<p>Hi everyone! I was accepted ED to haverford which was my top choice by far and I am so excited to go this fall. </p>
<p>I have a couple of random questions for students who attend(ed) haverford. What is the roommate survey like? I heard that they just pair you with other people merely based off of whether you want a double or single, and this is a little frightening as I was hoping to be with people that have similar interests. </p>
<p>Also what is the party scene like, both student/school organized (I know hc is known for high school-type dances like the snow ball, haha) and casual? For a student who likes to attend parties, but also likes to spend weekends doing other stuff like hanging with friends or going to Philly, will there be a comfortable place for them here?</p>
<p>Also, what is the dating scene like? I heard its just made up of really intense relationships which seems kind of annoying. </p>
<p>Thanks for all of your help! I definitely have more questions to come.</p>
<p>I’m a parent of a Ford, so I can’t answer all your questions, but I can tell you that they do match you with people of similar interests for housing. My son was housed next to someone with the same major and in a Customs Group that has several people interested in the same sport and activities. His best friends are made up of people from his Customs Group. Even if you find that there aren’t enough people with the same interests as you in your group, there are many, many clubs that will.</p>
<p>I don’t think there is a large party scene, although there are people there who like to party. </p>
<p>Current student here, just wanted to say that you’ll fill out a survey, asking you about your sleeping habits, interests, personality, and etc, and they try and match you based on that. They actually never asked about single/double, although nearly everyone gets a single these days (of the freshmen halls, Tritton and Gummere are 100% singles, Barclay is nearly all singles, and then there are the apartments, which are a bit different, not doubles but I guess most wouldn’t consider them singles, they’re apartments). They then place you on a hall based on that survey. They obviously can’t truly get to know you based on a survey, but they do their best to match people, and it works pretty well. They group you into halls (who you stay with for orientation week and see all the time), and depending on the dorm you will probably have a single inside of a suite, inside of your hall.</p>
<p>As for the party scene, there isn’t that much surprising to say. Every Friday and Saturday, there are more major/officialish ("officialish as in more formally scheduled, but the parties themselves are generally very casual from my experience) parties in more public spaces that anyone can go to, and there will generally be more low key smaller parties held in dorms and stuff, birthday parties and the like, it depends on what you’re into. As colleges go, my hunch is that the party scene isn’t as huge as it is at some colleges, but on weekends there are always parties that anyone can show up for, and if you search around you can probably find more niche get togethers.</p>
<p>The dating scene depends on who you ask, it’s pretty subjective. Some people will talk about how everyone they know is in a committed relationship, while others will say they don’t know anyone in a long term relationship. I’d bet it tends towards less dating with more long term relationships than the average college, but that’s I suppose the stereotype, it’s pretty hard to tell how the college actually compares to most colleges.</p>