For Parents
Q: How can my son or daughter find a roommate?
A: A good place to start the search may be Orange Housing. Orange Housing maintains a website that includes roommate search postings. The Orange Housing website is www.orangehousing.com. It is important to keep in mind that this local company is not affiliated with Syracuse University or SUNY ESF. There are absolutely no guarantees about the quality and reliability of the information posted on the website, so it is important to be very cautious about selecting someone as a roommate from this site.
When your son or daughter is trying to decide if someone would be a good roommate for him or her, s/he should think about the following questions:
- What are you looking for in a roommate?
- Do you or does your potential roommate smoke? If yes, will there be a conflict?
- Do you and your potential roommate have similar sleeping habits?
- Do you and your potential roommate have similar study habits?
- Does either of you have any pets?
- How important is cleanliness to both of you?
- Consider the amount of personal belongings you both may have. The more there is, the more opportunity there is for clutter.
- How much time do you both spend on the phone? Will this be a potential problem?
- How much time do you both spend in the bathroom/shower? Will this be a potential problem?