<p>My best friend and I were both accepted into U of M for Fall 2011, and really want to room together. After some research about how we go about it, I found out that it is possible, but also found this little info tidbit:
"Roommate requests take precedence over campus neighborhood preferences. Historically, most students who request roommates are assigned to North Neighborhood residence halls."</p>
<p>Does anyone know if this is definitely true? Because neither of us want to end up on North Campus, but we really want to room together as well.</p>
<p>Also, I found this:
"Please be advised that approximately 40% of freshmen live in one of the North Neighborhood residence halls and that many freshmen-eligible spaces in the Central and Hill Neighborhoods are dedicated to students in Michigan Learning Communities."</p>
<p>So there's also a big chance that even if we didn't request to room together, we'd end up on North Campus anyways?</p>
<p>Living on North Campus isn’t so bad. The bus runs pretty regularly, and you can get to Central in about 10 mins. Also, it’s pretty quiet and the community of other freshmen around you is pretty nice. I’ve made some really good friends on North Campus this year and I wouldn’t trade for a dorm on Central any day!</p>
<p>bull. The bus takes 10 minutes if you are lucky, and can take up to 20. That isn’t counting the waiting for a bus (which can take up to 10 minutes on weekdays, 20 on weekends), which gets REALLY old once it is cold out. If you are involved in any kind of extra currics, or if you have friends/girlsfriends on central campus, then riding the bus can get very, very, annoying. Unless you reallllyyyy want to room with this guy, don’t do it, cause you WILL get put on north.</p>
<p>^ As a freshman most of your classes will be on central. Most freshman only take engr 100/101 their first two semesters up north. As a junior/senior most will be on north.</p>
<p>The Michigan website said that freshmen who don’t request a roommate may possibly get an “upperclass undergraduate” for a roommate-- is that relatively common?</p>
<p>I roomed with a freshman as a junior, and there were several freshman/sophomore pairings. Not that many juniors and seniors live in university housing but those that do have to live somewhere, and since most of the residents are freshmen and sophomores, who do you think they end up with? And I would think that, between freshmen and sophomores, the freshmen would be more likely since the sophs are more likely to have requested a roommate.</p>
<p>That said, like I said, not that many juniors and seniors live in university housing. You’ll probably get roomed with a freshman, maybe a sophomore. It’s certainly possible but not typical to be placed with an even older student.</p>
<p>Ooh thank you so much everybody, that definitely helped
I think we’re going to request each other anyways and see what happens. If we’re on North we’re there together at least! And North doesn’t really seem that bad.</p>
