None of the gear that I brought with me to school could've prepared me for the hell that I experienced living with my college roommate. (Imagine some of that nice gear getting stolen by other students because roommate was negligent with it, for example.) The key to my college survival? My senior year, I got super-lucky on the housing lottery and begged my parents to let me get a room of my own. If I were you, I'd set aside a little money now, and start saving, because single rooms usually cost a bit more.