I chose Max P, New South, and Broadview as my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices respectively. I’m not too sure how to answer this question though:
“Please list additional factors and characteristics that would help us to choose a reasonably compatible roommate for you.”
What kinds of factors and characteristics should I include? For example, if I chose a single-sex floor as one of my top priorities, should I explain that it only really applies to New South because it has communal bathrooms?
Also, does anyone know if Max P suites are shared between one or both sexes? I know that in a double suite your roommate is from the same sex as you but does that apply to the entire suite or just the room?
The last question is easy: the whole suite is single-sex.
The first question – you are completely, totally missing the point. It’s not a game to see if you can get assigned to one or another dorm. The dorms you have chosen pretty much assure that you are going to have a roommate, maybe several. Those people will affect your life in ways that can be good or bad. Do you like to go to sleep early? Then it would be a whole lot better if your roommate liked to go to sleep early, too. Are you a neat freak? Then sharing a room with someone really messy could be very, very stressful. Or vice versa – if you are not so neat, the last thing you want is someone to nag you constantly about it. Would you rather live with people who are social, and invite lots of friends to hang out, or with people who hunker down and study whenever they can? Do you mind if people drink? Do you mind if you are drinking and they don’t join you?
Those are the kinds of questions to ask yourself, and to address on the question that confused you, not whether you want a single-sex floor or in-suite bathrooms.