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DRS - COMMITMENT FORM

Roommate compatibility - questionnaire (All responses are completely confidential.)

Due to the nature of the program, 10-day overnight program, your responses in this portion are used to help identify potential well-matched roommates. It’s very important to be honest when answering the questions…and be sure you as the student are responding, not your parent!

Please use the information and tips below to help you think more about how to most accurately respond to each question. Also keep in mind that your thoughts and/or habits may change one you arrive and adapt to the college setting and schedule, so the guide below can help you consider this while responding.

1. Vaping / Smoking

Concord University is a tobacco and smoke-free campus.

While smoking is prohibited on campus, some students may be allergic or sensitive to smoke that another student may carry on their clothes after smoking off campus. While most people automatically think of cigarettes, please also consider other means of smoking such as hookahs, cigars, vaping, electronic cigarettes, etc. as you answer this question about how often you smoke:

1. Vaping / Smoking

Concord University is a tobacco and smoke-free campus.

Never - this means you literally never vape/smoke.

Occasionally - while you do not typically vape/smoke, you may have a cigarette once in a while.

Frequently - you vape/smoke on a regular basis such as daily or weekly.

2. Cleanliness

Rate how important keeping your room neat and clean is to you:

2. Cleanliness

Rate how important keeping your room neat and clean is to you:

Not important - a messy room may not bother you. You may tend to clean up laundry piles and dirty dishes when you have time. You may not take the trash out every day. You may not notice right away that your room has become cluttered.

Somewhat important - in general, you may prefer a tidy and clean room but sometimes you may not get around to cleaning up right away. While not your preference to have a pile of dirty clothes or dishes waiting to be cleaned, it may not bother you if it is not taken care of that day.

Very important - you may like to have everything in its place, clothes put away and trash thrown out each day. Messes, dirty dishes, laundry piles or clutter may bother you if not taken care of that day.

3. Sleeping

This question asks you when you tend to go to sleep:

3. Sleeping

This question asks you when you tend to go to sleep:

Before 11 p.m.

Between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.

After 2 a.m.

4. Free time

This question asks how you typically spend your free time:

4. Free time

This question asks how you typically spend your free time:

Spend it on my own

Spend it with one or two of my close friends

Socialize with many people

All people will spend their free time in a variety of ways – sometimes alone and sometimes with others. However, for this question think about how you mostly prefer to spend that time. Is it curled up reading a good book or taking a quiet walk on your own? Is it spent with your best friend getting coffee or seeing a movie? Is it hanging out with a large group of friends or getting to know a new group of people? How do you like to “re-energize” after a long day? With some “me time” or connecting with others?

5. Studying

How often do you typically study?

5. Studying

How often do you typically study?

A few days of the week

Most days of the week

Every day of the week

6. Background noise

This questions refers to how loud the background noise can be in your room when you sleep:

6. Background noise

This questions refers to how loud the background noise can be in your room when you sleep:

Low - may mean you are a light sleeper and anything more than a white noise machine, fan, or low lighting may likely disrupt you.

Moderate - may mean that soft music, lights, TV, or computer game in the background will likely not disrupt you.

High - may mean you are a deep sleeper and music, talking, TV, computer use and lights will not likely disrupt you.

Some people can only sleep when it is very quiet, while others prefer to have a radio or fan while they sleep. Keep in mind that when living in a living community, there are hundreds of other students living around you, so you’ll likely experience and get used to the ambient noise in the hallway or from the room above. Are you a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? Keep in mind noise, light, guests, and other possible distractions during sleep. What do you like the background noise level to be?

7. Room use for quiet study

This question asks about the importance of your ability to study quietly in your room:

7. Room use for quiet study

This question asks about the importance of your ability to study quietly in your room:

Not important - you will likely find a quiet space in the library, study lounge or other nook.

Somewhat important - in general you will likely study outside of the room, but you would like the opportunity to study in your room occasionally.

Very important - you typically prefer to study primarily in your room.

8. Room use for socializing

This question asks about the importance of your ability to use your room for hanging out with friends.

Do you like to have friends visit you?

Yes

Do you prefer to visit other people in their rooms and have your room for your own time?

Yes

How often do you like to socialize with friends?

None

Some

Regularly

Often

While there are many options to hang out with others in common areas such as the floor lounges, lobbies, game rooms, laundry rooms, kitchens, as well as outside or at the dining hall, some students prefer to hang out together in their living space. No opposite sex visitors allowed in the rooms or on the floors (corridor where your rooms are).

9. Friendship expectations

This question asks about the importance of having your roommate become a close friend.

It is important to think about your expectations, so that you’re not disappointed if you want to be best friends, but your roommate just wants to have a respectful living environment but not hang out together.

While some roommates become lifelong friends and like to hang out together, others can be excellent roommates while not becoming close friends. Either way, or somewhere in between, communication is key in all situations!

9. Friendship expectations

This question asks about the importance of having your roommate become a close friend.

Not important - while you would like to establish and maintain a respectful environment, you prefer to hang out with other people to provide some space and balance; you do not expect to become close friends but want to be good roommates.

Somewhat important - you are open to developing a good friendship if it happens, but do not want it to be forced; you will not be upset if you do not become close friends but still want to be good roommates.

Very important - you envision an ideal roommate situation where you become close friends and spend a lot of time together; while you do not want to have to force a friendship, you would likely be disappointed if one did not develop.

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