<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>so i'm going to rutgers pharmacy next year and am extremely excited. Even better is that i got assigned to the BEST dorms on Busch (basically the most amazing underclassmen dorms)</p>
<p>BUT... my roommate (also one of my really close friends) did not get in and the email stated that if the roommate did not get in, you would need to find another roommate or do random at BEST. However, I could just drop BEST and live somewhere else with my friend. </p>
<p>Now, I am extremely confused. I don't want to ditch my friend and leave him hanging, but at the same time, I don't want to pass up this opportunity for BEST. (I'm lucky enough to get it in the first place)</p>
<p>What do you guys think I should do? BEST and random (and screw my friend) or drop BEST, live with my friend, but get a crappy dorm</p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>
<p>Think about what’s best for you, especially since this is a privileged opportunity. Can’t you live with him another year? (Also, where is he going to live? Is it considered “crappy”?) I’m sure he can understand.</p>
<p>Congrats on pharm. A few of my good friends lived in BEST last year, and something you should consider about there is that it’s relatively dead or near-antisocial. You can meet great people, but it’s hard considering the doors shut automatically and the general atmosphere isn’t too social. If it was my decision, personally, I’d go with my friend to one of the traditional dorms instead of be in BEST knowing no one. Just my opinion, but I’d recommend a pros/con list to see what’s more in line with what you feel best</p>
<p>After my son’s experience with roommates the past two years, I would do what is best for you, and it seems like you want to live at BEST. You are not screwing him; he will get another roommate in another dorm. If it meant that your friend would not get housing at all, I would think differently.</p>
<p>My son has had horrible experiences with his roommates. Just remember that it is better to to live with the known than the unknown. I would go with my friend if I were you.</p>
<p>I would ditch the dorm and live with my friend. Looking back, some of my greatest college memories are of living with my best girlfriends in our dumpy little apartment decorated with cast offs from family basements. It wasn’t pretty but the company was spectacular and in years to come it’s the friends and relationships that you remember not the room.</p>
<p>I don’t think you should base your decision on the roommate you might get. Your current friend might get very involved in activities and leave you at home alone. Then you start thinking why you roomed with him. Or he or she may get a gf or bf, same thing. </p>
<p>BEST is a great option, and I think that since it is designed as a ‘community’, you will have the option to live there the next year as well. My point about roommates was not that they will be hard to live with, but that other people usually base their decisions on what is best for them, and that is reasonable. Would your friend give up BEST for you?</p>
<p>Friendships don’t always end well when you’re rooming with a friend for the first year. That was the general consensus in my freshman dorm. If you really want to live in BEST, go for it. You might not get as big of a chance after your freshman year, since it was 60% freshman and 40% upperclassmen.</p>
<p>choose BEST man, the random roommate isnt bad at all, i did it last year and im living with him again this year. you can also look at is as a way to make more friends too because you can hang out and meet girls where he lives and he can come visit you become friends with the people on your floor.</p>