There are two options when it comes to selecting a freshman roommate. Either random and hope your music preferences really capture the type of roommate you’re going to be, or Facebook stalk your classmates and pick a roommate based on that one profile picture they actually made public. We found each other on Facebook and are here to share with you the good the bad and the funny outcomes of picking your own roommate.
We asked our classmates: “Hey Tufts 2017, did you chose your roommate? Have any funny stories? Good ones? Bad ones? Tell us all!”
The Good
“My roommate is awesome! I’m so glad I picked her and didn’t go random. She and I are both hard working but love to go out as well. We’re definitely both the work hard play hard types. We get along extremely well. We laugh at the same things, enjoy the same music, and essentially share our wardrobes with each other. I could not have picked a more perfect roommate!”
Yay for fun times!
“I LOVE MY ROOMMATE. She is so awesome and funny. We have named our room the old granny room of the hall because we always invite people in for cookies and such while we knit and play pop music and put on accents. Its super dorky but she is already one of my best friends.”
Well we’re glad you found each other…pip pip cheerio!
“I chose him, and he’s just as kickass as I expected.”
This is what we like to hear.
The Bad
“Not what I expected. He’s a douche.”
This is NOT what we like to hear.
“My roommate follows me around everywhere! She seemed really nice over Facebook but she refuses to make any friends of her own.”
Maybe you’re just that awesome.
“We found each other on Facebook really early and spoke all the time and were super excited about rooming together. However when I met her at jumbo days, she was completely different and not someone I’d want to room with. I had to ‘break-up’ with her and find someone new.”
Glad you had the courage to end it.
The Funny
“My roommate walked in on me having sex.”
LOL maybe next time put a sock on the door.
“My roommate stood over me at 6 am insisting I was late for my 8:30 class and then proceeded to bang on the shower door because I accidently locked him out.”
Yikes…
“My roommate ran away….”
Enjoy your dingle!! (double/single)
Our Story!
Erin posted in the girls roommate search group and sounded like the perfect roommate so Hayley awkwardly messaged her on Facebook. At first we were just talking about school with no intentions of rooming together. As the deadline for picking a roommate approached we were both anxious about going random and ending up with the weirdest people. At that moment Erin had an epiphany, it made so much sense for us to room together! It was fate. We could not be better roommates.
Photo courtesty of: ccu.edu