<p>Hey guys, not a lot of people from my school are going to UNC and the ones that are, I don't want to room with.</p>
<p>so will doing the random roommate thing suck? I mean is it easy to resolve conflicts if ur roommate and u don't get along?</p>
<p>I am a huge procrastinator so I often stay up late and wake up early, and I don't want a roomie who is going to be complaining about me makin noise lol cuz its gonna happen</p>
<p>hey there isnt even anyone else accepted from my school lol. actually there hasnt been anyone going to chapel hill from my hs in 3 years (i guess its cuz we're from ct and most kids stay north). i'm going to have to try my luck at this random dorm thing</p>
<p>p.s. i stay up late too...but how the hell do u do that and then wake up early. do you ust not need sleep or something?</p>
<p>Just be very, VERY descriptive on your roommate preference form and hope for the best. If it doesn't work out, there are avenues to correct the situation. </p>
<p>My d noted on her form that she was mildly messy (not a neatfreak), that she liked to play music at a low volume when studying and/or doing homework, and that she kept hours according to her academic schedule...meaning she was usually in bed by midnight or 1 a.m. if she had an 8 a.m. class. She ended up with a roommate who seemed perfect for the first two months...but who then started being passive aggressive about playing only certain music (hers), needing absolute silence in the evenings, repeatedly rearranging and organizing the room (her side and my daughter's side) and staying up all hours with ALL the lights on. They asked for mediation and came to the conclusion it would be best if the roommate moved to another dorm since she was the one not honoring the original agreement. It was touchy for awhile but all is fine now. Housing personnel were great and did a wonderful job sorting the situation out. So, never fear...if you are in a bad situation, they will do their very best to correct it immediately.</p>
<p>The whole "bad" roomate thing is usually only a problem for girls in my experience. I know very few guys who have had to move out because of their roomate.</p>
<p>^There may be some truth this...guys don't seem to get into head games...for whatever reason. And if things bother them, they usually don't express it as readily. Which can be good... or disastrous.</p>
<p>But it also should be noted that most people are over the 'roommate' thing by sophomore year and want a single room if they can get it.</p>
<p>There are single rooms in UNC?? I couldn't find it in the housing brochure! Is this available to freshmen? I don't think I want a room mate and would like to request single rooms.</p>
<p>Be careful filling out you form for housing. My nephew goes to another university and his roommate was a complete opposite. My nephew is 6'2, muscular, plays football, neat hair, and very sociable. His roommate was short, skinny, hair down to waist, no cell phone, no license, and did not communicate. He would not talk to my nephew. He tried and tried, but would not get a response. He would be gone all day, come in at like 1 or 2 a.m. and start watching tv. My nephew had to be up at 6 a.m. for football practice. Anyway this did not work out. Be honest when filling out the form.</p>
<p>alcook, sometimes I wonder if any of the schools actually read those forms--or do they let you fill them out to make you feel better about who you end up with (ie, well they put us together, we must have something in common).</p>
<p>All 3 of mine (different schools) were placed with roommates who did not match in any way. None made it through the whole year with original roommates (well oldest son technically did--he just slept on the floor in a friend's room). If I could change one thing about colleges, I would make all rooms private with a hall bath, hall kitchenette, and a lounge.</p>
<p>A lot of people are trying to find roommates through the roommate finder (it's on UNC's housing website) or through the facebook class of 2011 group. I found my future roommate through facebook and it's almost a little weird how much we have in common. :)</p>
<p>I believe there are singles in some of the North campus dorms. Last I heard the directionals on South only offer singles to RAs. I'd call housing and find out exactly where you can get a single.</p>
<p>yeah any singles?</p>
<p>ldmom, this is pretty much correct. I do know several people in de facto singles in south campus directional dorms, but this had nothing to do with them requesting a single. They applied for housing like everyone else and for whatever reason were just not assigned a roommate.</p>
<p>lux - You are right...now that I think of it there were several people 'single occupying' a double room in my d's dorm on South campus (a directional). I wonder if they leave a few doubles with only one occupant in case they need to shift people around to solve roommate matchup problems.</p>
<p>I suspect that the large number of students participating in study abroad programs also contributes to this, particular during the spring semester.</p>
<p>hinvestrop - I usually take a nap after I get home from school. If that's not possible:</p>
<p>1) Coffee
2) Red Bull
3) ...I'm kinda used to it by now lol</p>
<p>My d can't figure out which dorm (4 in order of preferene) she should sign up for... From what we can gather, North Campus is more studious, mostly upper classmen, and closer to classes and libraries. South Campus has more freshmen, more social activities, but a long haul to classes and library.<br>
Are we on the right track here? If so, my preference for her would be North and hers South... She's both very social and studious... In fact, all through high school, the better her social life, the higher her grades... go figure! </p>
<p>The names don't mean a thing to us... so if anyone can send us some information on the dorms and recommendations, that would be great!</p>
<p>Rio - I think the long haul thing is exaggerated. South campus isn't as close to classes as North, but the distance isn't THAT bad. There is a brick pathway that cuts through the block between the South Campus dorms and the football field and Ramshead facility; so don't be fooled when you look at the map and see the winding roads. Also, your d can always catch the bus that runs a constant loop through the campus.</p>
<p>Also, my d is in a directional on South. There are tons of honors and some Robertsons kids on her floor. So it does have that studious thing going on too. But, that being said, my d is torn between moving to North for the upcoming year or staying on South. She feels like she should move to North since she is going to be a sophomore; but really likes her South dorm and wouldn't mind staying either.</p>
<p>The nicest, newest dorms on South are what used to be called the directionals...their names are now: Craige North, Ehringhaus South, Horton and Hardin. </p>
<p>One of the older dorms on South has gone a major overhaul and is supposed to be very nice now. That one is called Morrison. Part of it is devoted to theme housing...The Sustainability Learning Community which is about living 'green' I believe. I think there are seminar requirements to live there. But seminars are good...they get some of those confusing Gen Ed requirements out of the way. Morrison is really close to the Ramshead...which is a wonderful advantage. Here's a link to the Sustainability thing....</p>
<p>Don't know much about the North campus, but I've heard Kenan Community is nice. This is a group of four older, more historic dorms...Kenan, McIver, Alderman and Spencer. I understand Kenan is really pretty, but it is an all-girls dorm with restricted (not open) visitation.</p>
<p>Hopefully others will pop in with info about the other dorms.</p>
<p>My D will be in Morrison next year. Only the top 3 floors are theme housing. They are also remodeled those floors into 3 rooms sharing a living area and bath as opposed to the others floors being 4 rooms sharing a bath.</p>
<p>I just know from my brother's experiences that that roommate contract you fill out in the beginning is a big, big deal. He really wanted to be in Old West his sophomore year and so decided to contract with a guy who was squatting from the year before. The only condition was that my brother and the guy not have a roommate contract. My brother didn't really know why his future roommate didn't wish to go through the process, but I think he figured the guy just thought it'd be a pain.</p>
<p>Turned out, his future roommate wanted to have his girlfriend practically live with them. Because my brother had never signed a roommate contract, he had no grounds to protest their visitor. My brother's generally really sociable and has trouble dealing with conflict so he just pretended like the problem didn't exist and grew to really dislike his roommate over time. I'm praying that something similar won't happen to me!</p>
<p>The Housing Application states that BOTH "open" and "standard" options are "with roommate consent." So we're not worried...</p>