Living at Cal - Skills for Effective Roommate Relationships

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Skills for Effective Roommate Relationships
The skills you will build to maintain relationships founded upon respect, consideration, and open communication will help you long after your have graduated from Cal. Some of the skills that will assist you in developing a positive relationship with your roommate(s), suite mates and floor mates are:

• Respect For Differences
Ask yourself, how do I communicate respect?

• Willingness To Learn About Oneself And Others
Education is what the Cal experience is all about.

• Tolerance For Ambiguity
How well do you deal with things that are unexpected or unclear?

• Flexibility
You will not always have the opportunity to dictate the course of interaction.

• Willingness To See Another Person's Point Of View
This will increase your knowledge!

• Patience
Some of the best things take time and commitment.

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