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Roommate
Information
1. I do not have a
roommate request. How will a roommate be selected for me?
Most
students do not have a specific roommate preference when they come to
RU. If you do not preference a
specific person, a person will be placed randomly with you. Matching roommates based on personality
tests or self-reported behaviors does not show any more significant success
than simple random placement.
2.
I would like to request a
roommate. How do I do this?
To
request a specific person as a roommate, you will both need to send us a
letter stating that you want to live with the other person. All requests must be mutual and in
writing, and received by Tuesday, June 30, 2009 for consideration. Requests can be e-mailed from your
Radford e-mail account (to verify your identity) to res-life@radford.edu
or a written letter can be mailed to Office of Residential Life, Radford University,
Radford, VA, 24142. Please be certain to include your
roommate’s full name and student ID number, or other identifying
information. When requests are
mutual and submitted by June 30, 2009, you will be placed with your
requested roommate. You can also request
a roommate at Quest this summer.
3. I know someone from
my high school who is going to RU this fall. Is it a good idea for us to select
each other as roommates?
The
answer to this question depends on the set of roommates. Many times, people choose someone who is
familiar, but not really known well, because it provides a sense of
security. If you are considering
selecting a roommate, please make sure you ask questions in depth about his
or her personal habits. These are
the most important factors for roommate success. For example, two people may describe
themselves as “morning people.”
However, a person who wakes at 6
am daily has a different perspective than the person who
considers 10 am
early.
4. My best friend from
high school and I want to be roommates. Does that seem like a good idea?
Certainly,
choosing a friend as a roommate can be a comfort when you are moving to a
new situation. Radford offers you
the opportunity to meet people and make friends with people from around the
world. When you are in college, you
will see that people can change in ways you never anticipate. Friends often learn they have similar
interests but they do not live well together because of differing study,
cleanliness or social habits.
Therefore, you may want to consider living in the same quad as your
friend, but not as roommates. This
will give you a place to go when you need some time away from your room and
can help your friendship.
5. If my roommate and I
have different dates for our housing deposit, how does the room
assignment process happen?
All
housing assignments are done with regard to dates of deposit to the
University. For roommates, the
person with the later date of deposit will be used to determine your order
in the housing assignments. We
believe that students who have requested specific roommates are more
concerned with who they live with than the location of their room. In some cases, this means that the later
date of deposit will mean that a person will not get a first choice, such
as a Themed Living community, that they would have gotten on their
own. Therefore, if your building
placement is more important than your indicated roommate, you will need to
send this information to Residential Life by June 30, 2009.
6. If my roommate and I
do not get along, can we switch rooms?
It is
possible to change rooms on campus, with certain limitations. In order to complete all our
administrative processes, we are not able to accept housing preferences
after July 2, 2008. Room changes may
not occur until after the first two weeks of school. From July 1 until the end of the second
week of classes, we are in an intensive process of verifying and sharing
data. Therefore, we are unable to
make any changes until the end of the second week of classes. At that time, our priority is to move
students out of tripled rooms. We
encourage students to work together to make the most of their living
arrangements. Room changes are
possible, but they are dependent on available space and timing
considerations.
7. If I do not have a
mutual roommate request, will I be placed with another new student?
In
most cases, we do pair new students together. However, space considerations can mean
that some new students are placed with returning students. Out goal is to place people together with
similar class ranking (such as a new student with a sophomore). No matter their placements, new students
will live in a building with other new students who are going through
similar transitions.
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