My DD just got her housing contract today, I was thinking that when she listed her dorm preferences there might be another part of the contract where they have new students list different things about themselves to help UT match them up with a roommate, did we miss something? Is there somewhere else she can go to do that or does UT just match you up with whoever if don’t have someone listed. Sorry if this has been asked already.
There’s a roommate finding app on UT’s website, the matching is done randomly if a roomie is not selected. I tried to find a link, but since I already live on campus I don’t think I have access to it anymore. It should be on the left hand side on the Housing tab on MyStatus. Maybe someone else can provide you a link
@SlimShadyLady Thank you, we looked but couldn’t find where to do that. Maybe they don’t do it anymore, I’m not sure.
Funny. Just received a postcard in the mail today from UT & that is one of the features- ‘roommate matching.’
The site is: Freshman Support.com
(no space between Freshman & Support)
Then select UT.
Hope this helps.
@bookmom7 Thank you, I will have my DD look it up.
Generally there is a “Class of 20xx” facebook site that they can join when accepted. I know there was a lot of roommate connecting there last year. I was also told last year that the roommate profiler on the Housing website was not used to match roommates, only to help them try to find each other. The site was really user “unfriendly” but it’s worth a try. Not sure if it still exists.