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Roommate Selection Questionnaire

Since few of you may know each other going in to this semester program, we have tried to develop some indicators to help place you all in the apartments. You will be living with each other while trying to simultaneously take classes and work in the professional world. In such a program, there are many pressures on you, and so the little things in life can add up. When the day comes when you need to wake up early for your job and your roommate comes in late at night from partying down in Adam’s Morgan, you will appreciate the value of spending some time now to complete this exercise.  Please complete this online form prior to the pre-departure orientation.  The form will be electronically submitted to the Global Programs Coordinator who will review your responses.  Please note that we will do our best to take your preferences into account when we place students in the apartments.  If you know others in the program who you wish to room with, please state that at the end of the form and we will do our best to accommodate these preferences.  Thanks!

Name:

Sleep habits:

1. What time do you usually go to sleep/wake up?

2. Are you a light or a heavy sleeper?

Noise tolerance:

3. Do you prefer music/TV loud or quiet?

4. What kind of music do you like to listen to?

Cleanliness:

5. Is your living space usually very neat and orderly or not very organized?

6. How frequently do you clean your room?

7. Are you in the habit of cleaning up the kitchen after you use it?

Personality/lifestyle:

8. Do you consider yourself very talkative and expressive, or quiet and reserved?

9. Do you prefer a roommate who is very social or not very social?

10. Describe yourself using personality stereotypes (for example: quiet, private, independent, sociable, voluble, self-contained, serious, fun-loving, easy-going, intense, easily worried, unflappable, etc.)

11. Do you want to know when your roommate is having guests over?

Studying:

12. Do you prefer to do your homework alone or with a group of people?

13. Do you study with music/TV?

Other:

14. Smoking is not allowed in the apartments or classrooms, and is discouraged in many restaurants and office buildings in DC.  Do you smoke?  If not, are you willing to live with someone who does smoke?

15. Do you have any personality quirks or pet peeves that a prospective roommate should know about?


16. Are there certain individuals in this program that you would like to request to live with in the same room/apartment?  Are there other specific requests that we should consider?


For more information contact Nell Bartkowiak, the Global Programs Coordinator, at global@maxwell.syr.edu.

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