Finding a Roommate in College

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They are amazing people who can really, really help you out If you are getting ready to start your college experience or fear and it already and wants just kind of helpful tip something, find my camera is about to die. So today I'm gonna be talking about so actually ruined here. If you don't know me, I am a freshman at Boston University. This video specifically, I'm gonna be talking about roommates and specifically finding a roommate finding a roommate is probably biggest fear you might have coming into college. There's kind of a lot of pressure with it, because there's this kind of idea that you're gonna be best friends, that you may have to be identical to your remain, have to have everything in common. In reality, you're just sharing a space with somebody, and the main concern should have is that you get along with You don't have to be best friends. You don't need to have every single thing in common, but you should have enough in common like your general sleep. You don't need a whole lot of things in common. My roommate and I, we have gotten along great the entire year. We don't hang out every single day, but like we just worked so well in the same space. That's really what you want to be going forward. What you may not realize is everybody's in the same boat as you. Everybody has the same butterflies in their stomach. They just want to know people, even if they're not directly saying it. You don't need to say, like, let's be roommates at first. Get to know a little bit the most important questions, though sleep, schedule level, cleanliness and, honestly, probably like if they drink or smoke. It's a good thing you'll probably want to know, because at least for me, like I would not be able to live with somebody who smokes like I just can't do that smell. You're not gonna be able to separate smell in a room if that makes any sense. As long as it stays on their side, you'll have to look at it but smells something can't really get around. So that's probably another really important thing. To be honest, when you're talking to people, too, it's really, really easy to say like, Oh, yeah, like I I go to sleep by, like, 10 like every night just because you want to sound like the ideal roommate. In the long run, you're gonna appreciate so much more if you're just upfront honest with them and be yourself. Don't like paint a picture of who you think the perfect roommate is, because to be the perfect roommate, you are going to be yourself. So I know Jules, that will be doing a video on roommates and how to like work with them and everything. I just want to focus on finding a roommate here, find somebody who kind of relates to the friends you currently have. If I remember correctly, I was on that reached out to my current roommate and we just had, like, a very simple conversation. I was like, Okay, I was like, I think we'd make great roommates. You already, like knowing that you're gonna be roommates with someone already. Over the summer, my roommate and I, we had a Snapchat Street just about, like, every single day. Just kind of like discussing, like, talking about ourselves, too. If you're going to freshman year room with freshmen, it's a really good idea because you can share like the experience at the same time. Shared experience is probably one of the best bonding techniques, and so that will really help you in the long run, I guess. Anything additional, you want to think about finding a roommate? I don't know. We talked about If you do wear the same size clothes, would you be willing to share clothes? Because if you're moving somewhere, you're probably not committed to bring your whole wardrobe. So if you find the money has the same size clothes which mean my roommate do like you can just share each other's closet and then a really good thing just to like talk about is like what they're bringing to school. You'll bring the TV working kind of around those things just already gives you a really good relationship to start with. You are not gonna probably find your future best friend for life. The reality of it is you just need to find somebody who you feel like you can work with and somebody who you feel confident enough in that you're not stressing about moving in. I felt good because over the summer, my roommate and I were talking just like about our lives and what we're gonna bring in stuff just really made the transition easier. So I think that's gonna wrap up this video here.