One of the scariest things about coming to college is the anticipation of who your freshman year roommate is going to be. Will you be best friends? Will you hate each other? Will she turn into a sociopathic, obsessive serial killer like in the totally realistic movie "The Roommate"? I was blessed enough to be randomly paired with the single best thing that happened to me my freshman year, and I couldn't imagine my life without her in it. So this is what it's like to go through the process of being assigned the perfect roommate as told by "Gossip Girl."
1. A letter from your college of choice comes in the mail.
You assume it’s another congratulations or checklist, but you open it and see the name of the girl who you’re going to be living with for the next nine months. The next 36 weeks. The next 275 days. The next 6,576 hours of your life.
2. You freak out because you don’t know if you should text her or just Facebook stalk her.
So of course you Facebook stalk her and really hope she’s the pretty one from Chicago instead of the middle aged lady with a cat as her profile picture, and much to your relief, she is.
3. You show her to your friends and family because she actually looks normal (unlike everyone else who goes to college).
4. You meet on move-in day, and things are a little awkward.
5. But about one week later you feel like you’ve been friends for years.
6. And you figure out she’s just as weird as you are.
7. You have each other’s schedules memorized like they were your own.
I know your lab doesn't get out that late.
8. You get sad when you have to be away from each other for more than five hours.
9. You cry when you have to leave each other for Christmas break, and you miss her so much you actually fly out to see her.
10. She’s always down to go out with you and be the life of the party.
11. But you have just as much fun talking all night in your dorm room.
12. You listen to each other and always know exactly what to say (or what not to say).
13. Your photo stream probably looks a lot like this.
14. Their accomplishments are your accomplishments and their happiness is your happiness.
15. And their pain is your pain.
16. You have the best inside jokes even if you don’t remember half of them.
17. You never judge. You just better tell me all the details when I get back from class.
18. You know what each other is thinking just by a single look.
19. They’re always down to go to the dining hall with you.
20. And you both know that no one (not even cute boys) could ever compare to the love you have for each other.
XOXO
