<p>I assume UVA does the typical "fill-out a generic questionairre and fit together who-ever works" blah blah...but I was just wondering what specifically these questions are that will determine our first college roommates, anyone know?</p>
<p>Moreover, does UVA really use those applications or is the process totally random?</p>
<p>they ask a very generic set of questions</p>
<p>1) Are you a smoker?
2) How neat do you expect your room to be? (Messy/Semi Neat/Neat)
3) Are you a morning or night person?
4) What do you expect your room to be used for? (Study/Mix/Social)</p>
<p>We don't know how they actually match people. You can be sure that they won't put a non-smoker with a smoker though.</p>
<p>interesting column from the school paper about race in first year dorms.</p>
<p>i've noticed they they generally assign people by hall. all the people on my hall had the same answers for all four questions. don't say that you are a morning person unless you are TRULY a morning person. most people in the "morning" hall go to bed by 12. it is pretty quiet there at night.</p>
<p>haha, whatever you do...don't put something on your form like "no black people, please."
my next door neighbor (who goes to UNC-Pembroke) did that...and guess what? He's in a triple with two black guys.
Serves him right. But I do feel bad for the two guys who have to live with a racist.</p>
<p>LMAO^
pretty funny</p>
<p>You can probably put "No Gay", because that is at least slightly reasonable.</p>
<p>unfortunately that probably right mdt89, however 40-50 years ago the same would have been said about the "no blacks" comment. hopefully gays will be accepted as well as ethnicity has (yes yes, i know. racism is still present...but not as much or openly as homophobia)</p>
<p>Honestly, this comment might come off as homophobic (and I assure you, I am not) but I really don't see the problem for a straight man to be uncomfortable living with a gay man. Would I mind? no, but I can understand the viewpoint.</p>
<p>^I'd understand too.</p>
<p>i know i'm way late here, but... whatever</p>
<p>laxguy... every year there is talk about the diversity in first year housing. </p>
<p>no the process isn't completely random, the questions protean posted are used to try to give students the opportunity to live with a somewhat compatable person. </p>
<p>no, housing doesn't try to assign people based on race or ethnicity. </p>
<p>i'd rather see a study to explain why the distribution is so similar each year without blaming the actual assignments. why are more people of X [description] putting A[dorm] as their first choice and not B[dorm]. or why are more people of Y [description] saying they want the room to be for studying. etc.</p>
<p>good point, wazhoom</p>
<p>and thread resurrection ftw</p>