<p>Ok. So, I’m 16 and I plan on enrolling in a college in Manhattan such as NYU or Columbia. I can navigate the city pretty well. Here’s the thing: I plan on living in an apartment. I have many friends, but there’s a group of six I’m really close with. Including me, there are three boys and three girls. I’ll use B1 and B2 for the boys and G1, G2, and G3 for confidentiality. G1, G3, and B1 I’ve known since kindergarten and I’ve know on G2 since fourth grade and B2 since sixth grade. G1, G2, and I have planned on rooming in an apartment since 8th grade and we plan on having either G3 or B2 rooming with us (B1 isn’t going to live in New York City). However, either way this turns out, there’s going to be at least two girl roommates. We plan on getting a 4 bed 2 bath apartment (surprisingly not hard to find) and we’ll have jobs. In all the years I’ve known them, we’ve had no romantic encounters. So, do you think this roommate situation will work? We have the chemistry and all. Do you think the girls parents will be against it? I’ve known the parents as long as I’ve known the friends. Please help and give advice. Thanks</p>
<p>I think you’ve got the cart WAY in front of the horse. First, all these people need to be accepted to Columbia or NYU. Columbia, I believe, wants frosh to live on campus except in unusual cases so the apartment thing might not be an option. When they get college age they may not want to live in an apartment as opposed to dorming. Finally, NYU and Columbia are far enough apart that the students each school would probably want to live in very different places than the other. So, to me, no need to answer your question because it is do far from being a real life possibility yet.</p>
<p>PS - lots of college students live in apartments with roommates of both sexes … it is very very common.</p>
<p>It’s not uncommon for people to have roommates of the opposite sex.</p>
<p>But…you’re getting way ahead of yourself. You’re 16, and already trying to figure out a roommate situation for college. Some of these people may change their minds and decide to go somewhere else. Some of them might not get accepted. As the poster above mentioned, many schools will require you to dorm for the first year, so it may not even be an option right away.</p>
<p>Agreed on the getting way ahead of yourself. </p>
<p>But fwiw, opposite sex roommates are not uncommon. If the parents do have an issue with it, there’s nothing you can do about it. </p>
<p>Take a breath and wait a few years until you get your acceptances all in and you know where you guy are giong.</p>
<p>Theres nothing wrong with opposite sex roommates but as others have said there’s a long way and there’s a lot your not thinking about in addition to what others have said. </p>
<p>Like:</p>
<p>Rent money in NYC is crazy high and doesn’t always include utilities
Chances that you will get jobs that will cover rent money on top of being a full time student are close to none (not trying to be rude or anything)
You have other costs to think of like food and transportation
And finally, a lot of apartments are now asking at least 3 months down so you easily be looking at 5,000 down right off the bat… a lot of apartments also ask that you have a steady income x times the rent amount</p>