<p>Okay so I'm still in highschool but a few weeks ago we dropped my older sister off at college. We packed up her dorm met her roommates , and I slept at her dorm for two nights before we had to leave. Anyways, one of her roommates was a little strange, and if I was in my sisters place it seemed unlikely we would ever be more then aquatinted . Her other roommate however was so much like me it was insane. We instantly clicked and hung out through the next few days hardly able to ever stop laughing. This has never happened to me, and I feel like my sister got my perfect roommate an when college comes around for me I'll be out of luck with some bad roommates who I won't even get along with ... From your experiences, do you tend to find roommates like my sisters, or we're most of your roommates bad/never talked or anything.</p>
<p>It’s just very random depending on the university. Some universities require you to fill out an interest sheet so they can match you up and some just randomly assort roommates.
I am at a Uni that randomly sorts and I was fortunate enough to have awesome roommates that I got along w and still get along with.
But I also know another friend who was put in a dorm w horrible roommate and they didn’t get along all because her roommate refused to do her part like clean and chip in for common supplies. So it really depends. More often than not though you get roomed w someone you will get along with. You’re living and sharing a space together you have to figure it out and make it work. </p>
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<p>I know other posters have said this before but I think something that most high schoolers don’t realize is that the things that make people good roommates are not necessarily things that make them good friends and vice versa. I have friends that I could never be roommates with and my freshman year roommate and I were never really more than roommates but we would have 100% lived together again if it weren’t for the fact that I went greek and he didn’t.</p>
<p>Things like your sleep schedule, what temperature you like the room, how much noise there is while you’re working or sleeping, when and how your room will be used as a social space, when and how guests will be allowed over, how clean the room is, and what your thoughts are on sharing things like food, electronics, cleaning equipment, etc. can have huge impacts on your roommate relationship and may have absolutely no bearing on your friendships. Obviously there can be some overlap between friends and roommates but just because you don’t see yourself wanting to hang out a lot with someone doesn’t mean they can’t be a fantastic roommate.</p>
<p>I had a triple.</p>
<p>One of my roommates was perfect. We’re best friends, we’ll be rooming together next year, we’ve been hanging out on weekends during the summer, and as a roommate I had literally zero complaints about him.</p>
<p>My other roommate was my worst nightmare. He was extremely messy and would leave clothes on the floor and food on his desk. He was loud and inconsiderate until 3 AM or later. His alarm would go off from 8 AM to 9 AM daily, then he would just sleep through class anyway. In general he was one of the rudest people I have met in my entire life. He blatantly told us “The key to happiness is never feeling bad about anything you do!” He also was one of the most conceited people I know and loved talking about himself.</p>
<p>My University has no sort of survey for roommate. Not that it would have mattered much. My awful roommate told us his biggest pet peeve is leaving clothes on the floor. I still laugh thinking about that. In the end I think it really is random; some people hate their roommates, some people love them, but most people are in between. Honestly, if I was in a double with my bad roommate I would have switched within the first month, no doubt in my mind. So if it turns out it just won’t work for you, don’t be afraid to switch. But recognize that you don’t have to be best friends, you just have to tolerate each other enough to sleep in the same room.</p>
<p>no one is perfect. you might have a really great roommate. but they will not be perfect, just like you wont be perfect. that does not mean you cant have a really great year though.</p>