<p>What are some of the experiences of living with a totally random roommate? Are they usually good or bad?</p>
<p>Hm. :x I’m dorming with a friend next year. It’s not advised. I actually don’t even think it’s a good idea. You might worry too much about what he or she thinks… or be paranoid about what he or she might say to your own friends. </p>
<p>My friend got a triple. She has a random roommate and a requested roommate. She seems to be very content with how things turned out.</p>
<p>My sister has been lucky enough to love or get alone with each of her roommates. She’s now a senior. I, for one, love the prospect of having a random roommate. Many colleges allow for roommate changes OR roommate swaps. Many colleges also have a questionnaire (ranging from terse to comprehensive) to match up roommates in the hopes that the two (or more) roommates are at least vaguely compatible.</p>
<p>Haha, for freshmen my college does completely random picks, you don’t get ANY input on what you would like in your roommate;p</p>
<p>i got in a fight with my first one, everyone hated him, he was a complete and total jerk off, and we started arguing about something so he got in my face so i got him out of it, but after him i got a new roommate i never talked to before and hes a real good guy, so it can go either way</p>
<p>i’ve always had random roommates and it’s pretty much always worked out. one girl was a huge dbag but she bounced after like three weeks and was never replaced, so it was all good.</p>
<p>I had my life threatened by two different roommates at two different colleges.</p>
<p>frank: if you can find someone you want to live with, Syracuse will let you live with them…they just don’t let you pick WHERE you want to live…</p>
<p>Lots of freshman find their roommates on FACEBOOK and then request each other during a specific time designated by the school ( I think it’s in June or July) before housing is assigned</p>
<p>As a general rule, living with a stranger in a tiny room is not a good idea.</p>
<p>rodney: Sweet! I misread what the website said about that. Now if only other people at my high school were going to Syracuse :(.</p>
<p>frank: don’t live with someone from your HS!!! get to know some of the people on facebook and arrange to meet some of the ones you may like to live with near your hometown (NYC???)</p>
<p>or contact some of the other peeps on CC and ask them if they know anybody you might get along with…</p>
<p>what we have found at SU, especially with guys, random roommates have not been the best idea…</p>
<p>I had a great experience with mine. We became great friends.</p>
<p>Really depends on the people involved. I know a lot who don’t even talk/acknowledge their roommate (they act like their roommates don’t exist). Others become best friends and choose to room together next year.</p>
<p>which one typically happens more often?</p>
<p>My freshman year roommates were awesome. I’ve also had good luck since then with randomly assigned roommates, but I’m also pretty laid-back with living situations.</p>
<p>You could always get a terrible roommate… but you could also end up with someone who becomes your best friend.</p>
<p>How random is your roommate? A little spontanaeity can be fun, but if your roommate is so random that he conducts marching band practice at 3:00 AM and actually eats your term papers with mayonnaise and honey then that might be too easy. Your best bet is to come up with a comfortable routine rather than having a roommate so random that you honestly don’t feel that you and your possessions are safe in your own dorm.</p>
<p>I roomed completely random (no roommate surveys at my school) and ended up with the best roommate I could possibly ever ask for. It is really the luck of the draw…you never know who you can get along with (although I’ve heard some horror stories as well from friends who ended up with lousy roommates, just as many have very positive experiences with rooming blind, and then there are a bunch of roommates that end up getting along fine but aren’t really close).</p>
<p>I too have had a great roommate experience…i’m a freshman and while my college does have us do a small (and i mean like 5 question small) survey there’s really no guaranteeing you’ll get along with who they pair you with, even if the both of you answered all the questions exactly the same. our suitemate however (who i also get along great with) absolutely hates her roommate and can’t wait to get away from her. </p>
<p>we also get to choose our roommates next year and also where we live (i think you can even pick your room)</p>
<p>We all get random roommates our freshman year-we ended up getting along very well and even though she transferred we are still best friends. The next year I roomed with a friend and it was horrible and now we never talk. This year I am rooming with a random person a friend suggested and we get along fairly well, we never talk but that can be a good or bad thing. I would say go with a random roommate before rooming with a friend.</p>
<p>Son #1 roomed with a boy from another city he had met briefly at a camp two years earlier. They worked out fine; roomie stood up at son’s wedding this summer.</p>
<p>Son #2 roomed with a random roomie. They had a very good year. Although they chose different fraternities, so have not continued to live together, they remain very good friends and do things together often…they are both “unofficial” members of each others fraternities as well. DU is a very friendly school!!</p>
<p>S3# is a first year who also had a random roomie. They have become very good friends and will be living together again next year. They are very different people with very different interests,which they have introduced each other to</p>