<p>does Binghamton do a room mate questionnaire to match up students? (ex: are you neat? or are you a morning person) or is this done at orientation?</p>
<p>For freshman sign-up ONLY!! Returning students have a very different process!</p>
<p>There are a few steps/questions in the process.
1) Agree to the Housing License
2) Do you smoke?
3) Can you live with someone who does smoke? -Answering “no” does not guarantee you will be with someone smoke free but helps them pair up those who can stomach it with other smokers… They try their best to keep smokers and non-smokers. It is illegal to smoke in the buildings (there are smoke detectors) and with in 100 feet (I think…) of the entrances (generally unenforced).
4) Do you want to request a specific roommate?- If you and someone else have decided to room together, YOU MUST REQUEST EACH OTHER or it will not work.
5) Do you want to live in a learning community? - Answer “yes” (if yes, otherwise answer “no”) and select the learning community you wish to live in. This now becomes your first choice living community as well. If you have requested a specific roommate, both of you must pick this option or you will most likely not be selected for the learning community (roommate desire outranks LC placement).
6) Rank the communities in order of preference- One (1) being the most desired… The living community with the preferred learning community is preselected as the first choice, just fill in the remaining. Again, requested roommate must pick the same community as a top preference (although this isn’t nearly as important as both picking or not picking the LC).</p>
<p>Here was mine:
1) Agreed
2) No
3) No
4) No
5) Yes, the Pre-Law (or Law Emphasis) Learning Community in CIW
6) CIW, Mountainview, Hinman, Newing, Dickinson</p>
<p>If you pick the LC, you will then receive an email discussing the remaining process for entering the LC. Most likely more students than the allotted number of spaces will have signed up. It is then chosen based on a) order of sign-up and b)demonstrated interest. If you are not originally ranked in the top 40 or whatever number is guaranteed in, don’t lose hope. I was ranked 60 or so but because I emailed the professor in charge, I was moved up. Additionally many accidentally picked the LC option and did not truly want it… i was able to get in, although I know of people who did not. </p>
<p>This is how I remember the process for freshman sign-up. There is no fancy matching program. If you can find a roommate before, you can “match” yourselves but otherwise its random. If you do the learning community you will most likely have a roommate from within the LC.</p>
<p>just to add – there is also an option to request chem free housing (involves commitment not to use drugs or alcohol, not only in dorm, but anywhere – violation can result in loss of housing).</p>
<p>the idea of being randomly placed with a roommate can be scary – but the truth is no matter how many questions they asked, it’d be hard to predict compatibility. i’ve known people who’ve used facebook to find roommates – some worked out well, some not. i’ve known people who KNEW their roommate ahead of time and thought they’d work out – sometimes it did, sometimes it didn’t. i’ve known people who were thrilled to find out they had so much in common with a random roommate only to have it not work out. i’ve known people concerned about their differences with their roommates who ended up getting along great. there is just simply no way to know until you actually live with someone.</p>
<p>extensive surveys are of limited value – you get to college and things change – you stay up later, you care more (or less) about how neat your room is, etc.</p>
<p>you just need to go into things with the attitude that you are SHARING a room and you need to cooperate with the other person.</p>
<p>i agree. you are s h a r i n g a room and that can be a new experience for some. i think the binghamton survey was pretty limited, but i think that doesn’t really matter as some people are not truly honest. ones persons neatness could be what another would think is obsessive complusiveness.</p>
<p>I knew I forgot something! Thanks iamhere!</p>