<p>I have heard it is a bad idea to room with your high school friends. I was going to room with my best friend (we're both girls if that matters) and I was wondering if I should reconsider. Any advice, or personal experiences pertaining to this would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>Not a good idea. You will change and grow so much during college that you may find it claustrophobic to live with someone from high school. Also, it will make it harder to make a new network of college friends if you’re tied to your high school friend. You two might not fall in with the same crowd of people and then it will be a constant struggle between your new friends and your old friend for their attention and time. </p>
<p>It sounds like a good idea, because it gives you one person to rely on in an uncertain situation, but it might be better if you two just try to live in the same residence hall, rather than share the same room. You both need your space to grow.</p>
<p>Just don’t do it.</p>
<p>Yeah don’t do it. Might end your friendship. Everyone lives a certain way and you may not like her style and so on which can affect your friendship.</p>
<p>Don’t do it. I actually just had a falling out with one of my friends I was gonna room with next year over a disagreement. Glad it happened now rather than later, but seriously–you’ll see a different side of your friend once you’re living with her.</p>
<p>two of my best friends are planning on rooming together next year, too. i was talking to one of them &, according to her, they’re “totally chill” with each other & have never gotten in to any big fights. personally, i just wouldn’t risk it.</p>
<p>Don’t do it! Especially as girls.</p>
<p>Pretty much just echoing all the other posts. There isn’t much more to say that hasn’t already been said… even the best of friendships can be ruined by living together.</p>
<p>I’m currently rooming with my friend from high school and we have not had any arguments or any type of problems, so I disagree that it would not work out. I think it really depends on the type of people who plan to live together.</p>
<p>I just want to point out that only one person explicitly stated that they’ve tried rooming with hs friends, and it worked out for them.</p>
<p>I roomed with a hs friend for my first year and it worked out fine.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how many of the dissenters have any experience.</p>
<p>All of this depends on how flexible your school’s housing is, but if you’re worried about staying too socially insular, you could try to live on the same floor with different roommates.</p>
<p>I’m rooming with my friend from high school, and it’s worked out great. Yeah, there are times that I can’t stand her, and times that I wish I didn’t live with her…but that would happen with anyone. I’m glad to have roomed with her, but am also glad that I’m not rooming with her again. Not because it would suck to, just because we’ve grown throughout the year and it’s not as enjoyable as it once was.</p>
<p>That being said, go for it if you want to!</p>
<p>I got an apartment with a friend I’d known since high school, and our friendship has crashed and burned. This girl has no clue what responsibility means and has no idea how to live on her own. She completely took advantage of me because we were friends and she knew I wouldn’t get mad at all the crap she tried to pull. Whenever I brought up a concern she’d never take me seriously. We were friends so any conversation like that always just seemed like a joke. Until it wasn’t and we got seriously mad at each other. Now we’re not talking and I lost a friendship over something ridiculous like this.</p>
<p>On the other hand, one of my other roommates is another great friend I’ve had since high school and we have never once had problems. </p>
<p>If you do decide to room with a friend- or even if not- make sure the first thing you do is draw up some kind of roommate contract. The mistake I made with my friends was assuming that we were all mature adults- because, you know, I thought I knew my friend of almost 4 years. Establish that even though you’re friends housing is a serious matter and you expect a certain level of responsibility from each other.</p>
<p>well, I am going to room with my friend. I think that of all people I have ever known we have the best shot at being good roommates. I guess I will see, thanks everyone for the advice.</p>
<p>Like october said, the important thing you have to do is make a clear agreement on what exactly rooming together will be like. Do NOT assume that just because you’re friends everything will work itself out naturally. If you do that, then it usually works (although you may not find that you end up as close as you’d think).</p>