I'm having roommate struggles right now. I applied to be in a triple dorm and have been talking to a few people about potentially being roommates. One of the girl's I've talked to a lot and I have decided that we definitely want the two of us to room together but we can't decide on the third person. There's a girl she's been talking to a lot in her same major, but I haven't spoken to her yet. Then there's a girl I've been talking to a lot who is also majoring in the same thing as the definite roommate and who is trying out for cheer, so we each have something in common with her. Same problem though, those two have never spoken. Then there's the only other girl in my major...I really wanted to room with someone in my major but she and I haven't spoken as much as I have with the other two girls. We don't have much time to decide before the school starts randomly assigning roommates and we're stressing out!
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Breathe. Roommate selection for freshman year will not make or break your college experience. The internet is also typically a poor judge of a person's true self. I've had several experiences in regards to this between college and internships & trust me.....The people that you may seem to click with online can be totally different in person once actually living with them. ALSO, what major a person starts out with does not equal what they will actually major in. By senior year, you will have made friends within your major, so it will not matter who you start out with.
Some legitimate questions to discuss with yourself, the "definite" roomie, & the other potential girls:
1) What is your sleep schedule? (early riser vs night owl) / What time do you go to bed?
2) Are you a light or heavy sleeper?
3) Do you snore/have any sleep habits we should know about? (do you sleep with light on, tv on?
4)What is your view on having friends over? (whether that be female or a boyfriend,etc)
5) Do you plan on having "friends" sleep over? (some may have a lot of "friends" over, others may be strongly against it)
6) Are you someone that prefers an organized room, semi-organized room, or someone that is "self organized" (they know where they put something, even when no one else does)?
7) Do you have any food/smell dislikes/allergies (such as tuna or fish)?
8)Have you cleaned dishes before? Have you taken out trash before? i.e. do you know how to pick up after yourself...
9)Does it bother you if music is played aloud?
10) How do you study? (do you need complete quiet? )
11) Do you get hot or cold easily? (air conditioning)
12) Do you smoke or drink? (also, do either of those things bother them if you plan on doing either of those)
13) What are your pet peeves?
14) Would you consider yourself:
Introverted or Extroverted
Type A (always has a plan) or Type B (go with the flow)
15) What do you like to do on weekends?
16) Anything else you should know
Note: People do NOT always answer truthfully, and also their answer could change once they are out of mommy's house and into college
