Are we put in random dorm rooms?

rc251
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:38:19 +0000

To be honest, those housing matching forms are pretty worthless. I don’t know of anyone who got someone they wanted. You have to understand that some people partied it up in high school and then settle down once they begin at UCSB, and other people that said that they go to bed early on their survey but once they are exposed to the party scene at UCSB they are the last ones back in a dorm at night. I think it’s good in any case because most likely you’ll room with someone radically different from you and it’ll be a good learning experience.

I don’t know the stats on how often people get their first choice, however.