<p>should i dorm w/ a close friend of mine cus i heard stories that you go in as friends and come out as enemies.</p>
<p>you know what, ive always been a supporter for the 'find new friends but try and keep the old' which basically says have separate roommates. but i was thinking about whether i would or would not room with my best friend if we went to the same school and, honestly, idk what id do. i guess you could always just go over their room whenever you wanted and have two pads if you didnt room together. plus, youd make new friends (hopefully) right off the bat. so maybe its best to stay separate but remain close.</p>
<p>i find it better to room w stranger.</p>
<p>when you room w friends you may not like to live with their habits. i rather visit my friends messy room than actually live in it.</p>
<p>things like that can put a major strain in your relationship.</p>
<p>you get what im saying?</p>
<p>it’s not the greatest idea to room with friends. either one of you will be too nice and suffer silently, or both of you will be loggerheads.</p>
<p>Part of college is getting to know new people. I wouldn’t room w/ my best friend because that seems like it’d take a lot of the fun out of college. They say rooming w/ a stranger in college is one of the best ways to prepare for marriage 
Getting along despite your differences.</p>
<p>When you live with your friends in close quarters for a long time, it can be pretty stressful, and arguments/bickering can put a serious strain on a relationship. I would be careful when weighing your options. However, I’ve known people that get along really well with their friends become even closer if they share rooms. It really depends on your personality type.</p>
<p>To tell u the honest truth…roomin with new ppl is better for ur college experience and everything…but I would want to be with someone I know and I can trust. Goin to parties, study hall, and showering in the same space are places u can meet new ppl and make friends. Sharing a LIVING area, I would rather a person I know. But hey, thats my opinion</p>
<p>I’m rooming with a friend. We’re both freshmen, but we’re both outgoing and while we have many of the same interests, we have just as many that aren’t alike, so we won’t cling onto each other or anything…and we’ve done theater together which is like living together, so I think it’ll be fine.</p>
<p>idk i think rooming with a friend can be great because atleast you know the person and don’t have to worry about getting a crappy roommate. As long as you socialize with others and don’t stick to only your roomie, you should be good.</p>
<p>Yea I say the risk is worth it, but it might depend on the friend.</p>
<p>I think about it this way - if you don’t get along with a random roommate, you lose a relationship with a stranger. If you don’t get along with your BFF, you’ll lose a friend. Why take the chance?</p>
<p>My best friend and I are rooming together next year if we can agree on a place to live. xD If not, oh well, I will deal with whoever they stick me with. :D</p>
<p>We’d prob live in an apartment with 6 people (my friend and I in a room together and then the other people in the other three rooms) which is the setup my friend has in her fall/spring apartment right now. I like it. You meet four other people and one of us won’t have to walk a mile to watch a movie together.</p>
<p>I do like that we are living in completely different places because visiting in always fun and so are sleepovers but I’m over the ‘lets become best friends with a stranger that I am forced to live with’.</p>
<p>I’d really prefer to room with people my age, people who I know aren’t scared of going downtown or getting lost two hours from campus, will sneak to nyc with me during spring break and who I can trust with my library books.</p>
<p>I had a bad experience rooming with a friend. I felt like I didnt meet many people in my first semester because I was hanging out with my old friends isntead. After that my friend left and I roomed with a rondom and I started to meet all of his friends and other people on my floor. I would recommend sticking with a rondom roomate, you can always go hang out with your old friends, just cant sleep in the same room. Read my article here where I explained my whole story about the rooming situation: [Housing</a> | CollegeRemedy](<a href=“http://collegeremedy.com/collegehelp/category/housing/]Housing”>http://collegeremedy.com/collegehelp/category/housing/)</p>
<p>If you have compatible personalities and habits it’s chill, but sometimes people change during college. A friend of mine roomed with a kid he knew all through high school and it ended up being such a nightmare. My friend was a neat freak, his roommate was a slob; friend was a morning person, roommate stayed up all night.</p>