<p>Does anyone know how difficult it is to get a single?</p>
<p>It depends. It's easiest for juniors and seniors, in some houses sophomores are guaranteed them (I never lived in one of those houses), and some houses have such a large number of singles that it's possible as a first-year. King and Scales are all singles (except for one room in each that's not, but there's a small chance of ending up there). Cutter, Ziskind, Northrop, and Gillett have few doubles. There are, I'm sure, a few others I'm not thinking of. (Chase is all singles, but it's reserved for seniors and sometimes juniors.)</p>
<p>Let me put it this way- a lot easier to get singles as a sophomore than many other places. So you might as well put up with a double for your first year and then fight for a single for your sophomore year.</p>
<p>It really depends on what area of campus you live in. There are lots of singles at Smith, so probably as a sophomore and definitely as a junior and senior you'll have one. Some houses, like borgin said, have many singles. King House is entirely singles in fact, so if you get placed there you will have one. For houses on Green Street, it's a lot harder to get singles than for houses in the Quad or some of the larger center campus houses.</p>
<p>I have a question...</p>
<p>How possible is it to get to choose your roommate - like if you have someone in mind and you want to room together, is it easy to make that happen, or do you both have to count on a fair amount of luck?</p>
<p>it's super easy to request someone to live with. i requested my roommate a couple of weeks before school started and i still got her. if you want to be extra safe, send in your housing forms early and make sure you both put down the same area of campus as your first few preferences.</p>
<p>Smith</a> College: Living at Smith</p>
<p>Each house's page lists the number of singles and doubles. It doesn't break down house population by class year, unfortunately, but you can get a rough estimate by quartering the total house population and then assume that first years are put into doubles first. </p>
<p>Tyler House, for example, has 14 doubles and 41 singles or a total capacity for 69 students, roughly 16 students of each class year. Of course, juniors tend to be in short supply because of JYA so you may end up with more of one class or another. 8 of Tyler's 14 doubles are reserved for first years. The other 6 are absolutely gigantic and are known as "sophomore doubles". People usually fight over them. Everyone else gets a single.</p>
<p>It becomes more complicated because the housing lottery gives preference by seniority, so certain rooms become known as "senior singles" or "junior singles" because juniors and seniors typically pick the largest rooms they can get. </p>
<p>Each house is different. The best way to figure out the quirks of each house's living arrangement is talk to a current resident (I'm in Tyler, if you couldn't tell :D).</p>