<p>I've been hearing a lot that many good friends' relationships deteriorate after spending a year together in dorms.</p>
<p>I've also heard that even if you are academically great student, if you share your room w/ party-goers, your grades will drop and become one of them.</p>
<p>Anymore advice on how to select roommates?</p>
<p>I wouldn't request a roommate. I requested a roommate for my freshman year and lived with someone I knew from high school. Our friendship didn't suffer because of it, but I wished I had just taken a chance and lived with a random roommate. It would have been a good way to meet new people. That's just me though. If you know someone well enough and you both want to room together, it might work out. </p>
<p>If you're an academically great student rooming with party-goers, there will always be a chance that you'll fall into that pattern. However, it's completely up to you. There're plenty of places to study/work without being bothered by roommates (like McKeldin Library or the floor lounge). It can also depend on what building you live in. Ellicott, which houses the freshmen Gemstone students, will probably have less drunk people coming in than a building like Easton.</p>
<p>Haha yes, it seems as though there's a party going on 24/7 at Easton.</p>