Your freshman year is a roller-coaster of wild events that go by quicker than you anticipate; however, it's your second year -- the year when you live outside of a freshman dorm -- when you have to put your big-boy pants on and find roommates you think will make your second year better than the first. Now, once you do find those roommates, it's the next 12 months that will truly impact your life. These roommates of yours will share all the experiences with you, and all you have to do is sit back and enjoy it while it last because, lemme tell you, the shit you'll deal with will require roommates who will be there till the end. Here are some of the things you can expect to have with your college roommates:

1. At least one of them will have food in the fridge for you to sneakily eat.
2. You always can blame your other roommate if he isn't there.
3. When you starve, at least you starve together.
4. When you're hungry, you know you've got your boys to eat with you.
5. Pointing fingers as to whose turn it is to do the dishes, when you know it's really your turn.
6. When your roomie brings home a chick, words are not needed, merely the mutual head nod that you're heading to the bedroom.
7. If your roomie isn't sure he can approach a girl out of his league, you're there to tell him, "Are you kidding me? You can totally pull, bro!"
8. If your roomie is working below his standards, you're also there to tell him, "Nahhh, bro. Don't do it."
9. WUHI (it's a guy thing)
10. When you match with the same Tinder girls, a simultaneous grin appears on all your faces.
11. You squad to parties together; no man left behind.
12. When you're in a street fight, you know backup is right behind you.
13. You can depend on your roommates for financial help (sometimes).
14. Your roomies are usually the best wingmen.
15. Roomies are not the best study buddies since everything becomes a joke.
16. You always vouch for your roomie in any situation.
17. You'll get into heated, intellectual debates over religion, politics, and/or anything else that's controversial.
18. Your roomies will tell you if you look like shit.
19. No roommate is safe from being cooked, roasted, burned, filleted, or deep fried.
20. Your roommates are always there for you girl problems.
21. They'll call you out if you've caught the "feels."
22. If you're whipped by your girlfriend, be prepared to hear it from them all.
23. Don't fall asleep with your shoes on.
24. When you get home, they'll be waiting. They're always waiting.
25. There's always that neat freak who complains about how messy the apartment is.
26. There WILL be a game console at the place (Gamecube, Playstation, Xbox, etc.).
27. Someone has a Netflix, or HBO account, and if don't, y'all will pitch in together for one.
28. If it belongs to you, you always pull the, "That's my sofa, so I get dibs on that seat!"
29. A graveyard on top of your cupboard is a must.
30. Food is expensive. Enjoy the nightly 7-Eleven runs.
31. If you're cooking food, you're feeding all the roomies.
32. Everyone always says they're the best at Call of Duty or 2K.
33. Your music tastes will expand with the roommates you have.
34. Your group chat is usually the best thing since sliced bread.
35. When your roomie says he's taking a nap, you know what he really means.
36. "That's what she said."
37. If you don't argue with each other (to a certain extent), you're not growing as roommates.
38. The couch becomes the bed most nights. If not the couch, then it's usually the bean-bag.
39. Expect a text saying they're locked out of the apartment and need you to stop what you're doing to unlock the door.
40. Coordinating who pays which bills is always a challenge.
41. Bills will be paid at the very last second.
42. Nose goes.
43. Your roommates don't know how to take NO for an answer.
44. You know the oldest saying in the book. Bros before...
45. Expect and encourage late-night chats because that's where you really learn a lot about your roommates.

The day you move in, you say this is gonna be a great year. The day you move out, you say what a great year it was. Saying goodbye is always the toughest part, but wait till it hits you. That's why you have to cherish every moment, good and bad. It'll be over before you know it, but here's the silver lining: your roommates will be your lifelong friends.