Most Tufts students support the idea of co-ed housing, but have not been actively fighting for the plan, Krueger said.
"People should be able to choose their own roommates," junior Mithila Pateo said. "I don't see what right the school has to stop you."
Although plans for the pilot program have been turned down, Tufts administrators said the decision does not preclude allowing same-sex rooms sometime in the future.
"I view this as something that can be continued," Tufts Vice President of Arts, Sciences and Technology Mel Bernstein told The Tufts Daily.
Sciortino will continue discussions with the president and the provost of the university on Wednesday.
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"I will not accept a closure to this dialogue," he said.