This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Ottawa chapter.
Names: Paulina van Schaik (right) and Brittany DaSilva (left)
Major: Specialization in Communications—yes, we have the same major.
Year of Graduation: 2015
Relationship status(s): Taken (partially by each other)
Hometown(s): Brooklin ON. (Brooklin with an ‘i’—never to be confused)
How long have you been roommates?: This will be our fourth year. We shared a dorm in first year and have been living under the same roof ever since.
Where do you work? St.Louis on Elgin (yes, we work together as well).
Are you a cat or dog person?: Both! we are animal lovers and we don’t discriminate. If we could fit a horse in our apartment we probably would. However we currently have a little family consisting of a 7 month old tuxedo cat and a 4 month old husky mix.
What is your ideal GNO?: It would start off with a unique dinner and fine tequila at El Camino and we’d see how far that takes us. We always end up in the weirdest situations and find our way into a spontaneous adventure.
What are your favourite TV shows? We are torn between American Horror Story, The Mindy Project, and Prison Break. We support each others Netflix addictions and it would be against roommate conduct to not go on Netflix marathons together!
If you could be on any reality TV show, which one would you pick? We’d pick Amazing Race! We’re sending out an application in 2015; get ready!
What are your dream travel destination(s)?:
Paulina: Fiji or the Galapagos Islands
Brittany: Greece or Australia
What are your plans after graduation?:
Paulina: My plans so far to move out West and maybe do a season in Whistler, and then do a postgrad in Vancouver for Creative Copywriting.
Brittany: My plans are to move to New York with my boyfriend and enroll in Berkley’s online Music Management program.