<p>@toowonderful, sounds like things have indeed changed and in fact, I see it right on their website now that you cannot make roommate requests. Go figure. A good reason for me to admit that I don’t know anything about being a freshman at NYU now and leave it to those of you who do. 
BTW, last year, one of my daughter’s roommates was indeed male and the request to live together had to be made by all 4 of them in the 2 bedroom apartment for that set up to be approved. It worked out just fine. I’m all for gender blind if it make sense to the players involved.</p>