Most, if not all of us have lived in a share house at some point, and generally this happens during uni.

While every housemate has their pros and cons, living with people who study different degrees can sometimes have their own unique advantages and disadvantages.

Case in point.

Law Students

Straight up, living with law students can be THE WORST. Everything is a chance to hone their arguing skills, and they usually love playing devil’s advocate. Without at least some law training yourself, you may as well not even bother.

Change the toilet paper yourself, because there’s probably a statute from the 1800s that says something about the fact that the person annoyed by the lack of toilet paper needs to fix it.

Law students also keep weird hours and drink excessively. Picture someone drinking a bottle of red wine in your kitchen at 3am while making a coffee and stress crying and you’ve got a fair idea.

Music Students

Music students can go two ways: classical or contemporary. Contemporary music students have cool friends and are generally super popular. This usually results in a whole bunch of late night alcoholic jam sessions while you’re trying to sleep. Good luck seeing them outside of that.

Classical music students are the less cool and more considerate of the two, and generally the fact that they’re less cool means their muso friends aren’t arseholes. They’ll have jam sessions, but they’ll finish before midnight and won’t judge you for being in your pyjamas and making a cup of tea at 9pm.

True story: I once came home to an entire youth orchestra in my living room. Trust me on this one.

English Students

Generally English students are the most anti-social housemates, maybe occasionally beaten by History buffs. If you ever need to find them, look for a warm and quiet place.

I once found my English major housemate asleep in a beanbag behind the couch, purely because she was under the heater.

Because English is subjective, you’ll probably get asked to read something. And something else. This generally continues until one of you dies or they graduate; whichever happens sooner.

If you’re also an English student and happen to be further along in the degree, move out now. You are a walking encyclopedia of course content and teacher preferences mashed together with a referencing guide and Turnitin. There is no hope for you.

Journalism Students

Think of them as outgoing English students. Like music students, they come in two different variants: real news and soft news. Real news journo students get their news from the ABC and subscribe to The New York Times.

If you’ve been hiding under a rock doing an essay for a week or two and want to catch back up on current events, go to them.

Soft news journo students have caught up with the Kardashians and know exactly what’s going down online. They know big news stories too, but couldn’t give you a reliable reference.

Just like English students, expect to read things. And whatever you do, don’t mention Rupert Murdoch or the fact newspapers are a dying industry.

Fine Arts Students

Fine Arts students are a wide bunch of people with amazing artistic skills – but no one knows what they’re like as housemates. Why? Because they can’t afford rent in this economy. BOOM!

(I’m sorry you guys! I love you, but it’s a rare opportunity when an Arts student gets to roast anyone and I just had to take it).

(Lead image: New Girl/FOX)