Pros And Cons Of College Roommates

College Dormitory and Roommates For university students in North America, it is the norm to live away from their parents and to start living in a dormitory or an apartment by themselves when they enroll in a university. Many students usually have roommates that they have never met before they move in, and they learn how to cooperate with them by spending more and more time with them. While a dormitory is seen as a convenient place for college students to live and socialize with each other, it is also seen as a place where several problems occur. For one thing, whether to have a coeducational dormitory or a single-sex dormitory causes a lot of debate, for each has both pros and cons. Many people—particularly modest student and ones with religious and moral reasons--still prefer a single-sex dormitory over coeducational ones while many universities, especially Catholic universities, believe that they should take an active role in encouraging young people to find happiness and meaningful relationships with the opposite sex during their years on campus. As American college life is known for its “hookup” culture, College 101 says many people are concerned that a …show more content…
In order to make it work, each individual has to be responsible for their acts, be tolerant and open-minded to what they are not accustomed to, and respect each other and the rules they set. No matter how great the friendship between roommates is, or no matter how perfectly agreed upon the rule is, there is always going to be a problem when people start living together. What’s really important in this process is learning how to cooperate with others and how to figure out the way to cope with difficult situations, and I believe that’s what students in a dormitory are supposed to learn in addition to the academic knowledge they attain on