<p>So I got stuck with extremely dirty, rude, antisocial chinese students (3 o them ) as roommates.
I had a horrible semester. I will for sure won't be living with them next semester (Spring 2015). </p>
<p>I have two choices.
1. Move back in with my parents (who don't really live terribly far from campus (30 minutes drive with traffic))
15 mins with no traffic . I will be driving to campus. My parents did ask me to pay rent however. I think it will be in the low range but I will get my own room, free food, quiet neighborhood. I also pay car and cell payment of about $135/month. Then I will be paying approximately $200/month to my sublease. So my total bill will be around the $740 range. </p>
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<li>I can switch rooms. There are two engineer major (2 girls) who are coming from Norway to do an exchange program during Spring 2015. I looked at their roommate profiles have found out that they are clean, goes out often, studies often, and also drinks often. My biggest concern is that they drink often but they may enjoy wine at dinner type of thing since they are from Europe. American drinking often means excessive but eurpean drinking often may just mean at dinner time or when they are going out to bar or something. I would have to pay $200 fee to transfer rooms, then rent is $700/month and I have to pay $135/month for car and cell. Grocery and everything else will need to be settled wtih roommates. I don't have to drive as much however. Classes are pretty close in distance. My roommates however don't have to worry about rent, working, paying bills other than food and other small expenses. They will be new to the country however so they may have to study a little more to get good grades. I think I will get along well with them as I study often and also like to go out and such. If I save over winter break I can probably keep the same hours I am doing right now. working 20-25 hours per week.
My classes loads aren't terribly difficult either. My total bill would average around $1000+. </li>
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<p>Which would you choose? Each has pros and cons.
My goal is to make my last semester as an undergrad a memorable good time and make friends. It would be awesome to have great roommates. But I would also have to worry about that added expenses which may limit my going out and fun experience. My number one priority,however, is getting on the Dean's List and achieving 4.0 this Spring 2015 since I haven't been able to do that ever since starting college. I am just super indecisive on the matter. I did find a sublease and also found potential good roommates. What would you in this situation? move back with parents or switch rooms at the extra cost of $200? </p>
<p>First of all, are you sure the Chinese students are antisocial and not just shy or introverted? I have a tendency of coming off as anti-social to people, but I’m actually just really shy and quiet, and it takes me a lot longer to get used to talking to someone new. </p>
<p>Anyway, if you were to move back with your parents, would you mind commuting to school 15-30 minutes every day? If you don’t, go for it, but if you would rather stay close to campus, go with the second option. Plus living on campus means you’ll have a faster time getting to your classes since you wouldn’t have to beat traffic getting to school and trying to find an available parking space. </p>
<p>The chinese roommates gave such a hard time this semester. They only speak in chinese with each other and completely leave me out of everything. They don’t go out at all and stay in their room all day, the only time I see them is when they cook or do laundry. I felt extremely alone as they didn’t communicate with me at all…T.T…When I come home they don’t even greet, it just makes coming home unappealing and depressing. </p>
<p>Switching Room means extra cost and the Norweigan girls who are coming Spring seem like great people. My only concern is that they may have a lot of spare time because they have full scholarship ride for everythign and don’t have to work whereas I will have to work 20-25 hours per week which is a lot. I never really had a decent roommate ever since I started college, probably goes with poor plannig. So this time I want to make the decision that will give me the best result. I just want the end result to be for me to be happy with what I have decided and not have any regrets. </p>
<p>Since freshman to sernior year, I never really had the whole college expereince which makes me really sad, I will be applying to medical school but I won’t be an undergrad again. Yet, senior year I am a bit busy due to upcoming medical school examination, research projects and etc. So I am a little worried I may get stressed due to busy schedule…but I still think it should be pretty manageable with good roommates to come home to and have great last semester of my undergrad career with lasting memories. </p>
<p>i am inclining towards just commuting because I will figure out where to park and just have an assigned parking spot if I decide to commute. Also join a student group board which helps exchange students which means I can still make friends with the norweigien girls and be their guide/mentor while they live in the US. </p>
<p>2nd option is live with the norweigian girls, work few more hours, as well as join a student group. I currently have two jobs one is on campus and the other I work only one-two 8 hours shift per month 30 minutes drive from campus.
I can study hard during winter break which will make more time for me to spend tiem with roommates and get to know them. </p>
<p>I am still not sure what to do but have to decide by tuesday mornign at the latest. </p>
<p>What is the “whole college experience”? Why are your roommates so central to you having a good spring semester? How are you sure that the Norwegian girls won’t just speak Norwegian to each other and leave you out of everything, too?</p>
<p>If your number one priority is getting a 4.0 and studying hard for MCATs and med school, then I would live at home and commute. 15-30 minutes is pretty close, and you will have more time to socialize and make new friends/join a student group if you aren’t worried about working to house and feed yourself. Plus, you may pay less than $740 at your parents’ - do you think they will really charge you $400/month?</p>
<p>Your potential happiness with the rooming situation is based on a lot of what-ifs. You are assuming that the Norwegian exchange students’ definition of “study a lot” is the same as hours, and you are assuming that they mean drink a lot in some kind of “European sense” instead of what most people mean when they say they drink a lot. European college students drink alcohol and party a lot like American college students. I studied abroad in Europe and partied at a lot of crazy European clubs. There’s diversity there just like there is here. In fact, since drinking wine at dinner is so common there, when they say they drink a lot they may really mean that they drink a lot - since drinking at dinner would not be drinking a lot there.</p>