Leading up to your first semester of college, you're going to hear a lot of things about what to expect from a college roommate. Some of them will be truths. Some of them will by myths. Then there's a whole other set of things that you might not hear at all until you find them out for yourself.

Here's 7 things people don't tell you about college roommates:

1. They don't tell you that your first encounter with one another will probably be very awkward. In fact for some your first encounter might be move in day and your parents spend time talking to each other way more than the two of you do.

2. They don't tell you that you will have to grow comfortable with the fact that often times you won't be on the same schedule. So don't pull a mom and wait up all night wondering where your roomie is.

3. One of you is bound to get sick. When this does happen one should evacuate the room and try not to catch the disease. Or better yet make the sick person soup and let them dictate what you watch on the TV.

4. You're going to have to get comfortable with each others bowel movements. Yes I'm talking about poop. You all do it. The more open about it you are the less awkward it is.

5. Don't share your clothes! Somebody will borrow something, make a big stain on it and then secretly the other friend will probably hold a silent grudge. This grudge is then finally let out five years later at your wedding in front of all your friends and family that you spilled on her shirt.

6. Sometimes you become better friends when you actually don't live together. Yeah you heard me, sometimes being with one person for too long they get on your nerves, but then you separate and things are completely different.

7. Sometimes your college roommate will become your best friend. They will bring out the loud laughs, the happier smiles, and the warmest of hearts. However, don't always plan on it. Because sometimes she's really the girl down the hall and you never knew it.