<p>do a lot of students use roombug to find roommates?</p>
<p>I’ve also been wondering about this.
So far, there are only 180ish people using Roombug but Emory’s average freshman class size is about 1500-2000. I know that there might be more people after May 1st because that is the $450 deposit deadline. </p>
<p>Personally, I don’t think RoomBug is very efficient. I don’t think there are enough questions/info available to really determine what the person is like. Some people don’t have anything in their “About Me” and “Ideal Roommate” sections. I know that most active people on Roombug have just been adding people on Facebook and talking to them that way. I just thought Roombug could’ve been a bit more detailed. 
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<p>I’ve also heard that some people find roommates at the Open Houses in April.</p>
<p>I recently read somewhere (can’t remember the source) that about 60% of the incoming freshmen at Emory do not submit a roommate request. That means that they will get a random roommate.</p>
<p>^Yeah, when I went to the Open House on April 18, they said that about 70% of people don’t request a specific roommate… that seems like the best way to go, IMO, unless you’ve been good friends with another incoming student for several years…</p>
<p>Did they say whether there is a questionaire? I recall my oldest who graduated from Emory last year had to fill out some of the basic questions - are you messy, do you smoke, can you study to music, etc. She and her room mate were pretty compatible and I don’t recall hearing that any of her hallmates had issues. Wonder if they still do that?</p>