<p>I'm having a lot of trouble with the Stanford Roommate Essay. Every time I start it, it's trite, perky, and boring.</p>
<p>They all end up sounding something like this.
Hi, roomie! Well, I hope we can have a wodnerful friendship - I'm sure we'll need it this first year. I've never had a roommate, so let me tell you about myself. (Insert quirkiness and random behaviors on my part) AND (insert things I can't stand in people).</p>
<p>They all just end up sounding really terrible. Can anyone give me advice. How did you or would you start an essay with the prompt - write a letter to your future roommate.</p>
<p>I haven't written an essay like this but, maybe you could start with a quirky or random behavior and then circle back to a general introduction... Like, by saying something along the lines of "Don't let this scare you, I'm sure we'll end up being best friends" or "I hope you're as weird as I am."</p>
<p>i did mine on how i hope i don't have a roommate then backed it up with details on how i work best by myself... but at the end i put how i'll be a great roommate if i must. also because my last name means 'travels alone", and i mentioned that. good luck! (sry if this didn't make sense... im stressing!!)</p>