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<li><p>Don’t eat the leftover pizza from 2 days ago, despite what you think it is NOT okay to eat, You will be ****ting water for the next 3 days.</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t like your roommate? Can’t talk about problems? ■■■■ out there! 8 months is a long ass time. If you keep telling yourself “Well, I only have 5 months left” then I pity you fool.</p></li>
<li><p>You don’t have too be overly nice to your roommate, remember “if you give a mouse a cookie, he’s gonna want a glass of milk…”</p></li>
<li><p>Your room is the worse place to study.</p></li>
<li><p>Also don’t be afraid to take a dump, some girls will just rip one.</p></li>
<li><p>And a good rule is that all music should be played on headphones for both of you, no exceptions.</p></li>
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<p>Ughhhh at number 5. I’ve always had a thing about public restrooms and we have communal bathrooms so I often have to hold it until night time when no one is in there. :(</p>
<p>My room is the total exception on #4 – it’s crazy how quiet it is in here! Otherwise, all of those are pretty universal. #5 is something that’s very important to learn before getting to college!!</p>
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<li>You aren’t going to change overnight. Slobs – mark your roommate surveys as such since you probably won’t be a clean freak overnight.</li>
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<p>I disagree with #4. My roommate is rarely in the room when I am and the “study places” are usually packed with study groups and are noisy. My room is the perfect place to study.</p>
<p>I love doing work in my room. It’s where I get the most done. And my room at home is a god awful mess, but my dorm room is actually fairly clean.</p>
<p>^ Actually, when I got to my dorm, I put some food in there for a day and ate it again. Was sick for a few days after that. I ended up cleaning it (Clorox wipes and all), then setting the temperature lower. Haven’t been sick since.</p>
<h1>4 was true for me last year, I was in a regular freshman dorm, but this year I’m in the honors dorm with a mix of freshmen/upperclass and its a lot quieter and easier to study. So it depends on the dorm/floor and of course your roommate.</h1>
<p>LOL at #2, so true, switch rooms/roommates now if you can, save your sanity.</p>
<p>I look at some of these “things to bring to college” lists and they’re HUGE.</p>
<p>My tip would be, DONT bring too many things. In fact, my room is as sparse as possible. I’m not saying you shoulnd’t put posters and whatever, but keep things to a minimum. </p>
<p>This way, I can just pack everything into my bimmer and go (last year, i had to make TWO trips, not fun)</p>