<p>What do you think? Is this a good idea? What do you think of the website URoomSurf?</p>
<p>Does anyone have experience finding a roommate via facebook/URoom and requesting them? How did it work out?</p>
<p>Is it better just to let the university decide for you? What do you think?</p>
<p>worth a shot but i would just wait til orientation, i here thats when alot of people link up</p>
<p>My school has people pick their specific rooms, so lots of people go on facebook to pick roommates. I did that and ended up with good roommates, two of whom post on CC. In a situation where you either request a roommate or get a random roommate, I’d probably choose the random roommate and be friends with the people I met on facebook.</p>
<p>Orientation is a pretty good place to find a roommate. There’s just as much of a chance that you will get a bad roommate going random as there is finding one off facebook or URoomSurf since you won’t meet them before you move in.</p>
<p>i’m confused. don’t you get your roommate before orientation though? my orientation isn’t until august i don’t think and i just got my housing back last week and they said i’ll hear about my roommate in the middle of april</p>
<p>I think it’s different for each college, Clemson doesn’t release housing assignments until after orientation</p>
<p>At the school I’m going to, pretty much every post on the 2014 fb page is “hey, im from NY and I LOVE to party and I’m looking for a roommate who goes to the games!! message me!!” andd it appears to be working. I’d do it.</p>
<p>Orientation? I thought there was a questionnaire and that’s it? Well at the school I’m going to it’s just a questionnaire.</p>
<p>I met my future roommate and I’m so excited to room with her in the fall! We have actually met twice (after deciding to be roommates) and we get along great. Just make sure that you talk to someone for a while before deciding to room together, and find out if you have similar living habits. Just because you have the same personality does not mean that you’ll be good roommates.</p>
<p>I would have never left the roommate situation up to chance. I wanted a roommate that I could semi-color coordinate the room with, and someone that I could get to know a little bit before school. I didn’t want to risk winding up with a total freak.</p>
<p>If your college allows/makes you sign up for housing + roommate before May 1st, I’d definitely consider facebook. I found mine through a roommate website and then friended her on facebook. Personally, we get along so well and I’m really happy that we found one another. Our personalities seem to really mesh and we have the same general habits. Obviously, it’s not going to be perfect, but I think we’re minimizing the inevitable conflict. </p>
<p>Some things to keep in mind in descending levels of importance: sleeping habits (very, very important that you two have similar schedules), drinking/partying/drug use (need to be on the same page), noise level/degree of interaction with others, cleanliness, personality, and common interests.</p>