<p>While I am aware that students at Harvey Mudd have guaranteed on-campus housing, and I had a chance to see them during my visit there, I still have a few questions about the options available.</p>
<p>At least for freshman year, are all dorm options with another person, or are there any reasonable ones that allow you to have a room to yourself? I'm not entirely sure at this point how well I'd do living with another person over the course of the school year, and if the option exists I probably would look into it. </p>
<p>How are roommates assigned for dorm rooms that are shared? I seem to remember that there is some sort of process involved, but I can't remember any exact details. Are there any restrictions (gender, major, schedule, etc.)? If issues were to arise between roommates (incompatible), how are they resolved?</p>
<p>How nice are the dorm rooms themselves? I saw one of them, and to me it seemed rather small for two people? Are space issues a common problem for students?</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to read and answer my questions.</p>
<p>South dorm has suite options for freshman, which is like 3 singles (you get your own room) joined by a shared common area and bathroom. I didn’t like south’s singles though, they’re super small.</p>
<p>You can pick your roommate or they pick for you, but from what I hear they do a good job at matching you up.</p>
<p>My overnight host when I visited is an orientation director for this year, and he was telling me a bit about the process… You WILL be happy with your dorm placement. It’s seriously not even a question. They work hard and do a REALLY good job at placing people.</p>
<p>As ^ said, a lot of effort is placed in making good roommate matches, based on the multi-page roommate matching form you are sent over the summer. With that in mind, its crucial that you are honest in filling that form out. Less than desirable outcomes can occur when people either let others (i.e. helicopter parents) “help” them fill out the form, or fill out the form with who they would like to be, rather than who they are.</p>
<p>hopefully nobody gets a d*ck roommate. Luckily during my high school years, the two roommates I had were chill. We weren’t best friends, but that’s what you want with your roommate. There’s bound to be at least some hatred created whether minor or major with your roommate, and it sucks when that has to be your best friend.</p>
Doubles/triples are single-gender. I don’t think major / schedule is considered in matching roommates.</p>
<p>I live in a South single, the only dorm which has singles for frosh. It’s tiny… But I’m a frosh with a single. Other dorms are comparatively roomier, I think North doubles are pretty ok-sized. Don’t think there’s too much of a space issue. Most people loft their beds (but I delofted mine cuz I’m freaking short lols)</p>
<p>For the most part, frosh are very happy with their roommates. I know of a few who aren’t so happy, but they live with it. If you have a problem, I think switching is a possibility, though I haven’t heard of any switching this year.</p>
<p>I live in Case, which has the largest doubles on campus. Even without lofting beds, my roommate and I have found that there’s plenty of space, and a couple of my high school friends (they go to UCs/CSUs) have commented (on a Facebook picture) that my room is really big. I believe North’s, East’s, and West’s doubles are pretty much identical to each other. As far as I’ve heard, people don’t have problems with space, and I’ve seen people fit couches into their rooms.</p>
<p>Rune, if you’re worried about living with someone else, I’d recommend trying to AVOID a single in South. You’ll almost certainly have to live in a double your Sophmore year, so you might as well learn how to live with someone your Freshman year when you’re paired with the best roommate possible.</p>
<p>I live in one of the smaller Inner-Dorm doubles, and I’m perfectly happy with the amount of space, even after delofting my bed. The Inner Dorms all have a distinct personality and community, which more than makes up for the small rooms.</p>
<p>I’d like to add that this year Mudd started offering gender-neutral housing to all students except freshman. This means that doubles and triples (and quads) can be co-ed.</p>
<p>And to echo what some other people said, they are pretty good at matching people. I’m a sophomore and I kept the same roommate from last year. It was an awesome match. Of course, there are some people that don’t like their roommates, but if you’re really suffering you can request to be moved.</p>
<p>“I’d like to add that this year Mudd started offering gender-neutral housing to all students except freshman. This means that doubles and triples (and quads) can be co-ed.”</p>