<p>We have accepted and paid the deposit for my D. She started the online survey for housing. We were surprised that is focuses more on preference of housing type/location and no so much on matching personalities, interests, etc. I called Student Housing and they said that’s all there is for a student housing survey. I’m surprised the survey was so vague compared to other universities. Is it easy to switch roommates if you really don’t get along? My D is already concerned. Can any current students alleviate our concerns?</p>
<p>i discussed this in a previous housing survey. housing doesn’t match based on personalities because they have done extensive research to show that it hasn’t worked any better. if you look at 2 high school best friends that decide to live together, chances are that they’ll hate each other (it’s happened to every pair of high school friends i’ve ever seen). it’s easy to switch if you don’t get along, but this way you don’t come in with the expectation that “oh my roommate is an insomniac too since she put that on the survey!” because you might have been matched on some other criteria, etc. trust me, random roommates tends to work out much better, and there are many opportunities to switch if it doesn’t work out.</p>
<p>i agree. the random roommate situation works out just fine. if there’s a huge problem you can swap, but RA’s are usually really good about helping you work through problems</p>
<p>most students in college drastically change habits in college too. Someone who might be completely regimented in high school might start staying up til 3 am studying or hanging out. Someone who comes in a quiet, sheltered person might come out of their shell and party all the time. nonsmoker to smoker, neat freak to slob…these things all happen. It’s best to just be open with your new roommate from day 1 about your preferences and how you’d like to any solve conflict that might arise in the future.</p>
<p>As long as there is flexibility to switch that’s all my D really cares about. She’s pretty open minded but has recently heard some roommate horror stories.</p>