Students can use the resident portal to browse potential roommates, manage roommate questionnaire privacy settings, and connect with others. The roommate questionnaire, completed during the housing application process, helps describe personal preferences and lifestyle habits. You can control whether your answers are visible to other students searching for roommates or only to housing staff.
Note: This feature may not be available if your institution did not include a roommate questionnaire in the housing application.
Browse Roommate Profiles
Log in to your school’s resident portal using the URL provided by your housing department.
Click Application on the navigation bar.
Select Manage on the application you want to update
Click the Roommates menu item.
Note: Roommate searching is only available during the roommate selection period set by your institution.
Adjust Questionnaire Privacy
To view potential roommates, ensure your roommate questionnaire is set to public. If it remains private, other students will not be able to find or contact you, and you won’t be able to search for roommates either.
If your profile is set to private, click Make My Bio Public to allow other students to view your profile and contact you.
View and Filter Potential Roommates
Once your profile is public, a list of potential roommates will appear based on your institution’s eligibility rules. For example, if roommate assignments are restricted to students in the same class year, you will only see students who meet that requirement.
Click any student name or profile picture to access their profile details.
Note: Click Roommate Preferences in the upper right to filter the roommate list based on specific criteria, such as “show me only students who listen to music when they study.”
Contact Potential Roommates
The profile details will display the student’s bio and available contact methods (e.g., email or social media). Contact options are determined by your institution.
Direct messaging is not available within the system. You will need to reach out using the provided contact method, such as email or social media.
Form a Roommate Group
If you’ve found a potential roommate and both of you agree to live together, the next step is to create a roommate group. This allows you to formalize your selection before the room assignment process.