Having a best friend as a rooomate?

Me and my best friend ended up getting into the same school next year and its really cool but I really don't want to room with her. I've read a lot on rooming with friends in college and I know that it will just blow up in our faces. We already argue a lot and get pissed at each other at school now so I can totally see us getting into huge fights if we lived together in college. She somehow got me to agree to rooming with her but now I'm back on the fence. She keeps talking about how we're going to decorate our dorm and I keep thinking that she wants to room with me just so she can have freedom to do whatever she want s to it. I can also see her holding me back from meeting new people because I have a feeling that if people know we're best friends already, there going to back up from getting to know me. I have tried talking to her and she just thinks it silly that I don't want to automatically room with her. What should I do? Should I give it a try?

Also, we'd be in the same RLC (basically the house) anyways so we'd still def. see each other.

I know what you mean, because i'm currently in college (a freshman) staying in the dorms. I had a friend that had it blow up in her face too....and my best advice is: DON'T DO IT! seriously....and you've experienced it before! That's definitely a warning sign.

Very rarely have I heard it really work out....and also I've heard for random roommates to become good friends out of it. I would suggest that you tell her how you feel...tell her your worries...and if she still deems you as "silly" then well, you can't say you didn't explain it to her. Best idea would have been to let her know ASAP, but if she's a true friend, then she'll eventually get over it...and besides, like you said, its not like you'll never see each other.

good luck!

A roomate is not only a friend, more specially, he/she is also some one you can share many things with, some precious books of yours, your mp3 player, some movies, some pieces of a cake... If she's your BF, will she say something to you like "silly" or just ignore you? Best friends care about each other, listen to each other. you should talk straight to her, what you're thinking, what you want to do. You absolutely have the right to do that. Just living like that, do you feel comfortable? Having friends is having fun, not for argument or fighting...
Good luck to you!