<p>Many colleges assign roommates to each other randomly, but I know a growing number are using online questionnaires or other technology to better pair similar individuals (people with the same sleeping, studying, partying habits, etc). Which schools are using technology to match up their roommates? Anybody have a list or can name some?</p>
<p>Georgetown</p>
<p>UConn asks if you smoke..and if you study in the daytime or night. That's about it.</p>
<p>One of my friends recently moved to UNC, and she said that her roommates are eerily like her. She said they're all in band, and there's about a million other things they have in common, and she said they get along REALLY well.</p>
<p>One of my other friends just moved to Biola and had the same type of things to say...she said she really enjoys her roommate's company. Those are the only two I know of off the top of my head, I'd have to ask around to find others.</p>
<p>Richmond's housing office is really great. I think the roommate survey is 2-3 pages long, asking all sorts of questions from study and sleeping habits to least favorite music. And there's an additional information section, which you CCers should be able to use to your advantage :P</p>
<p>Pomona College =)</p>
<p>Case Western uses a survey system</p>
<p>Rice University....surveys...and it's done by students.</p>
<p>Ohio State...Rumor has it that one old woman who's an expert at psychology places all 6,000 freshmen in dorms based on a survey. I've heard many stories about how roommates from their first year end up applying to be roommates together later.</p>
<p>When my mom went to OSU, she had a psychotic roommate. Too bad the "expert" wasn't around back then.</p>
<p>Connecticut College gives you like a 5 page survey to fill out- your general sleep schedule, music preferences, partying habits, etc etc. works pretty well.</p>
<p>Davidson uses Meyers-Briggs and claims a very successful record in pairing roommates.</p>
<p>I have found similar success with roommate pairing at Biola.</p>
<p>Chicago asks you to rank in order of importance a variety of things in choosing a roommate (quiet/loud, clean/messy, smoker/non-smoker, etc) and adds a space for comments. The roommates I know are paired well as far as compatibility is concerned, but aren't necessarily best friends.</p>
<p>Tons and tons of schools ask kids to fill out roomate surveys. Now, whether or not anybody actually reads them is another issue all together... ;)</p>
<p>MIT.</p>
<p>The system they use sounds bizarre and confusing when you first hear about it. But in reality, it works really well. The school goes to great lengths to be sure each student is satisfied with their on-campus housing.</p>
<p>They have an extensive roommate survey and a full ordered list of preference lottery for dorm selection (every dorm on campus is included on the list you submit). You are assigned a temporary dorm room based on the lottery results with temporary roommates who are assigned based on a lot of planning by dorm committees based on the surveys. After orientation (about 5 days on campus) you move to a new, permanent room. It might be in another dorm, or in the original dorm, whatever the student prefers. Generally, students pick their roommates based on who they meet at orientation, preview weekend, and/or pre-orientation programs, and often it is the same roommates as the lottery assigned. </p>
<p>It's not a good idea to bring a lot of stuff to orientation since you will be moving, but there is a large storage company next to campus to where things can be shipped from long distances and held.</p>