<p>I know that you can still generally get a dorm, even if you turn in the forms late, but you might unwillingly be put into a triple or some otherwise undesirable place. So what date do they expect them to be handed in? I ask this because I'm still looking around for a roommate, and I don't think I'm quite ready to commit at the moment.</p>
<p>Even if your send in your housing deposit on time or even early, you may still end up in a triple…</p>
<p>No guarantees.</p>
<p>Please note that roommate requests are rare, and must be agreed to by both roommates. Unless it’s a friend, don’t bother. If you’re looking for a stranger to room with you, just let UR do the selection. Even without the pages of questionnaires, they tend to do a pretty good job of it.</p>
<p>Would you suggest rooming with someone from, say, the U of R Facebook page who you know at least has something in common, or just going random? My main fear is just being stuck with someone who’s intolerable, as I’ve heard many horror stories about roommates. Though I’m guessing this is not nearly as bad in smaller schools such as U of R as compared to state schools.</p>
<p>Part of the dorm experience is learning how to live amicably with a variety of different people. This includes people who have different interests, different religions, different cultural backgrounds, different belief systems. It is not asking you to be life-long friends with your roomie, or to continue to room together after your freshman year. (Though both do happen.)</p>
<p>I think you will find most people are pretty reasonable and if you ** make an effort to communicate and compromise**, then you won’t have a truly horrible roommate experience.</p>
<p>I would suggest rolling the dice. You don’t really “know” anyone on Facebook, and there’s no reason to assume that you’ll have anything in common, despite what you’ve e-mailed/discussed. It’s like proposing marriage to a blind date before you’ve ever met.</p>
<p>UofR’s method of “non-matching” roommates works just as well as any multi-page questionnaire.</p>
<p>WOWM is correct - if you go in assuming that you’ll be considerate of each other, you should have no problem.</p>
<p>I’ll put in a vote for following your own instinct as far as matching with a roommate vs. luck of the draw. My son facebooked with another incoming freshman who had filled out an informal survey and they ended up rooming together. My son has a…strong…personality and it could have been tough on both him and his roommate if they hadn’t been compatible. Of course you don’t know how well you’ll like someone off of a brief survey, but it’s nice to know that you’re compatible as far as how neat/messy you are, how late you stay up, whether or not you like to drink, etc. They are fast friends and will be rooming together next year. A bad roommate situation can be very stressful, and it can help to find someone who is at least compatible on the basics.</p>