<p>I am 18, and my 3 roomates for the spring semester are all juniors and will be 21 by March. I won't even be 19 until the semester ends (I skipped a grade, so that's why we're only one class year apart even though we're 2 birth years apart). Even though the age gap isn't exactly HUGE, is this going to be a crappy situation?</p>
<p>I'm not assuming that we're all going to be BFF or anything and hang out all the time, but I still feel like I'll be left out a lot because of not being able to do all the things they can (go to over 19 or 21 clubs, go to bars etc). And getting a fake id is way out of the question. </p>
<p>Am I making a mountain out of a molehill here? Tell me some stories etc. about having older roommates please.</p>
<p>I don't think so because a good half of my friends are 21+ and I'm 18 (I also skipped a grade). We still hang out alot and do lots of things together, although I guess my friends aren't very much into the whole Lets Go To a Bar thing. I have friends that are 25 and we still get along great.</p>
<p>In college I think the age gap thing kinda gets done away with; no one cares about it.</p>
<p>In high school you might be looked down upon for having a freshman friend or girlfriend or something like that; but in college people really don't care about that, at all.</p>
<p>We had two roommates that were like 24-25 when I was 19-20 and it was always really cool to have them around.</p>
<p>It shouldn't matter. I'm only 18 (won't be 19 until June) but have many 21 to 24 year old friends...and one is 26. Most of them aren't in to the club/bar scene, though, so I'm never left out of things because of my age.</p>
<p>...but even if they are in to going to clubs/bars, that can't be the only thing they ever do.</p>
<p>i dunno. i started school a grade early so i've always been a year or two behind my friends. it didnt suck until college, when they all started turning 21 and i was lagging (still not 21 for 3 more weeks, am a senior). but those were my friends and so i really didnt have a lot of other options and it affected me. If you don't think you'll be sad that they go out together and you cant, and if you have other people closer to your age you can hang out with, it should be fine. But if you think it would upset you to not be able to be included in the bar stuff (im sure they'd include you in non-age related stuff, obviously), then it might be an issue.</p>
<p>Both my roommates are seniors; I'm a sophomore. I haven't found that it's a big deal. I'm not into the club scene very much, but we've been able to go out to a club together as long as you go out to places that are 18+ rather than 21+. Everyone has different personalities, so your experience may vary.</p>
<p>I've never had an older roommate, but two of my suitemates are older (they're 21 and 20, both juniors, and the other 6 of us are freshman). I wasn't too sure at first how it would be, but it's been great. I don't spend a whole lot of time with them, but when I do there were no problems from the age difference. Plus it's nice to be able to get advice from them - they both were part of international programs last year, so they were able to tell us about their experience and give us tips as we applied during our first semester.</p>