@BelovedInfidel okay thank you!