Dorm Life
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Dorm life for me was okay, I had a good roomate who slaughters the opposing team in COD4, and the internet connection was solid. The only problem is that one of my neighbors smuggles in beer, so some nights were hard sleeping because the walls were not sound proof at all (thats what earplugs are for, and he got cited for drinking on capus), and the internet had a bandwith limit of 1 GB to deter pirating.
In your case, try to get a different roomate (or tell her to shut up), complain to your ITS (if you have one) about the shitty internet connection, and throw a bucket of holy water on your brother's fiance and watch her melt.
In your case, try to get a different roomate (or tell her to shut up), complain to your ITS (if you have one) about the shitty internet connection, and throw a bucket of holy water on your brother's fiance and watch her melt.
Well, it appears that you have picked the wrong dorm to park yourself. Believe me when I say that dorm life can be hilarious and rewarding in it's own right but you got to make that social leap first to make that oh-so-important friends connection. Granted, in some dorm that may be a bit hard to pull off, especially if you have stuck up neighbors
Still, in my dorm we had tons of people come in at the start and middle of the year and the few that really didn't fit the scene opted to change dorms/wings to find a better corridor to make friends with. That said, we never had "roommates" it's one person to one room...it made for Epic Lan parties.
If this is your first week in, give it a bit more time (maybe even a semester if you can bare it) and if nothing improves try to change dorms (after some research as to which dorms have a setting that you like) or at least maybe you can switch roomates.
Still, in my dorm we had tons of people come in at the start and middle of the year and the few that really didn't fit the scene opted to change dorms/wings to find a better corridor to make friends with. That said, we never had "roommates" it's one person to one room...it made for Epic Lan parties.
If this is your first week in, give it a bit more time (maybe even a semester if you can bare it) and if nothing improves try to change dorms (after some research as to which dorms have a setting that you like) or at least maybe you can switch roomates.
i kinda miss my dorm-life period. yeah it sucked first and my roommate was a complete prick, but after i managed to swap rooms the fun began! I remember waking up in some girls closet with no memory of how i got there. Most awkward morning EVER!
So socialize, party or invite people to Co-op play with you.
So socialize, party or invite people to Co-op play with you.
Dorm life is only ever as good as the people within it.
Dorms can be old, dusty, full of cockroaches but you can still have a laugh with a couple of friends and some tequila
Your roommate is a buzz kill. But she is kind of right...you should go out and meet more people...gaming people. Join a society with your interests, invite them back, she cannot kick you all off the playstation I bet. Even better, get a really hot guy and she will be too nust drooling over him to care about your life.
Get out and make the best of it.
I am in a dorm right now with a bunch of stupid boys and stuck up girls, it really sucks. I am the outcast and every gossips about me. Needless to say, I am moving soon
Dorms can be old, dusty, full of cockroaches but you can still have a laugh with a couple of friends and some tequila
Your roommate is a buzz kill. But she is kind of right...you should go out and meet more people...gaming people. Join a society with your interests, invite them back, she cannot kick you all off the playstation I bet. Even better, get a really hot guy and she will be too nust drooling over him to care about your life.
Get out and make the best of it.
I am in a dorm right now with a bunch of stupid boys and stuck up girls, it really sucks. I am the outcast and every gossips about me. Needless to say, I am moving soon
Dorm life can be an absolute blast if you leave your fucking room once in a while. You've got a ready-made network of friends installed into rooms a dozen footsteps away; that's one hell of a benefit.
My unrelenting hatred of dorm life is one of the things that lead me to drop out of college in the first place. I had some really good dorm experiences, but dorm life in and of itself, the lack of privacy, quiet, and decent food, made me nuts.
But, is there any sort of gamer club at the school itself? Sure, you can't play on XBL, but what about an old fashioned LAN party? And that roommate of yours who thinks you need to have fun the way she likes to have fun can go get stuffed. If she's hassling you about not meeting other people, then start playing co-op with other people in your room. If nothing else, it should really piss her off.
In all fairness to her, though, if you are spending 24/7 in that room, she's probably encouraging you to get out more often because she just wants you to get out. Nothing personal, understand, she just wants some time in the room alone.
EDIT: Stay in school kids! But dropping out of college was probably one of the best things I could have done, as it turns out.
But, is there any sort of gamer club at the school itself? Sure, you can't play on XBL, but what about an old fashioned LAN party? And that roommate of yours who thinks you need to have fun the way she likes to have fun can go get stuffed. If she's hassling you about not meeting other people, then start playing co-op with other people in your room. If nothing else, it should really piss her off.
In all fairness to her, though, if you are spending 24/7 in that room, she's probably encouraging you to get out more often because she just wants you to get out. Nothing personal, understand, she just wants some time in the room alone.
EDIT: Stay in school kids! But dropping out of college was probably one of the best things I could have done, as it turns out.
Sounds like you are just naturally independent, if you want an apartment on your own you will most likely have to get a job too. That is the one thing about that age that is so frustrating, either live cheaply surrounded by morons or live on your own but sacrifice more free time and school time. It just depends on what you would rather be doing.... unless of course you have someone to help you out.VanityGirl said:
I've missed out on University for 2 years in a row now >_> (my own fault once and not my fault another but I won't go into that)
And i've gotta say... Dorm life never interested me, I was more concerned with the thoughts of "What if i'm with total dicks?" and always wondering if they'd play music and stay up stupidly late during study time and all that kind of stuff.
I was actually going to live off campus with a couple like-minded folk who were all into games and it would have been fabulous.
And i've gotta say... Dorm life never interested me, I was more concerned with the thoughts of "What if i'm with total dicks?" and always wondering if they'd play music and stay up stupidly late during study time and all that kind of stuff.
