The housing process occupies each assistant dean for more than 400 hours over six weeks. Assistant Dean Drummond hopes that the freshman roommates she houses form lasting fri ships. Harvard brings together a remarkable group of students each year. They are aware that all students would like to live with someone who is kind, generous, flexible, and has a great personality. We find that we must trust our instincts to a great extent to determine what students might live together easily.
Some students write long essays, others short comments, still others nothing at all.
I was initially quite concerned about sleeping hours, but now I've realized that it's really not a big deal. I've also found that, talking to my roommates, we are all t ing to keep later hours than we'd originally planned. On the other hand, Naqushbandi was more specific when she stated her willingness to have roommates with backgrounds and interests different from hers. I felt it was important for me to get to know Americans and their culture. Like most freshmen, Naqushbandi is looking forward to a year that will abound in spontaneous discoveries exactly like this one.