Roommates and Dorm Life: Get the most out of college life
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Roommates and Dorm Life - Adams Media
The Everything College Survival Series
Roommates and Dorm Life
Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Avon, Massachusetts
Contents
Introduction
Establishing Residence in a New Place
Residence Halls
Apartments
Car or No Car?
Getting Around Town
A New Relationship with Your Parents
Roommates
Roommate Selection
Initial Expectations
Making Contact
Roommate Agreements
Managing Conflicts
Room Changes
Lasting Relationships
Also Available
Copyright Page
Introduction
The Everything® College Survival books are concise guides, focusing on only the essential information you need. Whether you’re looking for information on dorm life, need advice about choosing a major, or want to know how to manage your time, there’s a College Survival book for you!
Your time in college will challenging, interesting, and if you’re like most people, the best years of your life so far. You will make lifelong friends and perhaps meet your soul mate. You will try new things, learn valuable skills, and be challenged to figure out who you really are and what you stand for. You will fall in love with some of your classes (and perhaps classmates), deeply discuss serious issues with peers and professors, and enjoy many moments of quiet reflection.
You have achieved a lot and have done well to graduate from high school. You have learned what teachers want and how to succeed. However, college classes will move faster and your professors will be more demanding. You’ll read thousand of pages and process dense information for class discussions and presentations. You’ll also write hundreds of pages in essays, reports, and exams. To do so, you will spend many hours researching in the library and online, as well as many more hours studying in your room, in quiet places around campus, and even in the cafeteria.
As you are working harder and smarter than ever before, you will also be having more fun than ever before. There will be more concerts, parties, and cultural events than you have time to attend. You will have a full