3 Reasons to thank your freshman roommates

You all probably have unforgettable memories from your freshman year of college. Some may be good, and some may not be your favorite. Regardless, we all have them.

Some of my favorite memories from my freshman year involve my roommates — silly situations we were in, or random incidents that happened that I will never forget. These are just three reasons that you could probably thank your roommates for, but can you think of more?

1. They made you a better person

Logan was a little bit of a culture shock for me coming into college. I started my freshman year here at USU knowing my roommate and a few other classmates that I had graduated high school with. That first week of living in an apartment with two other strangers and one of my friends was a little rough, but we made the best of it.

Your freshman roommates are often the ones who introduce you to university living. You kill each other’s spiders, look out for one another, and come out of the experience better than you were before. Although you may not get along perfectly with all of them (I know for sure I didn’t), there is something you can learn from each of your roommates.

Mine just happened to make me want to be a better person. To study harder, to make more friends, to be able to laugh and joke, and to not take every moment seriously. My favorite memories happened to be when my roommate was able to take a minute just to joke around, even when a joke was played on her boyfriend for his birthday at his apartment while he was sleeping. I’ll just say that lots of balloons were involved.

2. Cleanliness

I wasn’t necessarily a slob before I came to college, but my cleaning skills needed a little bit of work. Luckily, my roommates were the ones to teach me how to be clean(er) and how to keep our apartment clean. I realized how important cleanliness is when living with others.

I have applied what I learned last year to this year, and have tried to live up to the expectations that were placed before me. This will help me as I move into different apartments, and live with different people who I don’t know. If I’ve learned any one important thing from my roommates, it’s that cleanliness does make a difference.

3. My best friend and I became even closer

My BFF and I decided to move to the same apartment my freshman year. I didn’t look at the apartment til June, and I was moving in August. I fell in love with the apartment setup and how awesome it looked. I was even more excited to move in with a friend of mine that I hadn’t seen since she moved from our small Idaho town.

As I mentioned before, the first little bit was rough. I had a little bit of a reality moment when I realized my parents weren’t there anymore, and I was on my own. She helped me with that, and eventually I grew to love college life. She was there when I just wanted to cry. She was there when I had a rough day of classes. She became the person I would watch movies with late at night, and the friend that I would invite to do almost everything with. She taught me how to be a hard worker, and to study hard for what it is I wanted most in my college career. We wrote random letters to each other, and left them in each other’s rooms when we had bad days to make us smile.

When the end of the year came and we parted ways, she was still the one I wanted to have sleepovers with, and the one I wanted to tell all my exciting things to. We ended up living apart this year, but I wouldn’t trade my year with her for anything. We still keep in touch, and have had many more exciting memories.

What do you have to thank your freshman roommates for?

Take some time to thank them! I know I
will.