You’ve never met your roommate… but live together.
YOU’VE NEVER MET YOUR ROOMMATE… BUT LIVE TOGETHER.
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Remember that email, tucked between financial aid updates and orientation schedules, revealing a name you’d never encountered? That was it. Your entire pre-college understanding of who you'd share a shoebox-sized room with, reduced to a digital assignment. No vetting, no preliminary Zoom call, just a name and an address. It’s the ultimate social experiment, isn't it? Especially when you’re navigating the intellectual intensity and relentless pace of an Ivy.
Suddenly, a stranger’s sleep schedule dictates yours. Their late-night study habits become your ambient noise for that 3 AM philosophy paper. Their culinary choices, however questionable, fill your shared air. From the initial awkward smiles to the unspoken agreement about whose turn it is to take out the overflowing trash, you’re in a constant dance of negotiation and discovery. You learn about their deepest aspirations during whispered midnight debates, or their unexpected phobias when a campus mouse makes a dramatic appearance.
These aren't just living arrangements; they're crucible experiences. They force a level of adaptability and empathy you didn't know you possessed. Whether they became a lifelong friend or a legend of peculiar habits, that person, initially a total unknown, became an indelible part of your Ivy narrative. They shaped your first taste of independence, your late-night caffeine-fueled conversations, and perhaps even your understanding of humanity itself. What stories did your un-met roommate inspire?