Im an out of state student and am planning on living on campus. When is a good time to start looking for a roommate? also how exactly are roommates chosen? Dont we have to find someone to room with?
@ajpat123 From what my daughter told me. PSU does not try to match people for roommates. So it’s whomever gets picked. A lot of students go on social media sites and groups to find roommates. People are doing it now. That is how my D found her roommate.
You also don’t need to find someone to room with, if you don’t want to expend the effort. I went random.
It is my understanding that the majority of students go random. My son went random and it worked out well.
my daughter found her roommate on the Penn State Class of 2019 facebook group last year. It worked out excellent for her, but others who went random had good experiences as well. I’m sure there is a class of 2020 FB group already out there. There was some other app my daughter used as well that was like a match.com for roommates, but I can’t remember what that was and it didn’t matter because she found her on the FB group.
The FB group can be cumbersome as nearly everyone will post the same thing “I’m looking for someone who likes to go out but also study, and likes Netflix, etc…” It’s difficult to find variation between the posts, but once you find someone you can start privately chatting and see if that works for you. My daughter chatted with 6 or 7 girls that just didn’t work out but then the one girl and her really had a lot in common and it’s been a great experience. They just signed up for another year together in a house.
Good luck!
There is a class of 2020 group on Facebook and i think @jlhpsu is thinking of ■■■■■■■■.com but you can also not choose anyone and get a random roommate.
oops didn’t know it would star out the website. roomsurf
room surf!!!
when do most choose a roommate by? I was going to wait until early April.
did it work out good? Im worried I`ll get a roommate that annoys me or just doesn’t get along with me.
so if you don’t get a roomate from the facebook group they just throw you in with a random person? or do they do surveys and then match everyone up.
@asaberian They just randomly match people. There is no survey etc…If you go in the summer, they give you slightly more time and you are able to select someone that you meet at summer session. Otherwise, you either both have to pick each other - or they will put you in with someone random.
I’ve seen it work…and not work…both ways!
@jlhpsu We room with someone for summer also, correct? so When do we find that out?
@asaberian summer can also be a random roommate or someone you choose. I believe my daughter found out in early June about summer roommate but she roomed for summer with an aquaintance. I can’t remember exact date.
when do most choose a roommate by? I was going to wait until early April is that too late?
Also if I dont have a facebook, is it worth making one just to find a roommate? will an empty page look weird?
@jlhpsu ^ could you answer that please.