I have two friends coming with me this fall to Cornell and we really want to room together. If we put each other down for the roommate selection and all put a triple as our number one preference, how easy is it to get put together in a triple? Is it basically a guarantee since next to no one requests a triple lol
Much thanks in advance!
I question why would you want to miss out on a fabulous experience of the “unknown”? My s. made some of his best college friends from freshman year where he knew no one? You can always choose to room with your two friends sophmore year. Freshman year, and dorm/units are very special - venture out.
DD requested a particular person as a roommate and got a triple with both her friend and an unknown third person. It worked out OK but I always felt that the third person might feel awkward in that situation! Conclusion being that I think there are more triples than requests, so I think you have a good chance of getting your request.
I also think that there are MANY options for meeting new people besides your roommate, so I personally wouldn’t worry about missing out on the “unknown.” YMMV though.
@bayavenue83 A lot of it is because the three of us come from a small community in southern california, so having a support system that is familiar and from home will make the adjustment easier for us kids coming from socal all the way to upstate new york. It’s not just adjusting to college, but socially & culturally as well as the vibes from Socal are much different than those of Ithaca. Also, we’re all in a groupme with other people from all over the country and we have become close with people from there & we are all in different colleges (CAS, CoE, and HumEC) with different interests (so we’ll join different clubs) so it’s not like we’re stuck with each other all the time haha. I see what you’re saying though and we all have considered it 
@mdcmom Thanks for your input! That’s really good to hear. Yeah, it was originally going to just be two of us so we were going to have a random as the other in the triple, but the other one committed to Cornell over UCLA last minute, and we couldn’t have left her out
Keep in mind that a lot of triples are “forced triples.” They’re actually doubles but they jam three beds and desks inside.
I noticed in other threads that you had wanted to go into ib. How easy is it to do that at Cornell?
@amacollege do you mean integrative bio? I was looking into double majoring in that and global health at uc Berkeley, but I decided to go to Cornell for global health only. unsure how the pure bio major is at Cornell, but I know there’s a lot of research opportunities there
I also requested a triple my freshman year with two people I found through Facebook. If you put it as first, there’s no reason you shouldn’t get it. You may be put in Balch Hall (the all girl’s dorm) if you are females because they have many triple rooms (which are LARGE), but could be in Donlon as well.
Definitely have an honest conversation with your friends about the living situation first though - like who is bringing what, how you feel about people of the opposite gender staying over, how early/late you like to sleep, etc. I had friends that roomed together and it can really go either way when it comes to how well they got along.
My daughter had a triple last school year as a Freshmen. They were at Dixon and their room was HUGE, with 2 walk in closets. One of her roommates is from SoCal as well like us, so it works out for both of them. She became one of her close friends at Cornell. You are exactly right that the vibes in SoCal is VERY DIFFERENT from the east coast.
Make sure to take care of yourselves your first winter. A lot of students from SoCal get SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) because of the weather and the lack of sunlight during winter.