<p>Freshman housing</p>
<p>ADVICE PLEASE…should I do random? or try to find someone in the FB group. What about rooming with someone u know from high school. Is that a bad idea?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I’ve heard both good, and not really bad, but more like unsuccessful, stories of people finding roommates on Facebook. I say “unsuccessful” because they ended up getting along ok, but not really becoming as good friends as they thought they would. However, I know some people find each other over Facebook, decide to live together, and become best friends. </p>
<p>If it’s someone you know from high school, I would think about it first. I would actually not recommend it if you are very good friends with them. If you’re not like best friends, or just sort of friendly with them, it might be ok. Going random is not so bad though. In fact, it usually turns out well. I went random my freshman and sophomore years for on campus housing. Freshman year my roommates were fine. They were nice, clean, and considerate, but we didn’t have much in common. Which lead to me going random again. This ended up being for the best since I ended up becoming good friends with the random people I lived with sophomore year.</p>
<p>I found my current roommate through facebook and I love her. It does help to find someone with similar interests (and similar lifestyles) so they don’t clash. I’ve seen successful random roommates, but a friend of mine did random and the roommate ended up stealing her things so she moved out. I would recommend looking around for someone who has similar lifestyle choices!</p>
<p>My S had a friend ask him to room and my S declined. He wanted the random selection and it’s worked out well for him. He gets along fine with them both, in a triple, and one of them will be joining him and some other friends in PCV for their Sophomore year.</p>
<p>In 2010 my daughter found her roommate through FB and they got their first choice of Yosemite (back when it was only doubles.) They were very compatible, but never really became " best friends". Actually, they both ended up hanging out and/or sharing an apt. with other dorm mates. But they had a good year together. And they both LOVED Yosemite and their co-ed floor.</p>