The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College (Essential College Life Survival Guide and Graduation Gift for Students, Banned Book)

This “Going to College” book was a great gift for my nephew. He got a kick out of it and really enjoyed flipping through the pages. Since he’ll be heading to college in the fall, it was fun to see him already picking up some helpful tips just from browsing it. It’s informative without being overwhelming and makes a perfect gift for any college-bound student. Highly recommend!

Our daughter was nervous going into middle school, so we got a bunch of books from the library. I read them and then we'd go over the information together that summer before 6th grade on what to expect. I think that helped her a lot. Now she has 2 years under her belt at a community college and will be transfering in the fall to a college where she'll live in a dorm away from us. Since the middle school books helped, I decided I'd get books for Going to College Books. I got several from the library and the one that really gave the most information is from this book. This would be a great gift for a Senior to read before they attend college. This book had information from the author and college students. It's broken down in is an easy read and talks a lot of about going in with the "mind set of 90% amazing and 10% difficult. When it comes to college with realistic expectations, you can be patient, create a world of options, and be more forgiving of yourself and others. You can be imperfect and allow yourself time to figure out what you love and don't love. If you can live to face the 10% that's difficult, life will get better faster. It's just the best book out there speaking about College Living, Classes, homesickness, more homework,being a name with a face to professors, finding your people, dating, party scene, money, loans, scholarships and how to find more money for you. This is a must have book. The author also has a book for parents on what to expect, how to support your child during this new point in both your child and your lives without a child home.

We purchased 2 of the books in the Naked Roommate series. One book intended for parents and the other for students. Reading this book gave us peace of mind before our son went off to college. There's a lot of helpful information to prepare parents and their sons and daughters for their first year away from home and from each other. We tabbed a number of topics and used those as conversation starters with our son. There were times when our son needed more time to think through some of the information. Once we brought up the topics again, he had ideas and questions about how to handle a few situations. From the info in the book and knowing our son's shyness, we stressed finding people and places he could go to when times became stressful and for good clean fun. For our son, those turned out to be people in two church affiliated groups, faculty members, on-campus professional organizations, a campus job, and new friends with similar interests. Fortunately, he and his roommate became friends but it did take a few months. We think he became too busy to become lonely. Our son refused to read the companion book that we bought for him the summer before he went off to live in the dorm. He read it after his first year away. He then announced in wide-eyed wonderment that it was a really good book because the content was very accurate.

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I love giving this for graduation gifts for those heading to college. Always gets chuckles but also contains some good info.

My nephews are first generation from India. I'm born and raised USA. I purchased this for my nephew to help him navigate somet hings that his parents may not ever want to discuss. I also put a note in there that says he can call us anytime day or night with anything. Safety is all that matters and all the other info is cute. I think it's a great book to come form an aunty!!!

Bought as a graduation gift, and other graduates and non graduates were interested in the book! It is a fun graduation gift with some good advice.

I purchased the book as a gift for a soon-to-be high school graduate because I enjoyed the e-version of it very much - some laughing was involved, but a lot of learning other aspects of college I didn't consider... as well as bringing up some memories of my own. "The Naked Roommate..." is full of fun information and advise for all college students, but especially for new college students (Freshmen), who will be entering a whole new, uncertain, and for many (likely a) scary world. The students will be taking their first steps into adulthood. This book gives them a wide range of things to be aware of, but also advises them on how to meet other students, encourages them to join things at their college (clubs, sororities/fraternities), etc.), but makes sure they are aware of the not so good side of things as well. I thought it would be a good book for my high school senior niece to read, help her prepare for college, and possibly even do some planning for how she will start her college journey. And then, possibly pass on to her younger siblings. For this, five stars. However, I did purchase a new book. When it came, there was a HUGE crease on the front cover. Since this is intended as a gift, it disappoints me tremendously. It is also the holiday season, so packages are highly shipped and the exchanging may cause me to not receive it before the gift is to be given.The book came unwrapped in protective anything over it, in a large box with other items, and zero box fillers (like air bubbles, peanuts, bubble wrap, etc.), which VERY likely caused the book to be creased during the shipping process. For this, minus two stars. Over all, three stars because "new" books should be completely flawless, not creased... as a book lover, the cover of the book having a MAJOR crease is unacceptable... book abuse.

Breaks it down into common questions and solutions , with humor. If you've listened to him on TikTok or other social media, it's like a class in how to get by and you might hear his voice in your head. Common sense about all kinds of situations.

I can not comment on the content. I bought this as a gift and it showed up looking worn, with writing on the cover, a small dog ear on the corner of the front cover, a small fold on the back cover, and a general feeling of having been extensively handled. Maybe it was a display model for several years. The content may be fine, but for a gift, it does not look nice.