Welcome, Class of 2025 to what is said to be the best four years of your life. Among all of the other incoming college freshman jitters is of course, your roommate situation. Rightfully so, as who you’re going to share an incredibly small space with for a year is pretty important. In today’s culture, we are conditioned to believe that the only way we’re going to have a good roommate experience is if we room with someone we know or at least knows some friends of yours, but I’m here to tell you that this doesn’t have to be true. Call me old school, but rooming with someone random was the best thing I could’ve done for myself, and here’s why.
It’s really not that random
First of all, the modern-day version of a “random roommate” is really not all that random. Sure, plenty of people go completely random and it works out very well for them, but with today’s technology, there’s no reason to not find someone fit to live with. I met my roommate through our class of 2024 page and haven’t regretted it for even a second. It is important to keep in mind that everyone is in the same boat, and everyone is looking to make new friends, so just be yourself and keep an open mind.
Full college experience
I was lucky enough to come into college with my three best friends, and then some. It honestly felt like a piece of my high school coming with me to college. As someone who loved high school and the community it brought me, this wasn’t all bad, however, I did still yearn for a sense of independence. My three best friends and I decided that we were each going to find separate roommates for two big reasons: one, there are just way too many horror stories about best friends falling out because living together was just not meant for them; and two, the full college experience. In a year already consumed by the unknown surrounding Covid, some form of normalcy was necessary.
Make a lifelong friend
In the short time that my current roommate and I have spent living together, we’ve gone from being strangers to best friends. As cliché as it sounds, it is the absolute truth. Her (extended) friends have become mine and vice versa. Our friend group has essentially doubled in size and though quantity isn’t everything, it is always nice to see a familiar face at pretty much every corner on campus. Living with someone is a bonding experience like no other and it teaches you a lot about yourself. Not to mention it is something that you can talk about years down the line as an experience you had and a lifelong friend.
I know it may be terrifying stepping into a new world with new people, but I’m here to tell you that it is so, so worth it. You are meant to do life in community; so, Class of 2025, be bold, be confident and be you. I promise you will find your people.
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