<p>Is there a way to request first choices for Freshman housing or does Pitt just assign Freshman randomly? What about if a specific roomate is desired Freshman year?</p>
<p>They do a “lottery”; the system picks your name randomly and gives you your first choice. If the first choice is unavailable they pick your second… so on and so forth.</p>
<p>When you pay your housing deposit online, it should direct you (or tell you how to) to a page where you fill all of this stuff out. It should also have a space where you put the Student ID of the roommate you want.</p>