<p>OP, when I first received my roommate notification I waited a week to contact them. They had no facebook due to parents not allowing until they where 18. She thought the # they gave her was a cell so she text it which I never got as it was my house phone. We talked through emails which I found via school website’s people finder.</p>
<p>I agree with others it may put off your roommate if you already have ground rules for them without discussing anything, but it is not virtually unheard of to have 2 fridges in a dorm. It all depends on how you want to allocate your space, and your needs. Many people in my dorm had 2 including myself.</p>
<p>Like you, my roommate had a fear of me eating all her food, or taking over the fridge. Lucky for us we both had received fridges as gifts along with microwaves. We decided that we would both bring a fridge because neither of us wanted to return it seeing how her’s was a relatives old one, and mine new. I also did not like the campus food so I kept food in that could be for lunch or dinner such has lunch meats. She did have a smaller fridge so it stayed on her dresser, and mine stayed on my side of the room. I offered to return my microwave because she didn’t want too. I bought a printer instead and brought that to school. There was problems with sharing this so I would advise against bringing one. As for the tv like you I don’t watch too much tv, but I offered to bring my sister’s so she wouldn’t have to go buy one. Problems with this to since she complained about placement often, and left it on or would turn up the volume for no reason. I didn’t move it a 3rd time for her since she was not being cooperative other times and only thought about herself.</p>
<p>Email or call your roommate and discuss your concerns. See what their response is. You may find out they are out of state, or live further away and it is too much for them to bring a fridge, and tv. They might also decide that they only need one to keep drinks in. If this is the case I would offer to share it. You can both decide on ground rules either this summer or when you arrive to campus. This may be taking it further but I would suggest that you both write and sign a roommate contract. Just so that you both are clear in case you have other concerns such has boy or girl friends coming over. Alone time in the room, or whatever it may be. My dorm was suppose to have this done with each floor’s RA leading it but sadly for me it never happened. If you feel uncomfortable asking them to do this, or having to remind them of it ask your RA to go with you. Keep it in a place both of you can access and make sure it address both of your concerns so that they feel “protected” too.</p>
<p>You can always write you name on your food, and beverages so if there is any question they know whose it is. Sounds like you are, but I would share the microwave as you can’t run into too many problems with it. Just keep it in a place accessible to your roommate also. Please PM if you would like to know any of the problems I encountered with the printer if you are taking one as I do not know when I will be later to check this forum.</p>