<p>I was just wondering whether or not it is a good idea to go to college and room with your friend from high school.</p>
<p>I want to meet new people and I've heard that sometimes your roomate ends up being your best friend. On the other hand I hear some horror stories about horrible roomates. </p>
<p>Rooming with a friend from HS is safe but idk if its worth sacrificing the experience of rooming with a stranger. </p>
<p>Please help, thanks</p>
<p>In a nutshell, it's not a good idea. You'd be better off trying to both be residents of the same dormitory (perhaps on the same floor.)</p>
<p>it doesnt matter. you meet people regardless of who your roommate is. my roommate for my junior and senior year was a friend since junior high. we woulda bene together the otehr two years but she was a transfer.</p>
<p>My friend roomed at USF with a family friend that we've known since 7th grade. Living together brings out the little things you don't notice about a friend before and because you're their friend, they do it even more. They talk crap about each other and get in fights all the time. I agree with microcephalic.</p>
<p>I've heard it's not a good idea, but my friend and his best friend are roommates and they are doing good.</p>
<p>put my vote in the "bad idea" group. </p>
<p>HS students aren't used to sharing a room so if they do it with a stranger they are usually respectful of each other which makes it work out ok. You don't need to be friends at all with your roomate, its just a shared living situation. Of course many roomates do become good friends.</p>
<p>The problem with HS friends is two-fold. First since you already know them its easy to assume they'd be ok with stuff you pause before doing with a stranger -- borrowing things, having people over at all hours, etc. This causes friction. Second, college is a time many people reinvent themselves. Most HS's are insular and you see the same people who you've known forever. In college you can break out of the mold everyone saw you in back in HS, but having a friend in your room who knew you one way and wants you to stay that way can cause trouble.</p>
<p>Bad Idea.....unless its someone that is just an aquaintence or whatever. Someone from Highschool has a preconcieved idea about you, how you operate, what type of person you appear to be, etc. Mikemac basically hit the nail on the head.</p>
<p>well like i said, sometimes it can work. my friend transferred to my college last year and became my roommate.. and i have known her for eight years. we get along great, and i actually introduced her to her boyfriend.. we just are very similar to each other, so we get along great.</p>
<p>any other thoughts?</p>
<p>I am stuck with the same situation as well. I am only a Junior, but a "friend" (known him since 4th grade, but never hang out w/ him. basically nothin in common, but we can talk and get along) and I both have our eyes set on Vandy. Today he mentioned possibly rooming together, and at first I was all for it, but then I realized something. I couldn't really be best friends with this guy. I am willing to take the chance, room with a complete stranger, and possibly find an awesome best friend through the whole deal.</p>
<p>But then again, I don't really care much about roommates. I'm going to join a frat, study my butt off, and drink after the HW is done. I won't be around my roommate much at all anyway, haha.</p>
<p>Hmm, I'm still having a serious dilemma with this. </p>
<p>Lnkin--I guess maybe taking a chance is good, and it is true that you could avoid the dorm a lot. </p>
<p>My friend and I have been best friends since the 3rd grade, known each other our entire lives. We have the same friends pretty much etc. And we're going to end up most likely going to the same college (coincidentally). </p>
<p>I'm partially afraid that rooming together will bring us to have the exact same circle of friends etc. again. </p>
<p>However, I have 2 older brothers and both of them had HORROR stories about their roomate. Ridiculous roomates that stole ****, that were disrespectful, that never left the room, and that were just "crazy" in general. I'm afraid of this and I know rooming with my friend I could avoid it. </p>
<p>I'm just really stuck right now, he's mentioned before if I'd want to room with him...I still dont know</p>
<p>Try to get into the same dorm room, so you can be neighbors and pop in and out any time, but being roommates is going a bit far. You'll definitely get on each others nerves after a while. If you get a bad roommate, you can always switch. You're both guys, so it should be a problem to tell him straight out that you can't spend 24 hours a day with him.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree with the previous poster. A lot of colleges will accept a "hallmate" request, meaning you can be in the same hall as your friend. That would probably be the best situation for someone going to college with a best friend. That way no-one would get on each others nerves and you wouldn't risk losing the friendship you have built thus far.</p>
<p>If your roommate steals stuff, that is a serious thing. You can definitely take action, whether that be legal (for expensive things) or simply explaining your situation to administration and getting a new roommate. I have a feeling most colleges would definitely work with you in that kind of situation.</p>
<p>It's definitely best to room with someone you already know. Definitely best to do that than anything else. </p>
<p>I roomed as a freshman in college with someone who practically NEVER left the room, he was antisocial and boring as hell. I feel I didn't get the same experience and I would have much rathered rooming with someone I knew, at least they'd have respect for you.</p>