Like many people who do not want to choose a random roommate, I looked for mine through the Facebook page to find one at West Chester University. I scrolled through, looking for someone who shared the same interests as I did. That's when I came across Emily. She was in the choir at high school like I was at mine. I messaged her, and we got along perfectly fine. Eventually, she asked me if I wanted to be roommates and I said yes, seeing as she was the only person that I found that I connected with.

Emma Piccinini

On orientation weekend, we stuck with each other as we navigated through campus and introduced ourselves to the new people we were meeting. We eventually met people who lived two floors above us in our building and became friends with them. As the year progressed, Emily established some of her closest friends from class and the music department. Even though we had slowly begun to hang out with our own groups of friends, we still were comfortable with each other.

Emily has seen me angry, upset, happy, tired, and even sick. She is very laid back and any time I check in with her if something is okay, such as my boyfriend sleeping in our room for the night, if I want to move something in my room, or anything along those lines, she is always extremely accommodating, so I try to make sure to be the same towards her. I'm sure there have been minor occurrences when something I did bothered her or vice versa, but other than that we have never had an argument or anything remotely close to a negative encounter in those terms.

Emma Piccinini

Emily may not be my closest friend, but she is someone I know will listen to me when I need to rant about my issues whether they are about close friends, a significant other, classwork, etc. At the end of the day, she is the person I tell all of my problems to, especially when it feels like I have no one to talk to. For me, I enjoy listening to her stories about her day or the drama that goes on her life because I don't get to experience it with her, so it keeps our roommate bond strong. Because we don't spend every second together, we never get tired of each other.

We are now going into our sophomore year of college, and we will be living together again. I even just recently asked her if she wanted to look for apartments for us to live together in the next school year, and she said she wanted to. Finding someone who I didn't already know and wasn't best friends with to live and coexist with was the best decision I ever made. I now know what to look for in a roommate once I move forth with my life after college, thanks to Emily. I am so lucky to find someone who meshed so well with my personality.