How Do You Find A Good Roommate?
• Decide whether you want to share a bedroom and bathroom or not. • Don’t share a bedroom unless you have to; the potential conflicts are multiplied with a shared bedroom and consequent loss of privacy. • Sharing a bathroom is usually easier with a same-sex roommate. • Decide whether you want to live with just one roommate or several. Several roommates may have friends that you may not like to get to know. • With a big group, there will be more noise and mess. • With just one roommate, it is very easy for you and your roommate to become annoyed with each other. • Locate a potential roommate (by craigslist.org, local newapaper ad, by asking your friends for a referral, etc). • Once you have found a potential roommate, meet with them, preferably at a coffeehouse or similar public place, and compare their living preferences and daily habits to yours. Suggested questions: • Are they early risers or night owls? Light sleeper or good sleeper? • What is their typical work or school schedule?
