<p>Does anyone know when they mail out the roommate surveys for freshman? It seems pretty late to me, I know some colleges have done it already.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure PSU doesn't have roommate surveys. They assign roommates randomly based on when students sent in their housing deposit and what their preferences are. Those who sent in their housing departments first are most likely to get their first choice of dorm etc.</p>
<p>I believe this is correct. My S started at UPark today, and I don't think he ever filled out a survey. I thought I recall one of the orientation speakers saying that they liked to pair up people with similar majors, but my S and his roommate are in completely different majors. </p>
<p>I think it would be a good idea to have incoming freshmen fill out some type of survey. Even just a few questions that would help ensure better matches might be good. Then again, some people have done very well through random pairings. But, especially for shy students, it might be helpful if they at least had one thing in common with their roommate, such as a hobby or other interest.</p>
<p>Somehow I think they pair us up with similar majors for the Fall. Last summer I had an IST major roommate and I was doing Engineering. In the fall, I was paired up with an Architectural Engineering roommate. So were a lot of the people on my floor. Heck, I think most of my floormates were engineers (I'm pretty sure about 90% of them were). I don't know how/why since we're just a regular floor and not an SLO.</p>