Hey girls,

I'm 18 and moving 400 miles from home next month to start at a university. Yesterday I found out my roommate assignments. I'm in a 2 story 5 bedroom suite (2 girls in each room, 1 girl in the smallest room). Im only sharing my bedroom with one other girl but there will be 8 other girls who call room F10 their home. I tried looking them all up on Facebook and instagram with little to no luck. So I just sent them all a message through our school emails asking if we should start a group chat to get our dorm shit in order. I'm really not the leader/take charge type, but I'm trying really hard to overcome my severe social anxiety that's been holding me back my whole life. I've never shared a room with anyone. I'm not high maintenance but I'm just worried about living with 8 girls. That's a lot of estrogen.

Can I just have some advice from girls who are in/have completed college about how to get along with your roommates? I don't want to force any close friendships with them if it's not gonna be natural, but I also don't want to have drama. Drama is inevitable, probably, but I would like to avoid it as much as possible. Also, how do i lay down some dorm rules (like DONT HAVE SEX ON MY BED AND DONT EAT MY FOOD) politely but firmly? My social skills are sub par.