<p>Have people already requested to be in specific dorms? If not, when does that occur?</p>
<p>I believe housing applications are due in June.</p>
<p>Deposits are due in march and information is given in may I believe</p>
<p>just some information about dorms, people do have connections (for rc's) which affects your ability to get into the dorm. So for the little short essay thing, don't totally blow it off and write junk. at least put some effort and make it sound like you care</p>
<p>Are we allowed to choose who we room with?</p>
<p>yeah, you can request each other on your housing app. just make sure you have similar housing choices. i know a few sets of roommates who had met either through previewnu or facebook and decided, "hey let's be roommates" and it's worked out for them. that way you at least have some sense of a person and can avoid a possible, though unlikely, extreme case</p>
<p>Actually, I also heard that they try to room you with someone not in your major so everyone can be exposed to more "diversity". Is this true?</p>
<p>i really doubt they put that much effort into housing other than just randomly assigning you. my roommate and i were both in the same major coming in (i switched during the first month of school).</p>