5 College Roommate Tips You Need To Know!

This post is all about 5 college roommate tips that you need to know! These things make living with college roommates a lot easier.

Now that I finished my freshman year of college (living in a quad with 3 roommates!!), I thought it would be fun to tell you all of my best advice for living with roommates in college!

If I would have known these things from the beginning, my life would have been WAY easier haha!

This post is inspired by my “Complete Guide To College Roommate Life” free printables which you can find in my free resource library here.

Related Post: Ultimate Guide To Roommate Life!!

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Like I said above, I lived in a quad my freshman year (4 girls in 1 room) which I wasn’t expecting at all. It actually turned out to be a lot of fun! Don’t be disappointed if you don’t get the housing your expecting. Everything happens for a reason! 😉

If you’re nervous about living with roommates or sharing your space, this advice will definitely help you. As always, let me know if you have any other college roommate questions and I would be happy to answer them.

1. Get to know and try to bond with your roommates from the beginning:

I know that this may seem obvious but it’s super important because you’re going to be living together for the whole school year.

You don’t have to be best friends with your roommate but it can be helpful to try to get to know them better. Maybe go to dinner together, explore your new town, or go to a school event together.

This list of roommate questions will also help you get to know your roommates better. Some of these questions are extra important and will make living together much easier.

2. Save money by sharing common dorm room items:

College is super expensiveee and I’m always looking for new ways to save money (who isn’t right!?)

One of the best ways to save money in college is to share some common college items (that you really don’t need doubles of) with your roommates.

Check out this post to see what items are best to share with your roommates. I promise this will save you soooo much money!

3. Set a roommate contract:

Roommate contracts are a great way to set specific rules and responsibilities for you and your roommate/s to follow. At my school, it was required to make a roommate contract with our RA.

RA stands for a resident assistant or resident advisor. At most colleges, you will have an RA living on your floor. They are older students who are trained leaders and in charge of coordinating activities in resident halls.

You can put anything in your contract that you think will make living together easier. For example, you can set rules about visitors, study habits, a standard lights out time, etc.

When you’re creating a roommate contract be clear and honest about the rules and expectations you want to set. That way, you and your roommate are on the same page from the beginning.

4. Speak up when something your roommate does is bothering you:

This is definitely one of the hardest things to do because you don’t want to hurt your roommate’s feelings. I totally get that but I found that it’s better to talk about it kindly than ignore it altogether.

It’s also important to respond well if your roommate ever brings up anything you do that is bothering them. If you respond in a positive way, it will encourage them to do the same down the road.

5. Keep your room clean:

I know that keeping your room clean doesn’t really seem like it would help you get along/live better with your roommates but it does, haha! Having a clean and organized room will make both of you feel more put together and on top of things which is great!

I know that it can be really hard to keep your room clean in college (mine was definitely not always clean, but I tried haha) especially since most students are super busy.

My roommates and I learned the best way to keep our room relatively clean was to make our beds and tidy up our desks in the morning.

These simple chores will only take you about 5 minutes in the morning and will help make your room look so much better! Having a clean room will also make you feel a lot better.

Want your dorm room to stay clean without spending a lot of time cleaning? Read this post about 5 super easy things that you can do every day to keep your dorm room clean!

I hope that you liked this post about 5 college roommate tips that will make living with college roommates so much easier! If you have any questions, post suggestions, or just want to chat, feel free to email me at emily@positivityispretty.com

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