What is the Roommate Agreement?
It is often the case that new residents have lived in their family home prior to arriving on campus. Living in the family home has allowed for years of getting to know the habits, preferences, idiosyncrasies and personalities of those with whom you live. This will not be the situation during the first semester of living with new people in an on-campus apartment. Even if you’ve known a person for years, but never lived together, YOU WILL LEARN NEW THINGS! To assist with facilitating this get to know you process, Housing and Residence Life has designed a roommate agreement. The purpose of the roommate agreement is to assist roommates in clarifying and defining expectations of one another. Roommates are asked to be open and honest as responses are recorded on this agreement and all agree to support it as a basis for acceptable behavior in the apartment. If a roommate conflict should arise, the Community Assistant can use the roommate agreement to more effectively mediate the situation.
