So, you have picked a major and a college. You have attended orientation and interacted with new people. What’s next….room assignments! The first option many of us may go with is trying to find a compatible roommate. You can do this by the Facebook page, if your school has one, roomsurf.com or by meeting someone at orientation. But if you can’t find someone to room with, no worries. Random roommate is also an option. Your college will send you a survey with questions on it, in which will ask you things like: What time do you go to bed? Are you neat or messy? Do you sleep with the TV on or off? You must answer these questions as they pertain to you, and then the matchmakers of the college will match you with someone who’s exactly like you. Yes, its basically like a dating website.

It’s now late July, and room assignments have just been posted. You can now see if you will be living with one other person or five other people in a suite. We probably all wished for a suite because we wanted to become friends with as many people as possible, and this will decrease are chances of eating dinner alone during the first week of college. We all know what we do next—we either open up Instagram or Facebook to see what kind of people we will be living with for nine months, and we do judge them hard just by looking at their pictures. What I believe gets everyone hyped about roommates and rooms is the fact that you get to decorate your new home away from home. You can either do a color scheme with your roommate or go freestyle. What also gets everyone excited is deciding who’s going to bring the TV, mini fridge and things like that, as well as going dorm room shopping. Shopping for dorm items was my favorite part of my room assignment journey.

It is now move-in day. It’s not how you pictured it. It’s hot outside, putting everything into the right spot is tedious and moving in at the same time as your roommate is a hassle. But when it’s all done, you say your goodbyes to you family, cry your eyes out and then start to break the ice with your new suitemates. After talking for hours you then realize they aren’t so weird after all.

Welcome to college—enjoy what is known as the best four years of your life.