Room Selection

Was anyone else surprised by the way UCSB is having Freshmen sign up for rooms? Seemed like quite a free for all with the students that got their rooms & roommates this morning. My daughter’s link/password never did let her into the system but she lucked out that friends who she planned to room with were able to put her into a room they found. What happens if you don’t know someone to room with? I had thought there would be some type of questionnaire to pair/triple up students for rooms. Is this how it has been done in the past? (Just curious!)