The Adjustment To College
An RA’s Best Tips for Helping Roommates Get Along
By Cambria Pilger
Whether your student chose their roommate or is rooming with someone they never met, it can be intimidating to live in an unfamiliar place, away from home and surrounded by new people. Some first-year roommates become best friends, from day one of college through graduation. Others just try to get through the year (and hope they score a single room as a sophomore). 14
