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Apartments with Roommate Matching | University of South Florida

Apartments with Roommate Matching

If you are new to the USF area or if you're simply hesitant about rooming with your best friends, you should be relieved to know that many apartment communities in the Tampa Bay area offer free roommate matching services. In some situations, living with random roommates can be ideal. Living with close friends can be difficult and stressful, straining your relationship. Roommate matching helps alleviate this burden and pairs you up with people who share similar interests and habits.

Apartments near USF that offer roommate matching may require you to fill out a short questionnaire to gather information on your sleeping schedule, social habits, tidiness and personality. A review of these unique factors will help match you to potential roommates who you have a higher likelihood of getting along with. It's important to answer these questions honestly. Renting a place is a commitment and you and your future roommates will need to treat one another, and the unit, with respect and care.

Finding USF apartments that offer roommate matching services will get you one step closer to finding a space that will make you feel right at home. Imagine living with someone who is pursuing a similar area of academic study, likes to get up early and run and doesn't mind if you invite friends over. These services give you the chance to enjoy all of the perks of having great roommates, such as cheaper rent and an extra set of ears for when you're having a bad day, without the added stress of having to figure it all out on your own.

Use Rent Tampa Bay to find the ideal USF apartment in the Tampa Bay area that offers roommate matching. Check out our interactive search tool, scroll down to Student Housing Options, and select "Yes" for roommate matching to start exploring your rental options today!


Frequently Asked Questions

What is roommate matching?

Roommate matching is a service provided by most student communities that lease individual bedrooms. If you do not have a group of friends that plan to rent the other bedrooms in your apartment, be sure to let the community know you would like to use their roommate matching service. The team will ask you to fill out a questionnaire and use this information to match you with students that have similar personalities to share your apartment common areas.

Do all apartments offer roommate matching?

It is very common for student apartments with individual leases near USF to offer complimentary roommate matching services. If you decide to rent a 2- or 3-bedroom apartment at a community that offers joint leases (rents the whole apartment), you will need to find your own roommates and be prepared to work together to split rent and utilities.

How will I be matched with a roommate?

Apartments that offer roommate matching will provide you with a questionnaire to fill out that may include questions about your lifestyle and home habits, academic major, spoken languages and more. The community will use this information to find other students with similar habits and interests who will should make for good roommates.

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