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" Some of you are getting your acceptance letters in the mail already (congrats!) and some of you may have already decided where you are going attend. Whether this is the case or not, the next big thing that&amp;#039;s going to be on your mind - roommates. I was SO stressed out by the idea that a survey of 8 random questions was going to pick the people I was going to live with. I actually ended up choosing my two roommates and not leaving up to fate - I love these girls! Here&amp;#039;s what I think are the most important factors when it comes to roommate compatibility:  Sleeping schedule. It&amp;#039;s a small room and even the smallest noises can annoy the heck out of someone trying to sleep. Night owls and early risers have to be able to compromise or buy some ear plugs/night masks.  Cleanliness: If you are a slob, don&amp;#039;t pretend that you&amp;#039;re not! Don&amp;#039;t be naive and think that when you get to college you will be better about keeping your room clean, either - chances are, it&amp;#039;ll get worse. All three of us in my room are pretty clean so it works out well. I&amp;#039;ve seen some horribly dirty rooms - I don&amp;#039;t know how they live like that!  Opinions on what is okay in the room. Are boys ok? Can they spend the night? How about friends visiting? TV or no TV? These questions and others need to be set as ground rules before drama occurs.  Personal Space: Are you cool with sharing clothes, or do you need your space? My roommate Marisela and I sit in each other&amp;#039;s bed and borrow each other&amp;#039;s stuff all the time, but my other roommate Jessica (yep, same name!) has much more of a bubble. It isn&amp;#039;t a problem at all - it&amp;#039;s just something we had to learn to respect and get accustomed to.  I personally love having roommates; it&amp;#039;s like a sleepover all the time! There are always going to be bumps, but if you do your best to predict them and learn to love compromise, your experience can be as pleasant as possible. Check back here with me in a week when I write about my trip with my roommate Jessica to Orange County - I&amp;#039;m super excited! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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