<p>I am deciding whether or not I should make an effort to find a roommate over the last few days before the window for housing closes. Initially, I kind of liked the idea of being paired with someone randomly. </p>
<p>However, from some of the stuff I have read online and the emails I have received, it seems like Tulane really emphasizes roommate selection. If you don't choose a roommate, are you disadvantaged when it comes to housing assignments; for instance, does Tulane housing place pairs of students in rooms and give left over spots to those who did not select roommates?</p>
<p>On the other hand, would my chance at getting into my top choice dorm be hurt if I decided to room with someone this late? I wasn't sure if they give people an order based on when they submit housing preferences or something, and if my position would be disrupted by requesting a roommate in late June. </p>
<p>If anyone knows the answer to either of these questions, I would definitely appreciate the assistance.</p>
<p>If you and a person that agrees to room with you both have the same first and second choice dorms, my understanding is that you are almost certainly going to get paired with that person and most likely get into the dorm you selected, especially if you are a guy. For girls, it is a little harder because there are so many more (57% of this year’s incoming class is female, you lucky guys), and by definition of space 1 in 4 will end up in JL.</p>
<p>If you don’t pick a roommate, it is very likely you will just get slotted into whatever space they need to fill. That is just a reality.</p>
<p>It is not a big deal. Random roommates sometimes work out, sometimes they do not. Same goes for a roommate you may have met on facebook prior to the start of school.</p>
<p>Just wondering how many CCer’s have found a roommate using roommateclick or facebook, or at orientation, and how many are going to be randomly paired??</p>
<p>My D found hers on roommateclick, a kid we met at orientation last week met his at the orientation, and as I recall the orientation speakers either said or implied that about 20% are randomly paired, many by choice (i.e. many of these 20% wanted the experience of a random pairing). I could definitely be off on that percentage.</p>