<p>I read something about a roomate preferences survey, but I didn't find one in my acceptance packet. Does anyone know if we get that once we send in our intentions packet?</p>
<p>berkely, I don't remember exactly when Carleton mails that, but I believe it's sometime in the summer. By May, Carleton will put put up on its website a schedule of what they'll be sending you and when, what you need to bring, etc. Congratulations!</p>
<p>ok cool. thanks</p>
<p>My daughter (a freshman) filled out the preference survey and Carleton completely ignored it. In fact, they gave her a roommate exactly the opposite of what she had hoped to have. But it's all good. She's learned to live with someone totally unlike herself and they both seem fine with it. However, they're not rooming together next year.</p>
<p>Hindoo, that's always been a fear of mine. Did Carleton give her the option of switching roommates?</p>
<p>No. ... But I must say, everyone else she knows seems to have been placed with very appropriate, compatible roommates. I'm thinking maybe she was one of the last ones to be assigned a roommate, then ended up with her polar opposite.</p>
<p>Ah--makes sense. Thanks!</p>
<p>Carleton usually does a very good job with assignment roommates, so Hindoo's case is strange. A lot of people choose to live with their freshman year roommate again in subsequent years. Just answer the form honestly when you get it, without a parent looking over your shoulder trying to tell you how often you drink, what your noise tolerance is, or what time you go to bed.</p>
<p>Yes, listen to dietcokewithlime. ... My daughter now tells me (upon further questioning) that she had requested to live in an all-girls hall, the likes of which are in short supply. Of course, this very much limited her options. Carleton probably did the best they could to accommodate her, and I'll say again that she's more than surviving the end result. ... Despite not having the ideal roommate situation, my daughter is still crazy in love with Carleton.</p>
<p>Hindoo, can you make specific requests about who you room with as a freshman? Because my friend and I both could be going to Carleton next year.</p>
<p>trust me, you dont want to live with your friend. a room mate is your chance to make a new friend and get connected with new people. you will still see your friend all the time if you're both at Carleton, but its a good idea to make a new friend.</p>
<p>Yea I know. I've read and heard of all the warnings about not rooming with high school friends, but if we do decide we want to, will we be able to request it?</p>
<p>berkley5:</p>
<p>Carleton usually doesn't honor roommate requests for freshman. The exception seems to be siblings.</p>
<p>Nope. As a freshman, you will not be allowed to pick your roommate, and that includes siblings (many live with each other after freshman year). However, if you request it, many times they are happy to put you on the same dorm floor as a good friend/relative, they just want you to have the roommate experience with a stranger.</p>
<p>well thats cool tho. thanks</p>
<p>Yeah, I've actually never heard of people who know each other (siblings, friends) living together freshman year. Subsequent years, sure, but they've split up every set of twins I've noticed here--not just different rooms, but different buildings. You'll very likely be living with at least one other person from a different part of the country (or different country altogether). I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think ResLife tries very hard not to put two people from the same state together. There may be a few MN-MN freshman roommate pairings and probably are some MN-MN-other state triple setups, but I can't think of any I've seen.</p>