I was actually going to live off campus with a couple like-minded folk who were all into games and it would have been fabulous.
In Australia, I have never encountered a dorm with roomates, it's mostly tiny cell like one person rooms.
But I can't really speak the bedroom I sleep in is twice the size of most of these.
But I can't really speak the bedroom I sleep in is twice the size of most of these.
I've never been in a dorm. My school generously provides us apartments. Two bed, two bath, five closets, a big living room and medium sized kitchen. Washer, Dryer, T.V., Utilities, Community Pool, Community Gym, all included free of charge.
I have to share it with three roommates. That's about the only downside, really. The first group of roomies I had were practically intolerable. I do have to say, the roommates I have now are great and truly make the experience rewarding. It sucks that you don't have a roommate you like so I'd suggest trying to move into a different room with different roommate. With any luck you'll find someone you can deal with.
I have to share it with three roommates. That's about the only downside, really. The first group of roomies I had were practically intolerable. I do have to say, the roommates I have now are great and truly make the experience rewarding. It sucks that you don't have a roommate you like so I'd suggest trying to move into a different room with different roommate. With any luck you'll find someone you can deal with.
Dorm life really all depends on your roommates, really. Mine are fantastic, and all like video games, so it's great. It's because of one of them that I'll finally get to play Legend of Dragoon and Xenogears this semester. 
Dorm life doesn't have to suck, though having a terrible roommate does make it harder. Work up some sort of contract, some sort of agreement. Life will be a lot easier if you can come up with some kind of compromise. I would find it hard to get along with someone who says crap like that too.
Internet... yeah, that sucks. Ours here at Simpson University isn't the greatest, but it's consistent enough to play Gears. I guess your college isn't as internet-awesome as mine.
Dorm life doesn't have to suck, though having a terrible roommate does make it harder. Work up some sort of contract, some sort of agreement. Life will be a lot easier if you can come up with some kind of compromise. I would find it hard to get along with someone who says crap like that too.
Internet... yeah, that sucks. Ours here at Simpson University isn't the greatest, but it's consistent enough to play Gears. I guess your college isn't as internet-awesome as mine.
Then what is the point of going at all? Man I love Australia and its 18year old drinking age.VanityGirl said:
My wife did her first year at OSU in a dorm, and she was depressed the whole time. It was a nightmare, her roommate was a messy unclean ***** and the dorms were ratty and they cost a small fortune to live there. She got an apartment the year after and said it was the best thing ever.VanityGirl said:
In my university we don't share rooms, the norm is in British (and it seems Aussie) university's is that you have your own little cell to sleep in. I will also have a shower and toilet in a little en-suite bit, and share a communal kitchen. Which to me seems ideal to me. You have a bit of privacy (i would HATE to share a room with someone else, it would depress me) and i have my own toilet (i have heard a few horrer stories from other uni's where people go to the communal bathrooms late at night and find vomit everywhere) but you still get to socalise because you share a kitchen.
I just hope that i am with some interesting and nice people, and not jerks who binge drink every night and cause a racket.
I just hope that i am with some interesting and nice people, and not jerks who binge drink every night and cause a racket.
it's fun if you have a decent roommate. either i was lucky or just willing to get along with people but most of my roommates were fine. later on, people may love you just because you aren't the roommate from hell they had to deal with last year.VanityGirl said:
it sounds like your school has some facility issues. my university happened to be a research school with a badass T3 connection. it's strange that you can't cook; your dorm doesn't have cooking facilities at all? One of the dorms i lived in is a century old and it still had a basic kitchen.
i shared a bathroom with another room too, and that happens some times. if your neighbors are using up the bathroom for an inordinate amount of time (taking hour-long showers, say) you can try talking to them about it. i'd suggest locating a nearby alternate bathroom you can use in case of emergencies, or just make friends with somebody elsewhere in the dorm and ask if you can use their bathroom in an emergency.
finally, there's some truth to what your roommate's saying. the best thing you can hope to do in college is go out and make friends, and that's a lot easier to do when you're living on campus. if that's not your thing then maybe you should get a single or an apartment somewhere else.
For me, it's nice to live within a number of yards of the two most attractive girls I've seen so far at this college. Unfortunately, I don't think I have much of a chance with one, and I'm too afraid to try to spark something with the other.
sounds like you got a the short end of the stick
I lived in a co-ed dorm. One side of the hall girls on side boys. (though there was the common area, laundry room, and bathrooms between us. They found that co-ed dorms have way less arguments and those kind of problems. I actually enjoyed it in some ways.
I think a big part of it depends on if you and your roomie get along. Our college had you fill out an extensive form (made by the pysch deparment) to try and match you with someone get along with. My roomate and I got along so well we made sure to be roomates the next year. Other than the fact I am white, 6'6" and studied human behaivor and he was an african american with Achondroplasia and studied all kinds of science we were pretty much the same person.
I just spoke to him about a month ago and know he now has his doctorate in chemistry and a medical doctorate in genetics/biochemistry from John Hopkins. WOW!
I lived in a co-ed dorm. One side of the hall girls on side boys. (though there was the common area, laundry room, and bathrooms between us. They found that co-ed dorms have way less arguments and those kind of problems. I actually enjoyed it in some ways.
I think a big part of it depends on if you and your roomie get along. Our college had you fill out an extensive form (made by the pysch deparment) to try and match you with someone get along with. My roomate and I got along so well we made sure to be roomates the next year. Other than the fact I am white, 6'6" and studied human behaivor and he was an african american with Achondroplasia and studied all kinds of science we were pretty much the same person.
I just spoke to him about a month ago and know he now has his doctorate in chemistry and a medical doctorate in genetics/biochemistry from John Hopkins. WOW!