72. Choosing a Roommate

It is common for university students to share their dormitory rooms with another student, and at some universities this is required. Because the tow students will spend a great deal of time together and must share a small space, it is essential that they be able to get along. For this reason, if I had to share a room, I would rather choose my own roommate than let the university assign one to me.

By choosing my own roommate, I would be able to live with someone with whom I am already familiar. While I look forward to making many new friends at university, I know that not everyone is easy to live with. Therefore, I would rather live with someone I already know well. Choosing my own roommate would also allow me to live with someone whose habits are compatible with my own. This would make it easier for us to share the limited space of a dormitory room. And if some misunderstanding or problem should occur, I would be better able to deal with it if I knew my roommate well.

Letting the university choose my roommate might mean that I would have to live with someone I couldn’t get along with. That could have a bad effect on my studies during my first year. For this reason and all of those above, I would prefer to choose my own roommate at university.