Can first-year (freshmen) students choose their own roommate?
We do not have a process whereby first-year students select their own roommates or building preferences. We use the information each student provides on their housing agreement (the lifestyle questions) to make matches based on those. Once students are matched on those questions, we then make a building assignment for the pair. We believe this gives our students a unique opportunity to get to know others that they may not otherwise engage with, but share an array of commonalities with from a lifestyle/value perspective. We have found this method to be extremely effective.
