<p>Hey guys! Right now I'm a freshman attending a university that is really close to home (just a 15 minute drive) and I still live with my parents. Next year I'm transferring to the University of Texas at San Antonio (which is a 3 and a half hour drive from home) because I want to study architecture but my current school doesn't offer it, but UTSA does. </p>
<p>Since I'll be moving to UTSA in the fall of 2014, I'm going to have to live at the on-campus dorms with a roommate. The thing that kind of scares me is that I've never lived with a roommate before and I've never been away from home. I'm a bit nervous about the whole "dorm life" because I have no idea what to expect. Is anyone here currently living with a roomate or did live with one in the past? What's it like? What are the pros and cons? I'm just curious and it would be nice to get some tips from you guys. Thanks!</p>
<p>I get along with my roommate. We don’t have much in common except a few tv shows that we both like. She’s a huge video gammer/tomboy while I’m super girly haha. We get along great tho. I’d say the only con with my roommate is when I want the room to myself. Or sometimes she plays her music on her iHome. Which drives me crazy since I hate loud music.But its not like thats a huge issue to me.</p>
<p>Every roommate situation is different though. I got lucky :)</p>
<p>My roommate is pretty chill and laid-back and we seem to have a lot of things in common in terms of how we live, which probably the best thing you can ask for. So if you land one you can live with peacefully, you’ll be lucky. My roommate also goes out a lot, so that leaves me with a lot of privacy.</p>
<p>But yeah you never really know what kind of roommate you’re gonna get. Just be respectful of their space and ask them to respect yours and try to not get on each other’s nerves.</p>
<p>You’re a guy right. Usually guys have less roommate’s issues then ladies for some reasons.</p>
<p>I think some schools have been trying to compare you perfectly with another person. Of course you will have the option of changing it up if you don’t like your roommate. </p>
<p>Another thing is maybe your school will offer a chance to find a roommate through the school facebook page and sign up for the same room which is what I did.</p>
<p>Well, last year my rooming situation was a double edged sword. I was in a triple, voluntarily because it cost significantly less than a double or single. My school doesn’t use any kind of roommate matching beyond both were random. Long story short, I became best friends with one of my roommates, and the other one was really passive-aggressive and downright rude and disrespectful to the two of us. We both dropped contact with her without a second thought once the school year ended.</p>
<p>In my current housing situation, one (my “actual” roommate that I share a room with) was a mutual friend of the friendly roommate last year, and the girl in the second bedroom was a random roommate match assignment that turned out to be someone I met at orientation. Thus far we’re all getting along beautifully and it’s a much better housing situation than I was in last year.</p>
<p>So my advice: You really don’t know what you’ll get, so adjust when you’re actually there. Try to compromise and at least tolerate each other. Make sure to bring up problems when they’re small, because trust me: They will escalate and could potentially get out of control. As a last resort, you may be able to transfer rooms, but don’t count on that because it usually requires someone else wanting to switch. If the rooming situation is that bad though, it’s always worth a try if the option’s available.</p>