<p>Whats wrong with me? I've been trying to find someone to live with next year, and even two of my good friends have turned me down and found someone else to live with. </p>
<p>Now, I know that I should just "be myself" and not try to impress people, but the point is that I need someone to live with, and if I can't even find one person, I am clearly doing something wrong.</p>
<p>I'm not the most social person, but I have friends and I can talk to most people on my hall. I'm not impossible to get along with, I hang out with people all the time. My room is not the cleanest, but neither are the peoples' who have turned me down.</p>
<p>I'm doing something wrong, and because of it I'm going to have a terrible year with a random roommate next year.</p>
<p>It might not be your fault; it’s very possible that the other people you talked to already made plans. They’re probably not trying to slight you, they just already had an agreement that they can’t really abrogate. Apart from asking two friends, what have you done to find a new roommate? You’ve probably already done this, but have you considered Facebook programs like RoomBug or gone to one of those roommate fair things (I can’t remember what they’re called but they’re like small events where you can meet people who are specifically looking for roommates)? What kind of people are you asking (besides your two friends)? Are they just casual acquaintances or are they also really close to you? Do you know if the people you asked are looking for a roommate before you asked them?</p>
<p>All that being said, random roommates aren’t necessarily terrible. lots of people become friends with their roommates or, failing that, at least can tolerate them for the duration of term.</p>
<p>When did you start looking for someone to live with? Fall semester isn’t very far away by now, and in my experience, people start looking for somewhere else to live/other people to live with as early as the end of fall semester before/early spring semester.
So you’re not doing anything wrong; everyone has just worked something out already. And I personally haven’t heard of any roommate horror stories from anyone. The only situation that comes close is with one girl in particular, and everyone knows she’s bat***** crazy. And that very rarely happens.</p>
<p>If you have not bond really well with the students you speak of I wouldn’t stress out about it. I am sure if you all are friends you will continue to hang out this fall. I personally always thought it would be strange to live with someone every academic year ( similar reason why I am not rooming with my freshmen roommate for the upcoming fall), I mean your literally commmitting to live with someone for nearly four years… I guess it could be different if your the best of friends, or a group. I would prefer to room with someone different every year, have my own apartment/dorm or group.</p>
<p>Random roommate = potential worst enemy ever that steals $2000 of your stuff with his buddies. That’s what happened to me and ill never have a random roommate again.</p>
<p>Are you serious? I can’t imagine what RA application process doesn’t require extensive peer recommendations. At my school this involves having multiples roommates and/or hallmates write evaluations about you <em>as a person they’ve lived with and been around</em>.</p>
<p>Its just an idea i had but if you are an RA you get the room free and you get to have no roomie. They might even give you free food you never know. I would say you should look into it. You should at least ask for someone with an american sounding name cause some people from difrent places smell wierd and its not there fault they cant help it. They have difrent foods and some of them smell like difrent spices and things like that.</p>
<p>I don’t think the RA application process involves any peer recommendations at my school. I think they care more about your previous job experience and like how you interview and stuff.</p>
<p>I don’t honestly know much though, no way in hell I’d ever want to be an RA or live anywhere on-campus again.</p>
<p>Even if it does, there’s a big difference between writing a recommendation for someone and actually living with them for an entire year. Someone who doesn’t want to or can’t live with the OP could still write a few sentences about him/her if they are good friends. I don’t really get what you’re trying to say here.</p>