One of my friends who have done the Disney College Program before specifically told me that once I get my acceptance and pay for my room/board, I should find roomies. She told me plenty of horror stories about people who didn't find roomies and ended up with random people. They didn't get along, they were too different, and wanted different things from the program. But, that necessarily doesn't mean it happens to everyone. Many people do choose to have roomies selected for them because its a big pain in the rear to go out and find them. I seen this on Facebook countless of times in the group for the Fall Advantage/Fall 2014 group. Many people have trouble finding roomies which made me a little bit hesitant and worried at first.
What I did first was fill out a survey. They can easily be found on the posts they make at the DCP groups on Facebook. It asks the standard questions like, how old are you? Where are you from? What do you like? Where do you want to room? So on and so forth. Answer the questions HONESTLY, trust me. Don't lie on these surveys. Otherwise, you will get a lot of fake roomies who you may not get along with. You want to be real and have someone read it and say, "Hey they seem like an awesome catch." I was straight forward and somewhat humorous in my survey. Put yourself out there! Put your personality into your surveys, whether you be shy, sweet, or funny. Make yourself known so other roomies can tell you aren't a robot. That was the first thing I avoided with people. If they answered so formally, I would find them boring and move on. Such as, What is something people like about you: I'm nice. Snore, snooze fest. If someone put What is something people like about you: I'm nice like Cinderella but can be a clutz like her or whatever, I'd find them more interesting. Don't answer short but don't do too long either. Everyone has short attention spans! Just like you reading this probably! Haha.
Another red flag for me was when people put that they wanted to live in Vista Way. That was one place that was a legend for being the party central or a place to get laid. I wasn't into that, that isn't the reason I am joining the college program. When I saw that on someone's house pick I immediately thought of them as a party animal. That's all I had to see to X out their survey pronto. Not to say that they weren't probably a very nice person, I just didn't want to get tied up in all that party hubba baloo. I do like a good party once in awhile, but from what it sounds with that place is that its a 24/7 party-athon. I need my sleep!
Make sure you are going in looking for roomies with standards. What I mean by that is, you know where you possibly want to stay. What you want to do there. What you must have in a roomie. For example, I want to stay at Paterson or Chatham. I would look at the place they want to stay first before I catch an interest in them. If we share that and the same arrival date, I'll pursue looking over their survey. I also wanted funny roomies who wanted to be close friends, wanted to do things together, but still gave each other some sort of space. Of course, I wanted Disney nerds like myself and trust me that is definitely not hard to find. Haha!
Once I did that, I actually got a few people messaging me. We would talk about all and everything Disney but we just didn't click. We decided not to be roomies but just friends. It was getting kind of tiresome talking to people about the same things over and over. It was just a sure fire sign that I wasn't meant to room with them. Soon, I posted my survey again for the second time and had a girl comment on it. Her name was Katie and then a girl named Francesca. Katie I seen posting around quite a bit, she was a really sweet girl and we clicked instantly when we started talking. I get a little worried when it comes to talking to people cause I don't like annoying anybody. I always like when people are on the same page and are at ease but when I started talking to Francesca I didn't have to worry about that at all. She was humorous and kept the conversation going. I finally found that I found a place with someone. Something I was very worried that I wouldn't be able to do.
Soon we all began to talk to people and met our other roomies (after a few roomies that just didn't fit the bill) They would be Becky, Katy, and Kaitlyn. We decided on having six roomies in total. Which would give us a three bedroom with three baths. We mostly decided on Paterson for the meantime but some of us are still on the fence for Chatham. We still have a lot of time to think about where we definitely want to be placed. Also, a lot of time to give all those Katie's a nickname! Haha! But they are truly the best roomies. We talk to each other non-stop off and on on Facebook.
That is another thing I'd like to tell you guys, when you meet your roomies make sure you stay in constant chatter with them. Even though everyone gets busy due to college, work, and life in general, never fear to create that group chat and post in it from time to time. You need to make sure you are making the right decision with roomies and are able to talk to them freely! Just like I am fortunate enough to do with my roomies!
Mushu - Becky | Daisy Duck - Me (Dana) | Stitch - Katy | Mickey Mouse - Katie | Gus Gus - Francesca | Marie - Kaitlyn
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