DEALING WITH A COLLEGE ROOMMATE
Life in college is very different from the life that you have had when you are in high school. When you are in high school, everything seems to be about fun and enjoyment and young love, but the moment that you step out of your high school campus and step into the your college campus, everything changes. No more spontaneous fun and enjoyment, and all are serious stuff in college. Gone are also the days when you could just ditch class without care, because in college, every class is important and every discussion is worth joining in.
Also, when you are in high school, you live with your parents, you are under their care and protection and you are within the confines of the community that you grew up in and you are in embraced by the comforts of your home. But as soon as you start college, you are bound to leave behind all the comforts that you have known when you were living with your parents in your own community. It also means that you would have a lot of adjustments to make when you are living far away from home, with only strangers and new faces to accompany you on your room. I feel for you and I can sympathize with you, which is why I am giving you a few tips that could help you get by well and good with your college roommates.
In order for you to get along well and good with your college roommates, one of the first things that you would need to do is to get an initial feel from your would – be college roommates. Chances are, you would be able to tell during your initial meeting if you are going to get along with your college roommate. If you feel negative vibes from him or her, you could just ask the administrator or the matron of the apartment or dorm where you are staying. You could just make up a lame excuse, just so you could get the matron or the administrator to change your room assignments.
If your request to change room assignment was not granted, than that only leaves you to deal with your nasty college roommate, which you could do by talking to him or her and saying what your concerns are. If he or she still has a few bits of humanity left in him or in her, he or she would listen to you and at least propose solutions to the problem that you have. But if he or she still does not become a cooperative roommate, then I guess you would have to talk to the matron or the administrator again, and let him or her know that you have already tried talking to your roommate to no avail and ask if they could reconsider their position regarding your request to switch room assignments. Just pray that they grant it this time.
Well, that’s it. I wish you luck with your college roommate.
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