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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My guess is that roommate compatibility is in the top-5.

We know of many many many cases where this was an issue, both for randomly assigned roommates and also for friends who asked the university to have them share a room.

A colleague slept on a random sofa in a computer room in an academic building across campus for most of Freshman year - because roommate had a light class load and stayed up drinking every night (i.e., not just a weekend celebration). Colleague wondered if that roommate was an alcoholic.  Regardless, it was well nigh impossible for colleague to sleep in his own bed at night.[/quote]

One of my kid's best friends (now and during college) was the guy with 2 crappy roommates fall freshman year.  Dorm was all triples.  That kid's roommates were both gone/kicked out by end of semester.  But fall semester he basically lived down the hall on the futon or floor of their room, only going to his room to get clothing.   Was my son's sophomore roommate in dorms and then a member of their 3 person house for junior/senior year.  Now it's my son who sleeps on their couch/floor when he visits them (old roommate and his fiance/my son's good friend) (2 weekends per month---son lives/works 90 mins away from where he attended college and most of the friends still live in college town).  [/quote]

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