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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One the ED1, ED2, and RD rounds are completed, are there any advantages to having been selected in the earlier rounds? Do ED1 kids get early shots at classes or dorm selections?[/quote]

I have a freshman who got admitted ED last year. 
Everyone has the same shots at classes and dorms regardless of when you get admitted. 
For dorms, it's mostly luck for the lottery. You get a timeslot then you pick from what's available at your timeslot. The rooms are also not released all at once to give even the ones with the latest timeslots an equal chance at getting the best dorms.  
For classes, it's also luck..and then there's a period for changes, then there's add/drop when classes start.

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Thanks for this explanation. But how does it work if kids don't have a roommate picked out and are assigned one? [/quote]

This past year, if you did not have a roommate, when it was your time to pick in the lottery, you would just pick an empty bed.  So it was completely random.  I haven't heard if they are going to do the same process this year.

Five years ago, when my oldest was a freshman, he filled out a survey and the school picked a roommate for him - in his case, it did work out.  They both were very compatible with living styles.

This past year, if students do not want to just pick an open bed, and they didn't already have a roommate, they had a couple of options.  There was an instagram page where the kids could message each other.  The school still did the survey and when your results came back, it does match you with other students are "compatible" and you could reach out to them.  My younger DS reached out to a couple of guys via instagram.  The guy he ended up living with did match with him very well on the survey and they're getting along great.

My DS does know a couple of guys who did the "pick the empty bed" option but doesn't know any girls that did that - although I'm sure there are females at W&M that went completely random.  [/quote]

There is also the option freshman year of a "single" room with no roomate. I would not recommend this option to anyone who has trouble socializing. But for my extraverted kid, it worked well. She left her dorm room every morning and didn't come back until evening. She met a bunch of people freshman year, then choose a friend to room with sophomore year. She said it was way better having a roomate, but doesn't regret the single for the first year before she got to know people. Just another option out there that hasn't been mentioned.[/quote]

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