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SBU Students Using Social Media to Network with Roommates
Administrator says approximately a third of SBU's incoming freshmen and transfer students have used RoomSync.
About a third of incoming freshmen and transfer students at Stony Brook University are using a social networking application called RoomSync to form relationships with potential and future roommates, according to a report published in Newsday.
It's part of a larger trend, Newsday reports, in which college students on Long Island are using social media to ease their on-campus transitions.
RoomSync is free to students, though Stony Brook University paid a one-time fee of $5,000 to offer it to the students, according to Alan deVries, associate director of residential programs. He said it has helped supplement traditional roommate selection practices.
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"Instead of us coming out and saying, 'Here are the six criteria for compatibility,' it's giving students an unlimited selection of preferences that are important to them," deVries told Newdsay.
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