Must Monroe Scholars room with other Monroe Scholars?

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Hi there, This question was already asked within another thread, but I’m impatient and thought I’ might get a quicker answer this way.

My D just found out she is a Monroe Scholar. She has been communicating with another girl for awhile, who she met on W&M instagram, and had been thinking of asking the girl to room with her this weekend. Feels awkward to ask this girl if, per chance, she is a Monroe Scholar too. I guess she’ll have to be patient and wait to find out W&M’s policy next week, but it would be nice to know now how roommate matching happens for Scholars who would like to live Monroe Hall (or Taliaferro, which I understand may be used as well).

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Your daughter does not have to room with another Monroe Scholar. In fact, they do not necessarily have to room in Monroe Hall if they do not want to. A couple of my good friends were named Monroe Scholars (and one of them a 1693 Scholar) but they chose to live in my freshman hall, Spotswood, which housed the Sharpe Community Scholars program. She can room with whoever she wants, and there are a number of other students besides Monroe Scholars anyway, so there is always a chance that she will be paired up with another student that is not a Monroe Scholar if she decided to get paired up randomly.

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Thank you @shawnspencer !