<p>I heard that BU is one of those few universities that will pair a freshman with a senior,sophomore, or junior as well as other freshmen. Is this true? </p>
<p>If it is, it kind of bothers me that I might be boarded up with a senior. I mean, how are you supposed to connect? It would probably be a lot more comfortable to be with a freshman, someone whos in the same position as you.</p>
<p>That would be a very, very rare occurence. I think I’ve once heard about someone living with a sophomore. I strongly doubt that juniors and seniors would get paired up with freshmen because they tend to live in dorms not accessible to freshmen. I can’t imagine a junior going for a random roommate in dorms like Warren, West, or Towers.</p>
<p>I had a Freshman roommate and I’m a sophomore, but that’s only because I live in Hojo. I got a triple with my friend and we didn’t have a third person so they filled in the spot. It’s very rare for that kind of thing to happen, though. Generally the school will try to put you in with people in your level. You might end up with sophomores but it’s extremely rare to end up with someone higher than that since most people have moved on to better dorms like Hanita said.</p>
<p>Ah thanks. Thats something of a relief, since I would really prefer a freshman roommate in my freshman year.</p>
<p>Even if you get paired up with an upperclassmen, there’s no reason you can’t be friends. It might be beneficial to room with someone that knows more about the school than you.</p>
<p>Can I make sure that I room with someone in the same college as me? Because I’m in CGS and I want to live in Warren but I know most CGS people live in West. Do you think there will be a good number of CGS people in Warren that I can room with?</p>
<p>It’s more likely you’ll get someone in your year than someone in your school.</p>
<p>Everything everyone else has said is completely true. I just wanted to add that in college, grades differences haven’t been super significant in my experience. You all can share classes so it’s not as much of a barrier. From my extracurricular life here, many are my friends are sophomores, juniors, and even seniors. I don’t even think about the grade difference anymore. If someone older is open to a random freshman roommate, they probably aren’t going to hate you… it could still work out quite well.</p>
<p>This does happen but generally in a kind of “leftover” situation. One of my daughters didn’t want a big dorm and ended up in a double - with a bathroom - in a building on Kenmore Square. She had junior as a roommate fall term and then a sophomore in spring. The junior was trying to get into a BU apartment - which she did - and was socially challenged. The other kid was very nice. There were a few other mixed class rooms, but it doesn’t happen much. BTW, that building is very, very quiet and has mostly semi-private baths. A number of kids who spent the fall term in the Hyatt got singles there in the spring. My kid got a single as a sophomore.</p>