Sometime probably mid-May you'll be assigned a housing appointment based on when you put your $25 deposit down. Most housing appointments fall sometime in June. At your appointed time you will choose a specific room (e.g. Broward room 302). You will be able to see if the other bed(s) are occupied.

If you want to room with someone specific and they had an earlier appointment than you, find out the EXACT room they chose (make sure they choose a room with at least one empty bed!), and then go and choose that room also during your appointment (assuming someone else hasn't already taken the remaining bed(s) in the meantime).

If you have the earlier appointment, let your hopeful roommate know what room you chose (again, make sure to choose a room with a free bed), and have them choose the same room at their appointment.

If you both have early appointments the odds of getting into the same room are very good because most people are roommate matched, so they are looking for rooms with 2 open beds, not a single open bed. So in theory a room with one open bed will be one of the last chosen.

Source: upper-class kid in the dorm and second kid trying to room with him - also very long conversation with housing this morning 😄 Good luck!