1. Most of us in our class are freshman that is requred to live in campus for the first year. However, we all know that it is very expensive to live in campus, beacase you have to buy a meal plan at the same time which is unfaired. On the other hand, the living fee of in campus is about 400 dollors per month, compared to off campus apartment, it is very much simillar; But living in apartment,you have living room, bath room, and kitchen.
2. By this reason, there is a high percentage students chose to live off campus at the second year of college. Now, the problems comes out. Looking for a roommate.
3. For our international student, most of us choose to live with student who comes from same contry. I know that some of our classmates have already booked a apartment for next year. Of corse, they also have already find one or several roommates to live together.
4. In my own experience, choosing roommates to live together is a very important thing.
First at all, knowing each other is the basic prerequisite. Howeve, it is not mean you can just pick up one guy who you know in a same calss. You need to know each other well. If you are friends ,that is perfect.
5. Secondly, you need to know your roommate’s personal customs and living style. Such as smoking or nonsmoking, drinking, night owl, religion, have a girl/ boy friend who may come to visit for night, mental desease and so on. Personal customs are important, because it can lead to problem and argument in the future. Personal living style is in this issue because it is hard to live with a person who is very different to you. In my own expierence, I lived with my friend who was also one of my high school classmate. We know each other for 3 years long and we thought we could live togther well, but since we lived toghter, problem came out: we are too different in life stlye. He is the kind of guy who works soo hard every day, and he was very sensitive of sounce. I loved to playing, so I could not give him a good enviroment of study at hoom. Finally we choose to not living togther at the second year.
6. For summerizing, what I want to say is be serious when you decide a roommate who you are going to live together for at least one year. Since you find that he or she is the wrong person to be your roomate, it may be to late to change and you have to live with a problem. That would not be an enjoyful life.
I'm taking a sofa which is so nice!Yep,actually,I totally agree with you.Choosing roommate is very important for each of us who are freshman in the MSU.Like you said,a bad roommate would affect your life which means you may cannot study,sleep,or doing your own thing.Thus,if you wanna find a roommate,you guys should have same life style and also you all are good friend basically.However,you should be serious when you choosing a roommate.Hopefully,we can find a good and friendly roommate and we will enjoy our life in the USA.
ReplyDeleteThat is ture. Choosing roommates is really a serious topic. It will effect you much in your future life. Although everyone has his or her own habits, we also need to meet others' demands. Living together means that we should adapt to other people's living styles. We can change our bad habits or change a new way to accompany.
ReplyDeleteI am the one who has already booked an apartment for the next year to live in.
ReplyDeleteI can change the ambience between my roommate and me gradually. I know my room is a mess, of which others think. I can change to adjust to the proper one which fits my roommate.
I really feel that choosing good roommate is very important. I had lived with roommate who is from Michigan until about one month ago. However, we had totally different lifestyle. That is why we had some problems. She moved to another dormitory to live with her friend. I have to look for new roommate now. It is difficult to know who has similar lifestyle and who is good for me. I wish I will find a good roommate.
ReplyDeleteYes, exactly. I have decided to move out of the dorm next year and live with my friends. In my eyes, to choose the right roommates is the most serious section in your decision. The persons whom you select must be reliable and responsible, cause all the people should do the house-hold together. If one forget shopping meats or vegetables, can you image the consequence? How can a chef cook a meal without the raw-materials? I think the family atmosphere is awesome, when you live in an apartments with your friends.Such as a small family, and that`s why so many international students would like to live in apartments. I hope the new apartment and closed friends can reduce my deep homesickness in next year.
ReplyDeleteThe picture is the best part of your essay.I think,for me I want to live out of campus next year.I really do not like live in campus.We always use public restroom and shower room with others,and I can not do something I like when I want to do.I am planing to live in apartment or a house with my friends next year.Thanks for your suggestion to how to choose roommates.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree, Choosing a suitable roommate is very important, as well as, it also difficult. Because you need get to know each other first, if you don't know well each other, once you live together, argurments are not avoided in the future. Fortunately, I have a vary nice roommate now. Before I got to here, I really worried about my roommate. I often send him Email to try to get to know him. At the end, I found we have such more common points on the living customs,so I feel I am really lucky.
ReplyDeleteThat is ture, some of my classmates decide to live off campus next year. It is really hard for me to decide whether to live off campus or not. But the general important point for us is that we should find a proper environment for us, we are here not for play though. Thus, we need to think about several aspects and make the right decision then we will not feel regretful after that.
ReplyDeleteWhat you said are all true. However, I think it is really difficult to know whether your potential roommate has the samilar lifestyle with you.
