<p>my S met his roommate for the first time on move in day and by the end of that day you would have thought they had known each other for months. they hit it off really good. my wife and I were just as happy as the two of them were. it made leaving so much easier for us.</p>
<p>Good, I am glad for your S! It makes college life a whole lot easier if the roomies can get along in at least a basic sense.</p>
<p>I’m seconding the random roommate pool for freshman. Freshman year I went on that student search and narrowed it down to one person. We just didn’t mesh, probably because she wasn’t taking his/her meds, but also probably because our personalities grated. We tend to look for people just like us interest/worldview wise and that often isn’t the best combination! Opposites are the key.</p>
<p>it seems to me that unless you have known someone for quite some time (ex-friend from home) that the pot luck roommate has just as much chance of success as seeking someone out during a one or two day get together at Tulane campus or some other function hosted by Tulane to get potential students together.
Furthermore, i think that students who pot luck roommates are more likely to accept their roommate. There really are no preconceived expectations about the roommate. A student will be happy to land a semi-normal individual who is respectful and reasonable. Getting along well enough to actually become friends would be a bonus.
Sometimes when arranging a roommate prior to school starting the expectations can be elevated to another level and one or both of the students may have regrets about the process they chose to get a roommate.</p>
<p>My d met her roommate thru Facebook and then they met in person during an Orientation. They became fast friends and are still rooming together sophomore year. However, they are the only successful pairing who met on FB whom they know of, including everyone on their freshman floor. So maybe it’s just luck. If D2 wanted to go the FB route or the random route, I wouldn’t interfere with her decision.</p>
<p>My S is getting along fine with his random roommate. I think it is more important to choose the right dorm atmosphere. My quiet son got into Butler along with a lot of other non-honors kids. I hear things are already wild at Sharp!</p>
<p>The first few weeks are always the wildest. Then the first tests start looming, papers due, midterms around the corner…</p>
<p>My ds is a senior and his freshman yr roommate, who is very different from him (they met thoruhg the Tulane fb pg) is still one of his roommates. It can work.</p>
<p>sharp has been the craziest freshman dorm so far. monroe is right behind sharp in craziness</p>