Going into Freshman year, I was so excited to start looking for a roommate. I was looking forward to having someone who was my age to hang out with all the time, like a built in best friend. My freshman year roommate and I are still best friends to this day, and that is something I'm so grateful for. Turn to sophomore year and this year I have two roommates who are also my best friends, and it has been the best experience so far. These are a few things I've learned and noticed from living with roommates.

I have built in best friends. Every time of day I have people to hang out with and chat with about anything and everything. It's so fun to always have people, even better my friends, around all the time, because it was always just me and my parents. I always have people I can bounce ideas off of and run things by, which is so helpful especially as a stressed college student. They are there to talk about the things that matter to us college kids, something my parents couldn't always understand. I always look forward to coming home because I know my best friends will be there. Sometimes, it's difficult because I get distracted due to chatter and laughter, but to me it's worth it because it's been so much fun.

Living with 2 people can be tricky at times. Early morning schedules and figuring out how to divide up a room meant for two people to accomodate three has been a little difficult, but nothing that's too hard. I've learned how to get ready for my earlier classes being completely silent even when our floor is extremely squeaky and you have to slam our door to open it. I feel so bad making a sound because I don't want to wake them up. Also when three girls try to share two closets full of chunky sweaters, everything ends up being smushed in. Learning how to live with each other's schedules was easy once we all figured out everyone's needs. One of my roommates could sleep through anything, so we could keep the lights on all night and scream and it wouldn't even wake her up.

My roommates get me. Not that my parents didn't do a great job trying to relate to my teenage issues, but living with people my age has been so much more helpful. They can relate to my rants and college related conundrums because they're experiencing it too. We all get stressed when it's midterm season, or papers are due, or something non-school related is bothering us, and we know how to try and make each other feel better. While my parents will always be good at giving me advice, my roommates are pretty darn good at it too.

We can share stuff. It's so nice to live with roommates because I feel like I have two extra closets. It's so nice to be able to share things like clothes, snacks, knowledge, and our lives with each other. Not only do I get to borrow my roommates cute clothes and share some good snacks, but we also get to talk about everything. We get to help each other studying for tests and give advice when we need it. I've learned so much from all three of my college roommates over the past two years, from things that have really helped me grow as an individual to the fact that I say certain words wrong.

I've absolutely loved having roommates for the past two years of college. They've become my best friends and most of my favorite memories from college are because of them. While it's nice to have a room to myself when I go home, I miss all the chats and laughs we share and always look forward to coming back to school.