ReplyDeleteI heard that if you want to lose a friend then choose him\her to be your roommate. So I think to live a friend is not a brilliant idea.
Yes, so i i know that a nice roommate is very important. As one of my friend, he has a bad roommate, and his has a bad mood for this every day.I think a good roommate should respect the other, before we do something, we must consider the feeling of the other. If a get a very pushing and sell-fish friend, i think i 'd better change a room
ReplyDeleteActually, I really want to have a roommate because I am not living in the campus.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think it is very tough if you have a roommate. You can not do anything you want. I heard that if you are planning to live at an apartment with someone, and you should choose someone who is not very close with you because usually many close friends live together, and they just break off in few months or semester. I do not understand why, but I saw many people did that. So I think if you really want to live with your friend, then you should readiness of your mind. Haha~
P.S. This is my opinion, if you have narrow mind or very a timid person, then you should not live with your friends. I saw many people who has narrow mind and have a roommate, and they usually have a lot of problems with their roommate. They are always complaint about that. When they express their dissatisfaction, I was repelled by that situation.
If you have a lot of dissatisfaction, then PLEASE LIVE BY YOURSELF!!!!!!!!
Yeah, This is what exactly I am thinking about right now. I don't know I should live on campus or off campus. I know it is difficult to choose roomates. We should live together for a long time if we decided. Your passage gives me some suggestions. Thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteAbout your topic and your opinions for choosing roommates, I can not help thinking of the comedy"FRIENDS". They met when they move together. Their friendship was so stable. They are not noly as a friend among them but also a relative. I wish I can meet a few friends like them. I just signed up for a new apartement for four people. Hope the days that live with my intending roommates will be fine.
ReplyDelete1. Most of us in our class are FRESHMEN WHO ARE REQUIRED to live ON campus IN the first year. However, we all know that it is very expensive to live ON campus BECAUSE you ALSO have to buy a meal plan, * which is UNFAIR. On the other hand, the living fee of ON campus is about 400 DOLLARS per month. Compared to off campus apartment, it is very much SIMILAR; But living in AN apartment, you have A living room, bath room, and kitchen.
ReplyDelete2. FOR this reason, there is a high percentage OF students WHO CHOOSE to live off campus IN the second year of college. Now, the problems COME out, WHICH IS Looking for a roommate.
3. * Most * INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS choose to live with A student who comes from THE same COUNTRY. I know that some of our classmates have already booked AN apartment for next year. IN ADDITION, Of COURSE, they * have already FOUND one or several roommates to live WITH *.
4. JUDGING FROM my own experience, choosing roommates to live WITH is a very important thing.
First OF all, knowing each other is the basic prerequisite. HOWEVER, it DOES NOT WORK WELL IF you * just pick up one guy who you know in THE same class. You need to know each other well. If you are friends ,that is perfect.
5. Secondly, you need to know your roommate’s personal customs and living style, S(SMALL)uch as smoking or nonsmoking, drinking, night owl, religion, WHETHER SHE/HE HAS a girl/ boy friend who may come to visit AT night, mental DISEASES, and so on. Personal customs are important because THEY can lead to problemS and argument in the future. Personal living style WILL BE AT * issue because it is hard to live with a person who is very different FROM you. TALKING OF my own EXPERIENCE, I lived with my friend who was also one of my high school classmateS. We HAD KNOWN each other for 3 years * and we thought we could live TOGETHER well, but since we STARTED TO LIVE TOGETHER, problemS came out: we WERE too different in life STYLE. He is the kind of guy who works SO hard every day, and he was very sensitive TO SOUNDS. I loved * playing, so I could not give him a good enviroNment FOR studyING at HOME. Finally we CHOSE NOT to LIVE TOGETHER IN the second year.
6. IN SUMMARIZING, what I want to say is TO be serious when you decide a roommate who you are going to live WITH for at least one year. EVEN IF you find that he or she is A wrong person to be your ROOMMATE, it may be TOO late to change HER/HIM and you have to live with a problem. That would not be an ENJOYABLE life.
THERE ARE MANY SPELLING MISTAKES. YOU SHOULD RUN SPELLCHECKER BEFORE YOU POST IT.
I HAVE NEVER HAD A ROOMMATE IN MY LIFE, SO I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF LIFE I WILL LEAD IF I AM TO HAVE A ROOMMATE. I PERSONALLY LIKE TO BE ALONE, SO I IMAGINE THAT I CAN'T STAND IT. WELL, I HAVE TWO ROOMMATES: WIFE AND SON. SO THEY ARE ENOUGH!