i never liked any of my roommates. i had three in two different schools. dorm life is what you make of it. sometimes its cool and you meet great friends, other times it sucks balls and you can't stand any of the people on your floor. the dorms are what you make of it though. get a fridge, and get a decent sized one, not one of the shoebox sized ones. also a coffee table is a good thing. i hope you're tolerant of all kinds of music, cause theres always some jerk-off blasting his rap music at full volume thinking everyone loves it as much as he does.

bottom line, the dorms are defenitely a gamble, you might have a blast in them and meet some cool ass people. or you might not know any of them and spend as little time as possible in them.