Daughter working on roommate selection thru SDSU website - does anyone know how this works as instructions seem non-existent? If she makes request for roommate that’s been selected for her and they accept, is that it and they are matched or does she have opportunity to make several matches and ultimately select one? Can you make several matches? Help please.
@dennative - Unless it has changed from two years ago, most of the roommates are assigned randomly based upon the answers given and preferences indicated on their housing application (room size, learning community, personal preferences, etc.) Once the roommate is selected by Housing, if the other person has an issue with the selection, they need to talk with their RA after they move in.
If the assigned roommate has given Housing permission to share their personal info found in the “Student Profile” section, your daughter will be updated in late July/early August who her roommate will be. This could have changed in the last couple of years, but I haven’t heard that it has.
Thru their program she is now receiving a number of proposed “matches” of other student profiles from whom she can then request a match - just doesn’t seem to be clear if when she selects them a match is made and she is done (and then can’t review other profiles), or if you select number of matches and then housing selects or how this all works as she can’t find info on it other than having prepared her bio and now getting dozens of potential matches. Also, not clear how this works if she wants to do an RLC - if she goes with a roommate match, appears she is giving up opp for RLC.
@dennative Wow! That is different (my kid lives in an RLC). Housing is open right now, I’d call them directly and ask.They have always been helpful with us. And, please post back here how it works so others will know, too!
@dennative I am wondering the same thing. My son is trying to do the roommate selection too. He received a message from someone already asking to be a roommate.
Two years ago when my son was filling out the housing application, if you wanted a specific roommate, each student needed to submit their SDSU Red ID to match up. He chose to have a random roommate and it worked out fine. I guess things have changed this year.
@rysmom yes us as well. My son has received a few requests and he is hesitant to accept in case that means it is a done deal.