<p>Is it better to have a roommate coming in to Freshman year or have random choices in the past worked? Has anyone used Uroomsurf.com? </p>
<p>What are the chances of getting put in a single or triple if I decided to come into the housing application indecisive and not having a specific person to room with?</p>
<p>If you’re dorming on campus, people generally don’t use online sites or any method really to find roommates, haha. That’s left for apartments, obviously since you need to find compatible people who will split the cost with you, but for dorms you either generally have a friend you’d like to room with, or you get a random roommate. I mean, if you’re lucky maybe you can somehow find a stranger who’s also dorming and is like totally compatible with you, but chances are slim. Randomized roommies are not a bad thing at all. It’s part of the experience, but if you’re worried just remember you can also request a room change if you really don’t want to live with your roommate anymore.</p>
<p>I can’t really say, but based on my opinion I don’t think having a roommate in mind or not having one in mind will affect your room very much. I heard it’s a randomized process and if you’re lucky you’ll get what you want, with respect to what’s available.</p>
<p>In general most people in my dorm seem to get along with their roommate(s), most of them were random too. But you do fill out a sheet that asks you questions about sleep/study habits… they use that information to assign you a roommate.</p>
<p>However, don’t always expect to get along with your roommate, bc, there are people out there that just have NO respect for roommates, their belongings, their privacy, ETC.</p>
<p>Not speaking from personal exp, but from my friends/hallmates’ experiences. That said, if you don’t have a roommate coming in, try to find one on those facebook groups.</p>
<p>In the UCI Class of 2014 message boards, there are roommate surveys 
It’s just a getting to know you sort of thing. I know a few people who’ve met through that and became roommates. You could try your luck there :P</p>
<p>^ Those are better places, I would say. Facebook and these forums. haha. But still, you might not be compatible even IF you found someone online. Talking to someone is very different from living with someone. So don’t feel obligated to look for someone if you don’t know anyone to room with.</p>
<p>I just started my first semester at UC and finding the right roommate has been huge. Everyone recommends looking among your friends first by I just moved all the way from the East Coast. I found a bunch of blog posts on the web like this one, [How</a> to Find the Perfect Roommate - SpotMe Blog](<a href=“http://blog.getspotme.com/2012/12/how-to-find-the-perfect-roommate.html]How”>http://blog.getspotme.com/2012/12/how-to-find-the-perfect-roommate.html). They all say the same thing – look among your friends first.</p>