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Moving away to college is difficult. You end up dealing with things you’ve never had to deal with before if you’re a first time college student. There are a few ways to end up making the time you spend in college a bit easier and there are a few tips to also help you get the most out of your college experience.

School is about to start and a lot of people are moving into dorms and off campus apartments. If you’re living in a dorm and don’t know your roommate here are a few tips to help you get a long with him or her during these next few tense weeks. (I say tense because most roommates out there have never had to live in such a small space with another human before, and no…it’s not like a long sleepover).

A lot of you guys won’t have any issues with roommates, but there will always be a few out there who will have the roommate from hell story to tell. I’ll start with what you can do if you and your roommate actually get along then I’ll move onto roommate from hell tips.

In my opinion, colleges don’t take the roommate search seriously enough and  people, unfortunately, often have issues with roommates because they simply don’t get along or have similar interests. A running joke between a friend of mine and I had was that the University had a policy to see if they could find the two most dissimilar people and stick them in a 10×10 room together.

If your roommate and you get along;

Remember to respect his or her space.

Always ask to borrow things; and always put them back where you found them.

Clean your dishes.

If you’re feeling nice and are going out to grab some food or go to do some shopping, see if he or she wants to go too.

If you ended up with the roommate from hell:

First things first, this is your space too, but if it get unbearable, talk to housing and get them to give you a new roommate or ask to move.

Surround yourself with people you actually like or get out more. The less you’re in your room, the more likely you are to end up anti-social and you may actually get some networking done early.

You could attempt to reach out to your roommate and see if they actually want to be your friend.

This tip isn’t recommended, but if you’re spiteful…it could work: be a bad roommate back at them. Do the opposite of all the rules for a “good” roommate and do other obnoxious things. This will likely get rid of your roommate.

Jeremy

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