<p>My Ana will be going to Tulane this Fall-- unfortunately she is going to be unable to attend orientation in June. After reading some OLD posts on here it seems like Tulane students meet in June orientation -- then pick roommates and start pairing up?! Are we at a serious disadvantage ... nervous about a random roommate selection - don't want her to start off college on the wrong foot - sooo far from home ( we are from Las Vegas). Any Advice?</p>
<p>Is she on the facebook group? Students are finding roommates that way too! </p>
<p>yes she is …but its hard because , of course, everyone puts their best side out there - hard to know peoples real personalities etc via facebook .</p>
<p>Last year, my D was not able to go to orientation either. She used the FB page and found a few possible roommates, chatted with them, and chose one. I would think most people would be honest about how much they plan to party and how neat/messy they are and those are probably the most important things. She got lucky because they got along well even though they didn’t become best friends. I would suggest trying to find one on FB but if not, don’t stress about going random. </p>
<p>It is hard to know from Facebook. But on the other hand, before the Internet and Facebook, etc. people did just fine with random roommates. I would wager that the roommate pairing success rate after a semester isn’t much different between the two groups. Because as we all know, no matter how great the “dating” is, you really don’t know someone until you live with them!</p>
<p>But I should add that my D met her first roommate using Facebook or Roommate Click, I forget which. Didn’t become best buds, but they got along fine and remained friendly throughout their time at Tulane. </p>
<p>At orientation the roommate question was discussed. Ross Bryan, the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs for Housing & Residence Life, said that about half of the incoming students choose a roommate and about half go random. And, he said, they were about equally successful!</p>
<p>Thanks for that, @DebmomNY. Good guess for me!</p>