Comments on: Five Types of College Roommates http://www.classesandcareers.net/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/ Help and support for non-traditional students Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:18:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Adam http://www.classesandcareers.net/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/comment-page-1/#comment-5422 Adam Fri, 27 May 2011 10:06:10 +0000 http://www.classesandcareers.net/education-careers/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/#comment-5422 What about the extreme socially awkward type? There are worse roommates to have, but being shadowed by an overgrown semi-autistic puppy is no fun when you're trying to branch out in the world. Even less fun when you think you've escaped to a better dorm for the next year, only to discover that Napoleon Dynamite saw your housing form and moved onto the same floor three doors down. What about the extreme socially awkward type? There are worse roommates to have, but being shadowed by an overgrown semi-autistic puppy is no fun when you’re trying to branch out in the world. Even less fun when you think you’ve escaped to a better dorm for the next year, only to discover that Napoleon Dynamite saw your housing form and moved onto the same floor three doors down.

]]> By: marcus http://www.classesandcareers.net/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/comment-page-1/#comment-5068 marcus Thu, 19 May 2011 15:43:38 +0000 http://www.classesandcareers.net/education-careers/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/#comment-5068 I must confess, I went to BYU (aka the #1 stone-cold sober school in the nation) and, therefore, never had to deal with the alcoholic roommate. But she sounds like a rocking good time. I must confess, I went to BYU (aka the #1 stone-cold sober school in the nation) and, therefore, never had to deal with the alcoholic roommate. But she sounds like a rocking good time.

]]> By: brianna http://www.classesandcareers.net/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/comment-page-1/#comment-5033 brianna Wed, 18 May 2011 23:38:53 +0000 http://www.classesandcareers.net/education-careers/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/#comment-5033 What about the Alcoholic Roommate? That was my freshman experience. 2 sober nights a week, which was great for me (since she often ended up staying at a 'friend's' house) ...unless she came home at 3 am, pounding on the door, turning the lights on, and puking all over herself.... :\ What about the Alcoholic Roommate? That was my freshman experience.
2 sober nights a week, which was great for me (since she often ended up staying at a ‘friend’s’ house) …unless she came home at 3 am, pounding on the door, turning the lights on, and puking all over herself…. :\

]]> By: Mia http://www.classesandcareers.net/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/comment-page-1/#comment-4278 Mia Thu, 05 May 2011 23:06:45 +0000 http://www.classesandcareers.net/education-careers/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/#comment-4278 My freshman year of college I had the perfect roommate-for me. We had a lot of interests in common, liked the same music, liked peace and quiet, even had the same best friend (the girl had moved from my roommate's town to mine a few years previously). She was neat, quiet, respectful, didn't party, funny, laughed at my jokes, easy to talk to. But I always had the nagging suspicion that she didn't like being my roommate. I wasn't the cleanest (clothes on the floor), liked to watch tv (with headphones, but the set buzzed), and preferred procrastinating to doing homework. She never said anything about it, but even now I wonder how she felt about the whole thing. My freshman year of college I had the perfect roommate-for me. We had a lot of interests in common, liked the same music, liked peace and quiet, even had the same best friend (the girl had moved from my roommate’s town to mine a few years previously). She was neat, quiet, respectful, didn’t party, funny, laughed at my jokes, easy to talk to. But I always had the nagging suspicion that she didn’t like being my roommate. I wasn’t the cleanest (clothes on the floor), liked to watch tv (with headphones, but the set buzzed), and preferred procrastinating to doing homework. She never said anything about it, but even now I wonder how she felt about the whole thing.

]]> By: David http://www.classesandcareers.net/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/comment-page-1/#comment-2056 David Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:53:54 +0000 http://www.classesandcareers.net/education-careers/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/#comment-2056 What do you guys think of this. I am a graduate student living with two under. I am very busy with my study, so I stay in my office most of time and only go home to get some sleep. (I seldom go home before 10pm, and I usually leave by 8:30am unless its the weekend, then I will be sleeping in, but still manage to leave around 12pm). Apparently my roommates have problem with that. One of them is an anal-retentive. On some special occation when I have done something she doesn't like, such as wash and rince a glass then put it back in the cabinet instead of the washer, she will post sticky notes all over the place. I can handle face to face confrontation very well. But these notes annoys the hell out of me. Eventually I confronted her, and learned she is not happy because I am not doing my share of the house chore, such as cleaning and doing dishes. The thing is though, by not staying in the house all day, I don't leave any mess around in the common area, and I rarely eat at home..... I'd rather have someone who is a slob and do nothing, then having an anal-retentive person as roommate... What do you guys think of this.

I am a graduate student living with two under. I am very busy with my study, so I stay in my office most of time and only go home to get some sleep. (I seldom go home before 10pm, and I usually leave by 8:30am unless its the weekend, then I will be sleeping in, but still manage to leave around 12pm).

Apparently my roommates have problem with that. One of them is an anal-retentive. On some special occation when I have done something she doesn’t like, such as wash and rince a glass then put it back in the cabinet instead of the washer, she will post sticky notes all over the place. I can handle face to face confrontation very well. But these notes annoys the hell out of me. Eventually I confronted her, and learned she is not happy because I am not doing my share of the house chore, such as cleaning and doing dishes. The thing is though, by not staying in the house all day, I don’t leave any mess around in the common area, and I rarely eat at home…..

I’d rather have someone who is a slob and do nothing, then having an anal-retentive person as roommate…

]]> By: Anon http://www.classesandcareers.net/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 Anon Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:39:06 +0000 http://www.classesandcareers.net/education-careers/2007/10/24/five-types-of-college-roommates/#comment-1919 Chris, maybe if you stop stealing peoples food and being such a piece of shit they won't rat you out to the RA as much. I was a serious student in school. I made my presence very known, and even helped send a few losers back home to live with mommy and daddy. Don't hate the player, hate the game... Chris, maybe if you stop stealing peoples food and being such a piece of shit they won’t rat you out to the RA as much.

I was a serious student in school. I made my presence very known, and even helped send a few losers back home to live with mommy and daddy.

Don’t hate the player, hate the game…

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