The reality of communal living may be scary, may be gross, may make you question why you would ever want to live with 40 other people on a floor with only two bathrooms. However many cons there may be, there will always be pros to match. It may take a while for you to figure which are which, but trust me you'll get there.

Pro: You get to live on a floor with people you will become immediate friends with and can share your 3 a.m. Domino's with.

Con: In all honesty, you also may end up despising some of these people and will hate leaving your room or bumping elbows when you're brushing your teeth before your 8 am's.

Pro: There will always be spontaneous dance breakouts whether it be in the middle of the hallway or in the elevator at 2am after an eventful night out.

Con: You will immediately want to strangle any person that speaks louder than a whisper or blasts music when you're trying to nap or you're sick.

Pro: You don't have to do laundry on your own.

Con: The laundry room becomes like a scene from the Hunger Games and suddenly you're fighting to get a dryer or you walk in to find your clothes in a wet mountain on top of the washer.

Pro: There will always be someone who has Command strips, laundry detergent, dish soap, or anything you may have happened to miss on your last Target run.

Con: Expect knocks on your door at 3 a.m.

Pro: You'll never have to brush your teeth, wash your face, or pee alone ever again.

Con: The bathrooms will always have a unique smell and some sort of mess on the floor, in the shower, on the sink, on the stall, basically everywhere. So come armed with Febreze and sanitizer.

Pro: Your RA may end up becoming like an older sibling and be the chillest person you meet and help you through those many nights of struggling to get back to your room or listen to you cry about schoolwork.

Con: Your RA may also scare the poop out of you and make your life a living hell, but those are rare and far-fetched.

No matter the pros or cons communal living , it is an essential part of life in college and will bring awesome memories and even better friends. So brave the unbearable smells of the bathroom each day, the terrifying RA, and the obnoxious neighbors because there will be spontaneous dance parties, floor-wide dominoes and Netflix, and laundry dates to be had.