Trying to change roommates, need advice!

plinko
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:38:05 +0000

UPDATE: I decided a couple weeks ago that I wouldn’t move into that suite because overall it was too risky, not just because I wasn’t sure if I’d get along with all the guys there, but also because my roommate would be a Japenese exchange student as I said, and that may have caused difficulties, plus if I had a regular American as a roommate chances are we would eventually become pretty close. Today I went back to the RD, this time with my roommate, who I discussed my situation with and said he would help me out (I don’t have any problems with him), and the RD gave me a list of openings for the Winter Quarter. The difference is, this time these openings are of people who are graduating or leaving the school at the end of the quarter, rather than people who simply moved out because they requested a roommate change because perhaps they had problems, so maybe this batch of suites will be less risky, plus I have more faith this time. I think I’m just going to look at all of them, and then choose to move into the best one, because if I stay where I am now it will be pretty hard for me to make real good friends, and it seems like most people make at least one or two good friends in the dorms when they start college. Also, if I become friends with my roommates/suitemates, those friendships could be even better because it’s a lot easier to bond with people when you’re living in such close quarters and you’re around them a lot of the time.

Any comments/advice?