<p>If you guys haven’t already looked, the BU website has many pictures of what rooms look like.</p>
<p>[Residences</a> BU Housing Boston University](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/housing/residences/]Residences”>Undergraduate Residences | Boston University Housing)</p>
<p>I plan on choosing a roommate on the housing survey. For the question asking you which of these is the most important to you, should I put the housing residence (ie. Location: Warren (#1), specialty housing (SMG floor), or my roommate? I would love to get the SMG floor, although getting Warren itself would be good enough. As long as we are mutual, should I choose roommate or housing location first? Thanks!</p>
<p>As long as you’re mutual, you’ll 100% get the roommate, so I wouldn’t bother with that.</p>
<p>Put specialty as #1 because there’s no chance you’d get SMG shelton or brownsotne, so it automatically means warren. And make sure your roommate does the same.</p>
<p>If you get the smg floor, I’ll leave a scavenger hunt and cryptic messages here for you to find, hahaha</p>
<p>Can anybody clarify when the final dates are for choosing housing (if you’re a freshmen)</p>
<p>Hanita, should I really risk putting specialty as my first for preference? I plan on submitting housing & tuition deposit tonight. I’d love to get Warren period, so that’s most important to me. Although SMG would be awesome (in warren), I wouldn’t want to risk “losing warren.” I am only applying for one specialty, warren smg B. I’ll go by your decision Advisor.</p>
<p>I don’t remember what the housing survey looks like - does it let you select a specific specialty residence? Is there a comment box? I’d explicitly say that you want Warren SMG floor if there’s a comment box somewhere in the form. I don’t really see any other specialty you’d qualify for, and as I said there’s no chance you’d get the SMG brownstone and only a minimal-to-none chance you’d get Shelton SMG floor.
If you specify that you’re really interested in Warren SMG then they should be clear about it and you’ll have a high chance of getting it. But don’t wait too long because it may be first come first serve.</p>
<p>thanks for this thread. it’s so helpful :)</p>
<p>question- do you also get dressed in the shower stalls? or is there no room for that?</p>
<p>I did when I stayed in West during orientation. I just left my clothes on the floor and then when I was done I opened the door a crack and got my clothes off the floor.</p>
<p>You go into the shower stall in a bathrobe or draped in a towel, hang it on the shower door or on the hooks outside, and then put it back on while in the stall, and then dress in your room.</p>
<p>Just a quick question. If I wanted to room in a single, which dorms would you recommend me choosing to likely secure one? The best would be to have a single in Warren, if that’s even possible.</p>
<p>There’s always a possibility… try warren, west, myles, or danielsen.</p>
<p>But be aware that most of the singles are already taken by now so don’t get your hopes too high.</p>
<p>@Hanita</p>
<p>Taken already? Is the housing assignments a first come first serve kind of thing?</p>
<p>Taken by rising sophomores, juniors and seniors who have been making their room reservations last week and this week.</p>
<p>Even if you apply early, you still won’t your pick before the upperclassmen are done. Rooming assignments started last week (internal) for current sophomores and this week they’re going community assignment. But even if you had turned in your application before this all started, you’ll still go after all the current students because they get to pick before you.</p>
<p>Ok I’m just wondering, I filled out my housing survey like a week ago, but wheres the roommate survey? Does BU even have one? Like the preferences, such as smoker or non-smoker…etc etc If not, then how will they pair us up?</p>
<p>OK, nvm, so there is no roommate survey. What do you guys think? Is being paired with somebody randomly a little bit risky? I’m a guy and I’m used to waking up early for school (as in SUPER early), and I obviously know that early birds aren’t a major trend among high school students. So should I go ahead and find someone on U Room Surf or facebook?</p>
<p>I’ve had random roommates two years in a row and it was fine. I never had a problem. We got along great. Granted, I didn’t like one of them very much my first year but we never actually had a reason to fight.</p>
<p>Eytukan, in the end, it really won’t matter whether you pick random or via a Facebook group (or any other online way). I picked my roommate via Facebook with the mindset that it was still rather random but a little more controlled. I don’t regret it. We get along quite well, even though we definitely aren’t best friends or anything. We never have any conflicts though and living with her has been great. I like her a lot. Still, I know other people who picked someone via Facebook and ended up barely speaking to each other in real life. They had a bad experience. And others who go completely random end up best friends with their roommate…or have a neutral relationship…or dislike them. </p>
<p>Bottom line is it’s luck of the draw either way. If it makes you feel better to pick in advance, then by all means do it. But, you really can’t know whether you two will be compatible roommmates until you get here. So much about a person’s habits can change at college too, so surveys only bring you so far.</p>
<p>i think random roommates are actually really good. just like nickel xenon, i dont really like one of my roommates either but we have no reason to fight. finding someone on facebook is just the same as random. facebook might even be worse in my opinion because you expect them to be too perfect and end up hating it.</p>
<p>eytukan, your habits will probably change when you come to college. i used to wake up early in HS but not anymore. and dont worry even if you still wake up early. its never usually a large problem.</p>
<p>does anyone know if you can fill out the rooming survey before paying your deposit? thanks.</p>