<p>My freshman roommate was in a sorority, and I was an engineering student. Exact opposites. Except for the time she insisted on trying to give me a make-over, we got along fine. She was hardly ever in our room, anyway!</p>
<p>You just have to find common ground. There will always be differences but remember that it is only for 2 semesters and y’all will make the most of it.</p>
<p>I was in a triple last year, and when I first talked to my roommates one had no common interests (or really anything) while the other shared some common interests with me.</p>
<p>As it turned out, me and the roommate with no common interests had a similar personality and similar living preferences. We ended up becoming really close friends within a couple weeks, and I’ve been talking to her every couple weeks since classes ended.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the roommate that I shared interests with…there was a complete personality and lifestyle clash with me and my other roommate. She didn’t like either of us and made that extremely clear throughout the school year. As you could probably guess, me and my other roommate dropped contact with her as soon as we moved out.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that this will always be the case. Just realize that you never know what will happen until you’re actually living with them. If you’re like most, you’ll at least get along well enough with your roommate to make it work for one year.</p>
<p>Me and my freshman roommate were completely different, he was a always talkative, friendly, hipster type while I am more of the quiet, don’t worry about tomarrow type, but we made it work.</p>
<p>Will we be lifelong friends? No, though we will say “hi” was we pass in the halls, but we made do. It worked out fine.</p>
<p>I think it will be fine! Yes, set up some ground rules, definitely. That’s what I did with my roommate. Just be like, “Hey, just so we don’t clash routine-wise, could I have an idea of your schedule and routine?” My roommate was very clear to me about this, and it was okay with me. She told me she wasn’t trying to seem pushy, but that she wanted to make sure we wouldn’t clash routine-wise or anything. I sent my roomie a copy of my schedule and she did the same with me. I told her what time I wake up in the morning and she did the same. Once we meet the other two suite mates, we all have to set up a cleaning routine for the bathroom, as well! I’m sure you guys will be fine. Just respect each other. If you respect each other, you guys will still get along great! And I’m sure you will make many friends with people that you have in common with, too, whether it be in your classes, people you might have in common with your major, or people you might meet on your floor. You can go to games with them, eat lunch with them, study with them, etc. I’m not joining a sorority, but there are plenty of ways to make friends otherwise. There really are. Now that Im living on campus, I just know it will be easier to make friends…even though I’m shy and quiet, I think if I find some nice girls who are a good fit for my personality to be friends with it will be ok! It’s my first time living on campus in a dorm (I’m a sophomore) so i’m very excited. Good luck!!</p>
<p>As others have said, you don’t have to be friends with your roommate. Freshman year I was roommates with another CSE major, we had a really awkward relationship, barely ever talked other than “can I turn out the light?” or “are you gonna be here this weekend?” and we never talked again after the year was over. </p>
<p>This was completely fine; we never had any problems with eachother and we both had a pretty good year.</p>
<p>Give it a chance. A lot of times it’s great to live with people you don’t have much in common with. It means when you get home and want your space, you can have it.</p>
<p>Having things in common with your roommate does. not. matter.. Your roommate most likely will not be your biffle. Don’t even think about it. It happens for those who are lucky, but expect no more than a cordial relationship. You only have to sleep in your room.</p>
<p>Honestly, sometimes that’s for the better. My roomie and I had very little in common. For a while, there was some tension, because I was tryig to be friends with her and it just wasn’t working. Then we realized that the best option for us was to just… coexist. And that worked perfectly! We had different schedules and different friends. We chatted while we were in the room, about classes and the ugly guy down the hall and the food at the cafeteria–and kept it at that. You don’t have to be best friends with your roomie and it’s probably best if you aren’t, because there’s always some jealousy factor when one person gets invited somewhere and the other doesn’t. And think of it like this: if you and your roomie are in the same group, who would you hang out with when you need a break from her? I once lived in an apt with my two best friends. But we all needed abreak somtetimes, so we ended up hanging out with each other outside of the apt less and less… and now we’re barely friends anymore.</p>