<p>I will be starting college in the fall and put a double as my rooming selection. I personally wanted a single but everyone I talked to suggested against it saying I would become anti-social and wouldnt be able to bond with people that easily.</p>
<p>What do you guys think? For a person entering their first year would a single or double(hell even a triple) be better?</p>
<p>Double is usually better because you have a built-in friend for a while to get started with at least. My freshman roommate and I didn't really like each other, but we hung out for the first month before we started making friends with other people. I definitely wouldn't suggest a single unless you are starting out college already knowing people. Although, it is just as easy to stay holed up in a double as it is a single, at least in a double you see other people now and then. My roommate ended up moving out after first semester into the empty room next door, so I was by myself second semester. That was actually really nice because by then I had already started making friends and then we could hang out there without having to disturb anyone else.</p>
<p>Oh yeah definitely don't go for a single during freshman year. You want to integrate with other people and make tons of new friends. It is alot harder when you live alone. Having a roomate allows for twice as many contacts and possible friends. If I didn't have friends over on a given night, my roomate probably did and I would have a chance to meet every one. I was having a hard time making friends on my own for awhile, and it was because I had a constant stream of people coming into my room to see my roomie, I made many friends. A single is great as you progress through college but I would certainly recommend a double to start</p>
<p>Go for a single if you can afford it. If you can't make friends without a roommate you won't be able to make them with one. The only benefit to having a double is that you have at least one person in town who can stand to be near you.</p>
<p>My roomie and I haven't become best friends this year, but we were always there for each other as someone to talk to about random stuff or ask for help with homework. I'm really shy so a single would have been horrible for me. I didn't get out and meet as many people or become as socially involved as I wanted to be this year(not that I didn't have fun this year, but I do wish I had had more fun), so I'm not even bummed anymore about not getting a single next year. I was bummed at first because I would have more space for my stuff, but another roomie will be better for me socially in the long run.</p>
<p>having a roommate isn't as bad as you think. it's definitely different, and the kneejerk reaction is to think that being with a room with someone else is a downgrade from having your own room. but unless you really hit it off badly with your roomie, it's always nice to have another person there...in my case, even if we weren't best friends, i could usually tell my roommate if i was having personal problems or something. you really do get used to having someone else there...sometimes it takes a bit of patience (my roommate always brought his girlfriend and they were a bit annoying together, won't lie), but it's not that bad.</p>
<p>If you think you'd prefer a single, go for it. People told me the same kind of stuff. I got along fine with my freshmen year roommate, but we weren't really friends, and I never really met any of his friends. Sophomore year housing lottery stuck me in a double and I had a different roommate each semester. First semester roommate not only annoyed me, but brought down my opinion of both students at my university and mankind in general. Second semester roommate was a good kid, but spent all of his time not in class either playing WoW or talking to his gf on his webcam.</p>
<p>I got nothing out of living in a double besides proving that I was right about being better off in a single. If you think you'd be better off with a single, go for it. IME, roommates have been nothing but a burden.</p>
<p>singles are very boring.</p>
<p>i'm going from a triple this year to a single next year (triple not by choice, single by choice)
i figure it all evens out :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Singles are great! I am very glad I chose a single. My suitemates in triples are jealous.</p>
<p>(But I live in suite style housing, where 8-10 people live in a suite, half in singles and half in doubles/triples)</p>
<p>Go for the single the whole built in friend thing is bull crap. There is no guarantee the person will like you or you will like them. Even if you two like each other you will hate each other in the end because of the small space and personality conflicts. EVERYONE has different habits,quarks what ever that annoy other people.</p>
<p>With a single you can do what ever you want like sleep when ever, turn the lights off when ever, etc. Can't do that when you live literally across from another person with no barrier.</p>
<p>Who says you cant, every roommate I have ever had did exactly what I said, when I said I was going to bed, either go to sleep to go get the hell out.</p>
<p>Pretty much or ill beat the crap out of ya.</p>
<p>I enjoy a double, but when I room with somebody I don't share the room with them. The room is mine and they are paying rent. I have had 4 roommates already and the same applied. I guess Im a intimidating person.</p>
<p>in general,</p>
<p>double > single > triple</p>
<p>unless your triples are really spacious in which case</p>
<p>double > single = triple</p>