<p>I'm an incoming freshman and have sat around and watched all of my non notre dame friends learn about their new roommates, looked them up on facebook, gotten the whole fridge/microwave/tv thing worked out, and have known what dorm they're going to be in for quite a while now. now i know i'm getting a bit picky here, but is anyone else annoyed by the fact that nd takes so long to get out the roommate/dorm info?? I've heard from a reliable source that notre dame will not even be mailing the information out until july 21st...why does it take so long if everything is supposedly "completely random" and the dorms for the upper classmen are essentially figured out even before the school year ends...sorry just a bit of venting.</p>
<p>Seriously, shut up. Once again, you get to go to Notre Dam.</p>
<p>I think there are more pressing matters than not being able to Facebook people more than a month in advance... Be patient.</p>
<p>Nope! not annoyed. just excitedly anticipating when we find out and happy I'm going to ND.</p>
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<p>That's like saying "Shut up, you live in America, it has the biggest economy and the highest per capita GDP in the world, you have no right to make any complaints about anything." Notre Dame has flaws just like America does, and as students, we have every right to complain about them. </p>
<p>Regarding the timeliness of informing incoming freshmen of their dorm/roommate assignments, I really don't think it's that big of a deal that we have to wait a few more weeks, even though I would love to know this info as soon as possible.</p>
<p>While I agree that, fundamentally, we are entitled to complain about what we wish. His telling her to 'shut up' does not effectively, unless she by choice allows it to, prohibit her from exercising her right to complain.</p>
<p>In fact, we are all exercising this same right: my complaining of your complaining of his complaining of her complaining.</p>
<p>Whether complaining about complaining strikes a worthy cause about which to complain remains unanswered. In regards to complaining about the inability to Facebook someone or figure out who has to bring the microwave seems a trivial cause unworthy of too much sympathy though I'm sure the excitement and anxiety of starting a collegiate career and a new life at a rather prestigious university has some people more jumpy and fickle than others.</p>
<p>Classes start this fall a bit later...Aug 28. Frosh O starts Aug 24. You'll still have a month before Frosh O to work out details with your new roommate.</p>
<p>I'll agree with you...it kinda bugs me too. Idealy, the sooner the better on these sort of things and it seems like it is taking a really long time seeing that that they even say it is done by a computer. But I guess there is nothing we can do but wait. I also heard that we should hear the week of the 21st so hopefully it is just another week of waiting...</p>
<p>And aren't they emailing them anyway? So we'll probably have them a week from today!</p>
<p>Not that I don't think it'll come out July 21st, but I had heard that they were supposed to come out last week, again from someone who claimed they had a reliable source, yet here we are, still without them. Kinda sucks. I do know that last year they came out July 16 which was a monday, so nearest guess would be this wednesday the 16th or coming monday, the 21st</p>
<p>Somebody call a wahmbulance. I don't get my roommate information until August and I move in August 26.</p>
<p>Freshmen Orientation is the weekend of August 22-24th. The first day of classes is Tuesday, August 26th (Classes started on August 28th last year).</p>
<p>now everyone, lets be a bit nice and think about this for a second. yes, i understand im going to notre dame-but considering i'll be paying nearly 50k a year i don't think its so much to ask to know about my roommate ahead of time. its not like i NEED to know who it is/what dorm i'm in, i'm just curious as to why ND takes longer while other schools, who have students fill out forms and then need to be matched correctly, are able to notify their students much earlier. nd also doesn't have acceptance info online either like most schools. i assume they're trying to perserve a certain sense of tradition, but at what point do you have to say "alright, let's get with the times"</p>
<p>You're paying 50k a year? You have nothing to complain about with that kind of money.</p>
<p>Hey guys....did anyone, i mean ANYone realize the point of my original post?</p>
<p>jonoam - i think arnoc is trying to screw with you.</p>
<p>i agree with the whole argument you make. i wish nd would allow us to fill out a survey and be matched correctly while ALSO notifying us more than a couple weeks in advance.</p>
<p>Don't worry! I know it's hard to wait for that room mate and hall info! We were about dying last year waiting for daughter's. It will come, you will get connected and trust me, it will all be worth it when you get there. There is nothing like ND as far as dorm spirit goes! You'll just have to catch up once you get your info!</p>
<p>I have to say that I agree with the original poster. I do think this is one area that ND could improve upon. As jonoam pointed out, other universities with much more involved selection methods are able to get this information to their students weeks earlier. Incoming freshmen are dealing with lots of anxiety and this is one area that shouldn't be as stressful. While we all know that ND is a special place and those that are attending know that it is a great opportunity, I don't buy into the argument that this is a trivial matter because one is attending such a wonderful university. ND does lots of things right, but there is always room for improvement.</p>
<p>Nobody claimed that the room selection process was a trivial matter. Trivial is the claim to be upset over the inability to Facebook or decide whether or not one must bring the microwave. These are small nuisances which ought not irritate, no less upset, anyone to such an extent. Such is the reason, I think, the OP is drawing a bit of light hearted jabbing. Imagine the uproar I would cause by storming into a BMW dealership angry that my M3 did not come with a custom color stitching on its leather seats. Surely, a valid complaint considering the premium I paid to own the car, but there has to be a more productive and less ridiculous way to go about venting my dissatisfaction over nothing more than a small nuisance.</p>
<p>As far as why Notre Dame is behind other schools in their to-be-revered, clearly superior, raison d'</p>
<p>I don't remember getting my rooming info too much later than my friends going to other schools. Of course that was 2 years ago, but I think I got my room info by mid-July.</p>