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[quote=Anonymous]For me, it was a bad roommate.

Roommate was mentally ill, severely depressed, and flunking classes in her major by the end of first semester.  By early in second semester, when I went to ask, the only room available to transfer to was the room of a girl who invited dates into the room to have sex while her assigned roommate was sleeping.

My roommate was sloppy about locking doors.  Our dorm room was entered twice at night by drunk college men while we were sleeping.  Luckily she was there with me.

This was Penn State's coed honors college dorm in the 1980s.  I transferred after freshman year.  I always wonder if that was an outsize reaction but I think the decision was correct.

My son is a freshman this year at a different school and has gotten a functional, clean, and friendly dorm roommate.  They are considering sharing off-campus housing next year.  So glad for that.  So far the biggest issue is that he is underprepared for the level of foreign language class he placed into.  I am totally relieved.
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