College is great and living in your first apartment is even better. The freedom, the fun, the parties, the roommates - all of it is amazing. Actually, wait. Let's back up to that last part about roommates.

Don't get me wrong here, living with roommates is great. You constantly have a friend to hang out with, someone to keep you company, their closet doubles as yours and so much more. However, there's something people fail to warn you about.

You are going to fight, probably a lot. It will almost always be about the pettiest things too. They're going to borrow your things without telling you. They're going to eat your food, a lot. Honestly, this will be your biggest fight because it is going to happen ALL the time. Next, you are going to argue about cleaning your apartment. (Side note: a cleaning schedule is NEVER going to work. You will try it and it won't work.) Clothes will be borrowed and never seen again. You're going to want a quiet night in and the rest of the house may have other plans. The arguments are always going to come no matter how hard you try and avoid them. I've come to notice the more people you live with and the smaller the living space, more fights are to come. The things you'll fight about are endless. HOWEVER, the fights aren't worth it.

While arguing with your roommates is unavoidable, it isn't the end of the world and there are ways to prevent things from getting out of hand.