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Technology reduces the risks in roommate matches.
Remember the college roommate from hell? The one who ruined your best blouse, stole your boyfriend and turned your room into party central?
Many schools, including Kennesaw State University GA, the University of Utah and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, are using a new software program that allows students to select their roommates on-line.
The Atlanta-based WebRoomz offers a sophisticated computer program that matches roommates based on a list of personality attributes, lifestyle traits and favorite entertainment options. Using a screen name, students anonymously post their choices to WebRoomz.com.
The program sorts through the lists of peers who've made similar choices, and comes up with a series of names that offer potential compatibility. It's the academic version of computer dating, but with anonymity.
The site also allows potential matches to e-mail each other, set up a meeting and book their residence hall rooms on-line. Female students especially like this opportunity to get to know their future roommate, so they can start building a relationship before they even come on campus.
Efficiency and choice
Schools using it like the product's efficiency in streamlining the assignment process. H. Dwayne Davis, associate dean of students for residence life at Reed College OR, told USA Today that making freshman roommate assignments is "one of the most anxiety-ridden pieces of our job."
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