The Roommate Situation.
"But wait...which one is her actual name?" I gawked at the email I had gotten from the school I was to study abroad at with the names of my flatmates, and the girl I was to share a room with. She had four names. FOUR. And I didn't have the slightest idea which one was her first. So, doing what a 'normal' person would do, I frantically tried typing in all of them- each one getting it's turn as the first- into the Facebook search box to make sure my to-be roommate was not from hell. Study abroad is an experiences that you carry with you all your life. It is something that is designed to bring you a step closer to what you want to be. It's safe to say then that having a roommate that you get along with is crucial because the individual living five feet away from you can either make or break your study abroad experience. My past roommate experiences were horrendous to say the least. I came out the other side of those semesters, bruised, battere...