Is it just me or are all college roommates inconsiderate?

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I'm in my second year of college right now, and I'm loving the feeling of independence. I don't like, however, being far away from home (it takes 4 hours to get back home from the college I attend), especially being far away from my usual friends that I've made in high school and below. Most students in the college I go to already know each other from high school, since I'm going to an out-of-state public university. Because of this, it's very hard for me to make friends and get people to talk to me, since they don't know me very well. Anyway, my first year roommate was completely rude and would blast the music/tv whenever I was doing homework at the desk. I had to walk to the school library to get homework done. When I told her that what she was doing was bothering me, she basically ignored me and said that she would do it anyway. Now, this year I'm living in a suite so I have four roommates (five altogether). Three roommates live in the room next door and the last of the four lives in my room with me. In the beginning of the year, everything went well. I actually thought we were beginning to become friends. We went places together, and I was really starting to feel comfortable with telling her stuff I would usually reserve for only close friends. That is, until I found out she was talking trash behind my back. My boyfriend had actually told me that, while I was at class, she would tell the other three roommates that I don't take a shower (which I do), that I don't wash my hair (again, I do), that she was surprised to see me take out the trash yesterday (that was my fifth time), that all I do is play videogames (I do play, but I'm mostly writing articles and doing homework), how I have no life, and so on. The first time my boyfriend told me this, I was actually pretty hurt and became depressed for a few days - until that hurt turned into anger. However, I kept it to myself because I didn't want the year to be uncomfortable between us. Starting a fight would definitely make my living experience my second year uneasy. Now, a week later, I find out that she's taking trash about me again with the rest of the roommates. I'm pretty unhappy at this point and don't want to switch rooms (because I have loads of stuff unpacked), especially considering I've been nothing but nice to her. I'm just wondering if you all have had similar experiences with roommates, or if it's just me.