<p>i just got accepted to carolina and im soo excited!! i've started thinking about who i would want for a roomate, and im having a little bit of a delimma. basically, im debating on whether or not i should 1) room with a really good friend 2) room with an ok friend that i don't know too well yet 3) fill out a survey to find who i am most compatible with. i'd be thrilled to room with a friend, but i heard that friends usually start getting annoyed with each other and some even end up hating each other before the year's over. if i do end up doing the survey option, i'd be rooming with a complete stranger, but she should be compatible with me and we should become really good friends by the time the yr's over</p>
<p>i would go with the stranger roomie. college is all about meeting new people and making friedns right? and that way, there is no risking your already existing friends, just adding another one to ur list ;)</p>
<p>yea i would def. room with a random person. one point of college besides the obvious, education, is to meet people. ive also heard that rooming with a friend can turn out REAL bad.</p>
<p>Do not room with a friend. Here are the only two outcomes.</p>
<p>1) You slowly and surely hate each other. So not only do you hate your roommate but you ALSO hate one of your former friends.
2) You get along great! So great that you have NO OTHER FRIENDS.</p>
<p>There are no exceptions, I don't care what anyone says. Seriously. If you post information that's supposed to contradict with what I just typed, I will not believe you.</p>
<p>Have I ever written anything so resolute?</p>
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Do not room with a friend. Here are the only two outcomes.</p>
<p>1) You slowly and surely hate each other. So not only do you hate your roommate but you ALSO hate one of your former friends.
2) You get along great! So great that you have NO OTHER FRIENDS
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<p>ROTFLMAO!!!!</p>
<p>That was resolute allright! How about a casual friend. Say someone who is in your larger social group but not a close friend. Is that okay?</p>
<p>The reason I ask is I have been hearing a lot of R/M horror stories this year. One friend woke up to a physical fight between a visiting boyfriend. Another has a drug problem going on in the suite. Stuff like that. </p>
<p>Any room for a happy medium or is random the only solution?</p>
<p>I believe a casual friend would be alright because my daughter is roommates with someone from high school. They were on the high school cheerleading team together but were not close friends. My daughter said she could not room with a real close friend. She gets along great with her roommate and really knows her a lot better now than in high school. They get along great and are planning being roommates together next year. Her family invited our family and others from their high school presently attending Carolina to a Christmas fellowship over the break. I ask my daughter where her roommate lived and she said I don't know, so that tells you how close they were in high school. When they go home, they do not speak to each other until they get ready to go back to Carolina. </p>
<p>I also believe a random roommate would be great too. There are probably not a lot of horror roommates stories, but it would be a great story to tell your kids later in life. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Stranger...college is about meeting new people and making lifetime not friends, not ruining lifetime friendships.</p>
<p>you know, rooming with a friend can help you both meet new people. its always tought to meet new people alone so taking someone else with you is acceptable. plus you have someone to eat with come dinner time. i dont htink its terrible if you go in with an open mind and you both want to meet new people. its when your both extremely stuck to each other in which it would be very tough to meet other people.but if your really that stuck to old high school friends then it wouldnt matter if you room with someon you know or dont know because you'll still be sticking to old friends either way.</p>