<p>It's been about a month since I've been in college, and I still haven't gotten use to my roomate. </p>
<p>He's a really nice and helpful person, but his lifestyle is completely different to mine. He basically parties from Friday to Sunday and the rest of the week he brings all his friends to our room and blasts loud music, till 12. The thing that bothers me the most is that his friends are nice (when there sober), but they are drinkers, one time they wanted to keep some "drinks" in our fridge, but I didn't want that so I told them to keep it somewhere else, and got glares from all of them.
In general I don't really care what he does with his life, it's not my business and I shouldn't interfere with it, but when it starts affecting me that's when I need to take action.</p>
<p>I have tried to talk to him by setting ground rules like no loud music pass 10:30 and he agrees to them, but only to break them a couple days later, as if we never had a talk. </p>
<p>I'm highly considering switching rooms preferably to a single if possible, or should I just stick it out and hope for the best, I mean I guess my roomate could be worse, but at this point, I might want to take a chance.</p>
<p>Is it Hard to switch rooms this late in College? I sent and email to Student dorm in hopes to get a new room, but I probably won’t get a reply for a a couple of days.</p>
<p>Has anyone switched dorms/rooms before, if so mind enlightening me in the process?</p>
<p>If switching to a single is not a problem, I suggest you do it. Generally speaking it is not likely to get better.</p>
<p>My daughter had three different roomates and lived in two different dorms. She had some of the same problems you are having. </p>
<p>As far as switching goes, I guess it depends on the school. Some schools have a period of time where everyone who is not happy with their arrangement can switch. Other times you just have to be on a list and wait until something comes open. Usually schools want you to try and work it out first , but the switching period is about 3 to 4 weeks into the semester. </p>
<p>Switching was not that uncommon at her school so it was not a huge deal.</p>
<p>Why do these kids go to college to act like fools. I don’t get it.</p>
<p>I mean I drink, but I don’t care about partying, and I drink only once a month. And loud music, the only loud music I play is in my headphones. These people like your roommate, sure he’s nice, i’ll take your word for it, but he sounds like he had bad parenting.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone, and it’s nice to know it’s not a big deal to switch rooms!
I wanted to get the full “college experience” so I went for a double rather than a single, but this is a bit too much.</p>
<p>Your not letting them keep drinks in the fridge! What if they get warm and flat?! Seriously, just let them use his half of the fridge for whatever he wants.</p>
<p>It would be a shame to see him having to drink a warm beer…gross!</p>
<p>On another not, don’t judge him because he parties, he’s just living life you should try it, it’s not nearly the full college experience without at least trying it.</p>
<p>I bought the fridge, on my own since he didn’t want to split anything. I let him use it to keep his things as well, as long as it’s not drinks like those.
and I have done that the whole first week since there weren’t any classes, but I feel that there should be a time to actually work and study rather than partying.</p>