<p>I have 6 sibs. I never called my parents in tears about anything and to my knowledge, neither did my sibs (3 boys and 3 girls). Neither my S nor D ever called me in tears about housing, though I would get a bit concerned when D seemed to be waiting until the last minute on her housing, twice. She had no angst nor any drama during undergrad or now about housing nor about much else (nor did S). </p>
<p>Actually, we had hoped to hear from them a bit more often than we typically do, but that’s another story. 
Just glad that when we do hear, they seem to be mostly happy and healthy! </p>
<p>D roomed with kids she knew from HS (after her blind assignment to a suite with 4 girls the 1st term); this year, she’s renting a room in a house. S was blindly assigned his 1st year & got along OK with his room mate. Have no idea who he lived with 2nd year, other than it was 4 males in a 2 bedroom and one male left and another one started in spring. 3rd & 4th years, he shared an apartment with a kid he knew from HS & they got along great. He now lives along in a one bedroom condo he rents. Both kids only lived in the dorm for their 1st semester or 2. After that, they lived in apartments across the street from campus. They never had more than 1-3 room mates, which may have helped reduce the drama.</p>