<p>is it true that at american university there is no guarentee that your room mate will speak english? i dont mind the diversity thing, but i think i want to be able to communicate with my room mate easily</p>
<p>Um. How would they’ve gotten into AU without speaking English? International students who don’t speak English as a first language have to take the TOEFL (or any other standardized English proficiency exam) as well as the SAT Critical Reading and Writing. I think those would be pretty hard to do if one couldn’t speak English. =]</p>
<p>I haven’t heard of anyone who couldn’t speak English at all as someone’s roommate. Most international students are housed in Leonard, the international dorm, so if you are in a different dorm you probably won’t get an international roommate.</p>