What can I expect from a college roommate?

What can I expect from a college roommate?

It goes back to that, “expecting the unexpected.” Too many students start off with these rigid expectations that their roommate is going to be their best friend, their roommate is going to be very similar to them, their roommate is going to be all of these things, and their roommate doesn't meet those expectations. And now, with Facebook and Myspace, there are so many ways to hate your roommate before ever even meeting your roommate. You might expect to hate your roommate. You might expect this based on what you've researched. Again, at the minimum, just expect to share space and expect to get along. Anything else is just a big bonus.