<p>Hi all-- just wondering what you guys think about the "Prefer roommate in bed before midnight" question on the housing form. I plan to go to bed around midnight at chicago-- this is based on the assumption that the earliest classes are at 10-11 am (right?). On weekeneds I may go to bed later, of course, but during weekdays when I wake up at 6, for example, I go to bed at 10:45. Basically, I think it'd be good to normalize my sleep cycle in college, not mess it up. However, on my housing form I made sure to underline the fact that I was hoping to get an extroverted roommate. My concern is that if I put 'prefer roommate in bed before midnight - yes' and 'i go to bed before midnight- yes' i'll be stuck with the complete opposite of an extroverted roommate. So basically I'm just wondering what you guys put for this question, if you truly are a "go to bed early" and "quiet" kind of person, and if uchicago students/alumns have any advice on the subject or form question.</p>
<p>Nobody really knows the method that the housing office uses to assign people roommates. I've spoken to the person in charge of assignments before, and she indicated that it involves a fair amount of intuition and divination as it is strictly matching. That having been said, put what you feel describes you best on the form. If you want someone who is extroverted and goes to bed early, request that--someone else in the university probably wants the exact same thing. Don't try to be too strategic with the form, because nobody really has the information necessary to guess the housing office's methods.</p>
<p>You may have 8:30 or 9 am classes, particularly if they are lecture classes.</p>
<p>I personally think that it's much more important to be with somebody who shares your living habits than somebody who is your best friend. If your roommate isn't the most social, you'll go and hang in another person's room, but I could imagine your life made harder if your roomie decided to stay up well into the night regularly and make lots of noise about it.</p>
<p>Also, I don't think that staying up late and being an extrovert have much to do with each other.</p>
<p>I'm an extrovert and I put that I preferred somebody who goes to bed before midnight and made it my #1 priority. The last thing I want to do is fight about when it's time to turn the lights out...but then again, I may never have to do that because I listed BJ as my first dorm choice. So, whatever happens, happens. You're not alone. :P</p>
<p>Basically, I think it'd be good to normalize my sleep cycle in college, not mess it up.</p>
<p>I didn't think this was possible in college. :)</p>
<p>If you go to bed too early you'll probably miss the best discussions ever. Going to bed late and partying are not synonymous.</p>