[@ShadowRaeper] [@Lone_Eagle21]
You get to determine the room assignment. So you can choose to room with an NPC or another player. So if you don't want your characters near Gideon, feel free to make it that way. If in the future, you want your character to room with someone else, all they'll need to do is ask their teacher for the paperwork and then give it to them. Your character could also do it unofficially, if you and your desired roommate can find an empty room (which there should be plenty of).