Roommate who clearly lied on Rooming Questionnaire

pugmadkate
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:39:08 +0000

I want to add that your daughter’s roommate may be feeling the exact same thing about your daughter. For all we know, this roommate was very blunt but got matched anyway. Perhaps she is thinking, “Why did I get stuck with this person when I filled out that I am a night person?”

My freshman year I had been absolutely honest about being a slob. My roommate was a neat freak and had put that on her application. I think making a common enemy out of the annoymous person who matched roommates made us better able to compromise. We never became friends but we were good roomates.

As for the illness, a perfectly matched roommate is just as likely to pass on an illness in such close quarters.