<p>Hi, I attended a community college in-state, and next semester I'm going to a college out of state about 2 hours away from home. I will be a junior. When I attended the university, I met a freshmen and we started talking abit. She liked how friendly I was, and was instantly interested in becoming roommates. I decided recently to call her to get to know her better. She seems fairly mature, and not much of a party girl which is what I Was hoping for.</p>
<p>However, I will be 21 this year.. and she's only 17. Although she seems mature and pretty chill, I am abit concerned with rooming with a brand new freshmen. They don't really know college life at all, and yea.. I'm just worried a freshmen may be more unstable. </p>
<p>I kind of said I was on board with being a roommate with her after we talked on the phone, but I'm having doubts. What should I do? Should I just fill out one of those survey things? There is a facebook page for incoming students, but its mostly freshmen writing on that page. What should I do???</p>
<p>I attended CC for 2 years. </p>
<p>I transferred two years ago.</p>
<p>My first roommate was random match, she was a transfer. Huge partier, came home drunk at 3am, throwing up, usually 4 or 5 nights a week. Lots of screaming, passive aggressive notes, and she was just generally not a fun person to live with. Halfway through first semester, things exploded, she moved out and stole my fridge.</p>
<p>After having a single for a month, school gave me a new roommate, she was a freshman. Very nice, much easier to live with, and a lot more mature than the previous roommate. We didn’t have much in common, and our sleep schedules didn’t work together at all (she sleeps at 10, I sleep at 2), but we got along and it worked out.</p>
<p>This year I’ve been in upper division/transfer housing, in an apartment. Everyone is super nice, we all get along. I like my roommate and apartmentmates. The ones who are juniors are getting a house together with some of the neighbors for next year. In general the entire floor has more in common this year, since everyone is a transfer or second year.</p>
<p>So, long story short, it depends. If your school has any designated transfer housing that might be worth looking into, otherwise room with your freshman friend. She’s still a person, right? And if you go random match, chances are you’ll get a freshman anyways.</p>
<p>If you do random, you will most likely get a freshmen as well and one that you have never met. At least with this girl, you have had a chance to get to know her and enjoyed her company. The problem seems to be the age difference but I don’t think it will be a problem since you said she doesn’t appear to be a partier. You are basically a new student(freshmen) to the new school. The new school is a different environment and living on campus will be a new experience for you.</p>