<p>I'm an incoming freshman, and I was wondering if there is a way that I can challenge my roommate assignment? I just contacted my roommate, and it seems we have little/nothing in common. He is a football QB and I'm more of your garden variety borderline anti-social video-game nerd (I'm critical of myself). Am I able to ask the administration the reason they paired us, because as far as I can tell the reason would be to film a cliche roommate sitcom comedy.</p>
<p>Forgive me for sounding so negative. To be fair, he seems like a nice guy, and I don't think I would hate him, rather, I feel the problem is we wont become friends out of a lack of common interests. </p>
<p>He mentioned, Lawrence typically pairs athletes with other athletes. So why are we together.</p>
<p>That may actually be why they paired you two together--you could learn something from each other and your differences (cliched, I know). As you yourself said, he seems like a nice guy, so I think you owe it to both of you to at least give him a chance. And honestly, it's probably better if you're not best friends with your roommate--if you have a fight, it just makes the situation even more awkward. For now, I think you're better off just trusting the people who put you two together; it's often hard to get a good read on someone until you meet him, so I really would advise you against complaining about your roommate assignment. It may be true that you two are perfectly incompatible, but the odds are good that you're not. </p>
<p>I don't know why Lawrence wouldn't have paired him with another athlete, if that is indeed their policy, but rest assured--the people who assign roommates are generally pretty good at what they do. Give him a chance.</p>
<p>I agree. You will be just trading one pig in a poke for another right now. If you each make friends over the term that are better roommate possibilities, a trade can be arranged with known factors. You also may end up being compatible. Sometimes like does not a match make.</p>
<p>Like everyone else has said, I'd give him a try. It's usually better if you're not best buds with your roommate, because if you guys do have a fight living in such a tiny space with him will be horrible. Having a roommate who you're friendly with but not attached to is for the best a majority of the time. Have you asked him about video games or other things you're interested in? Maybe he plays them too. </p>
<p>Factors that are more important to roommate success are his cleaning habits and sleep schedule. If you go to bed at 2 in the morning and he goes to bed at ten for those early-morning practices, if he like the room to be extremely clean and you're on the messy side, then there could be problems. Ask about these things, as in the long run they're a lot more important than whether or not you guys have the same interests.</p>
<p>IzzyD: Lawrence sometimes pairs athletes together if they're coming to school early for practices. My roommate was on a team (I wasn't) and some of her teammates were roomed together.</p>