<p>Just wondering which one would be better, like
I know friend from college is easier, but a new student, you'll become friends and that'll be fun? Idk, what should I do?</p>
<p>i think rooming with a random student would be better. it seems like meeting new people would give the “true” college experience. plus, making new friends seems more fun :)</p>
<p>Yea that’s what I was thinking, I’ll probably do that. Thanks</p>
<p>Go random. Because if you don’t like them, you don’t have to, you weren’t friends before.</p>
<p>And it would be a bummer if living together harmed your friendship!</p>
<p>But what if I’m stuck with someone completely different from me, like we would hate eachother… Could I switch or something?</p>
<p>My vote is random. Meet a new person! It is tough to live with someone and you may ruin the current friendship by being room mates as S1 did. He wishes he had a random one assigned but live and learn.</p>
<p>Can we pick roomates? Like, I would like someone who likes sports and is outgoing and has same interest as me</p>
<p>Some schools have questionnaires about interests and habits and stuff, but from what I’ve heard people still get mismatched roommates. Some schools don’t have anything like that at all.</p>
<p>Remember that you don’t have to be friends with your roommate - it can actually complicate things a lot of times. It’s more important just to be compatible and to be able to coexist in the same space.</p>
<p>Also most schools offer room changes, yes.</p>
<p>It’s been a long time since I was in college, but I noticed that the friends who came in as roommates had a more difficult time maintaining their relationships over time than those of who roomed with someone we didn’t know before.</p>
<p>Okay so I think I’ll go at it randomly, hope I meet and get to know a lifetime friend. Thanks y’all!</p>
<p>I’m gonna go against the grain and say friend.</p>
<p>I roomed with my HS friend last year (freshman year), and it was great! We worked out well, had a go to social person, but because neither one of us is shy, were able to grow and get our own social groups (some people overlap, but we go to a small school, so that’s inevitable).</p>
<p>SingDanceRunLife.
I was thinking that, but idk, if my friends go to my school yea I’ll room with them, if not I’ll go at it randomly (only option haha)</p>
<p>That’s a good way to look at it.</p>
<p>My friend and I decided to room together only after we both decided to go here.</p>
<p>Where do you go?</p>