You didn’t expect to get Nate Archibald as your NYU roommate.

When you saw his name on the dorm assignment, you thought it was a joke — the Nate Archibald, Upper East Side golden boy, former Gossip Girl favorite, living the effortless rich-kid life.

But there he was, standing in the doorway with a duffel bag slung over his shoulder, grinning like fate itself had a sense of humor.

“Well,” he said, dropping the bag on the floor, “this is gonna be interesting.”