<p>I am currently finding a roommate, and I'm unsure of the best way to do it. I'm hesitant of using the facebook group to find someone only because I feel like the kids that have similar interests as me will be like my friends in high school (namely, party a lot, etc). I want to continue doing well in school, and I don't want my roommate going out and partying every weekday night (weekends are fine) and coming back at 3 and waking me up (will this even be a problem here? I know greek life is pretty big). I have no problem with this type of person as a friend, but I don't really want to have one as my roommate.</p>
<p>I'm also hesitant to use random because, well, it's random.</p>
<p>Ideally, I want to room with someone who can have fun and go out, but still prioritizes school first.</p>
<p>Is there some kind of survey in the housing application, and is it effective? Also, what would you recommend? </p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>The housing application only asks three questions. I think it’s about alcohol and smoking and something else. It just covers the very basics.</p>
<p>There’s no harm in trying the Facebook group. You don’t necessarily need to look for someone with “similar interests.” Either make a post or look for posts from people who mention not going out a lot. If you can’t find anyone compatible, you can just go random when the deadline comes. </p>
<p>My D (incoming freshman) chose her roommate via the Facebook group. You don’t just choose someone from the FB page and they’re your roommate. Use the Facebook questions/answers to find someone (or a handful of people) that seems compatible and then have Facebook chats, text messages, and a few real voice or video calls to learn about each other more. You can ask all those questions that concern/worry you and be sure to find the right mix of personal interests along with study habits, sleep, party, etc. It’s like Facebook is a big room full of people and you have to walk around and strike up some conversations with people to find someone that interests you. There are no guarantees that picking your own roommate will make it the perfect match so don’t stress too much. If you don’t find someone, random works great for a lot of students too.</p>
<p>FYI, Vandy website says:
How do you match roommates?
The housing application asks three questions pertaining to sleeping patterns, study habits
and the environment. Roommates are matched based upon their responses to these questions.
Please understand that personal behaviors change significantly during the first year of college.</p>
<p>I have a funny story about my roommate (I went random). After both of our families moved us in and we were both alone he looked at me and said, “I don’t give a f***” I looked at him and said, “okay”. And that was that. I go to bed around 11 each night and he would come back around 3 in the morning from the frats. He only woke me up once. We had opposite social lives, interests, behavior pasterns, etc. but we worked out great. Just because each of you might do things differently doesn’t mean you won’t work out.</p>
<p>Now a word of warning: If your roommate isn’t as nice as mine was (he was always super careful to be quite when he came in) then you might run into some trouble, but within a certain time period you can always apply to change rooms. In fact I knew a guy who moved out of a triple second semester because he couldn’t stand his roommates. Vanderbilt won’t keep you in a toxic situation. </p>
<p>I would suggest you look through the facebook group, but don’t feel bad going random.</p>
<p>I found my roommate through Facebook. We messaged each other, discussed our social habits, interests etc. We found that we had a lot in common,whether it was academics , volunteering , sleep timings or even superheroes! I think that it was beneficial for me this way. We had Skype conversations and we ultimately decided to become roommates. I know that habits change and you can never really know a person until you spend time with them, but I wasn’t really comfortable with the idea of going random and ending up with someone with habits completely different from mine. </p>