Here is to anyone with a roommate situation:  I want to start off first by saying you should never address the situation in a negative way. Try talking to family members to get their perspective on the situation. You should never be demanding to your roommate if there is a problem that needs to be changed or addressed, i.e if you take take the garbage out more than they do, clean up more than they do etc. You should always consider finding an alternative before you address the problem. Not even just from family members, you could also consider talking to other friends who are in residents halls as well to see what type of approaches they would take. It is not at all easy living with a stranger, which leaves me to say that could be the least of your worries. Everyone wants to pick someone that know to room with: not your best friend but someone who you have more than likely went to school with and have things in common with. Everything could be going great the first month or so, until you run into problems when one of you has to get up for classes earlier than the other right? On your end this could become quite irritating if she/he is turning on the lights when you are still sleeping, plays music when you don't want to hear it, or has people over when you are studying. Do not wait until you are completely fed up to address the problem. This will lead to more problems and creates unwanted tension, awkwardness and more than likely bad results an overall bad experience which could ruin your relationship with the person as a whole. Always remain respectful, and address the situation in that manner. Again, you can have a preference, ask or recommend but never demand or tell them something thinking that it will fix the situation because it isn't going to fix the problem!