Roommates can suck. If you pick the wrong ones, you are stuck with them for a year at minimum, barring any dramatic changes mid-school year. I have had the same housemates for two straight years, and we were roommates in the same dorm three years ...

For some students, college is the beginning of the horror-story roommate: a prospect that haunts many incoming freshmen. Some students do not believe the bad roommate will come into their lives while they sift through possible roommates on Facebook or Roomsurf.com. But for some, the ...