<p>Well, I am concerned much about it. I am not that social when it comes to living with someone else other than my families. I do prefer to live alone and eat alone and study alone. </p>
<p>Even if I end up having to have a roommate, I want to choose a Japanese guy. I have been learning for 3 years, and another 4 years of it will be really appreciated. Can I have a right to choose my roommate? I am just afraid what if that Japanese does not want me as a roommate?</p>
<p>As I said above, I am not really familiar about living with a roommate. How could it effect me? Like you know, if he is good, then I will be good and stuff like that. </p>
<p>Depends on the school but in general it would be unlikely that you could get a single your first year both because they are generally limited to those with more seniority and also they want to put people together during the first year. It's all 'part of the experience.' </p>
<p>Living with a roommate always takes some adjusting, but so long as you're willing to be flexible it usually works out just fine. Remember, everyone is in the same boat and a bit nervous about the whole thing.</p>
<p>If you express a certain preference for a language, they <em>might</em> try to put you with someone who speaks that language, depending on the school. My brother switched from French in high school to Spanish in college, and he was put with someone whose dad is from Argentina or something and who speaks fluent Spanish.</p>
<p>At my college there are some singles for freshmen - they put freshmen into every dorm and some dorms have only singles. (One of the single-only dorms is language-themed housing and apparently it's not too hard to get into).</p>
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I am not that social when it comes to living with someone else other than my families. I do prefer to live alone and eat alone and study alone.
<p>I would like to room with someone who speaks Japanese also, since I am studying the language. I e-mailed the housing office, so I'll see what they say.</p>
<p>Okay, I can understand where you're coming from. However, I really think you should room with someone for at least one year. You need to get out of your comfort zone a little bit. You can't be completely solitary throughout your entire college career or you'll become miserable.</p>
<p>A roommate doesn't have to have an effect on you. Some do, some don't.</p>
<p>A single has its perks. I have one, but to be honest, it might be better to have roommate. Especially for the first few days. You may not end up being great friends, but at least you'll have someone to hang out with when nothing is going on.</p>
<p>like everyone else said, availability of singles depends on school size and just how many singles there are. I only know a few people who live in singles. you really should get a roommate though, because you really have to learn how to adjust to other people at some point. I'm in a triple so I have 2 roommates, and one of them had a hell of a time trying to adjust living with other people (only child...) but once she got the hang of it, it was all good.</p>
<p>Many colleges and universities offer single rooms to freshmen. Which schools are you considering? Amherst College in Massachusetts, for example, has a lot of single rooms for freshmen.</p>