Choosing Your Roommate(s) If you met someone during Highlander Orientation or know someone who will be attending UCR, you can specify a roommate on your Housing contract. Otherwise, roommate assignments are made using the Housing Contract's personal preferences section.
Discover the top dorms at UCR based on student reviews. The highest-rated dorm is Stonehaven with 2.9 stars.
The Anteater Housing Network (AHN) provides off-campus housing and roommate listings for UCI students. Students can post an ad for a housing or a roommate or create a roommate profile from the My Account page on the AHN website.
Choosing Your Roommate(s) If you met someone during Highlander Orientation or know someone who will be attending UCR, you can specify a roommate on your Housing contract. Otherwise, roommate assignments are made using the Housing Contract's personal preferences section.
What do you want in a roommate? How often do you cook? How long do you plan to stay? What are challenges you've faced in past living situations? Do you have references? Ask for phone numbers and email addresses. Anything else I should know?
Questions to Ask When Searching for a Roommate What's your sleeping schedule like? ... Are you messy or clean? How often do you like to clean? How will cleaning be shared? At what temperature do you like to keep the room and/or apartment? Are you okay with sharing/borrowing clothes, food, etc.?
Connect with fellow UC Riverside students on social media or online forums to find potential roommates with shared interests and values Consider using compatibility quizzes available on some roommate matching websites to help you find someone with a similar lifestyle and personality.
USC Housing will make every effort to honor your request. but cannot guarantee that it will be fulfilled. Once assigned, you may no longer search for roommates. If you do not make a request for a specific person, you will be assigned a roommate based on gender and building assignment.