<p>I wanted a double, but got a single. I'm happy with a single, it's just that I don't want to pay for the extra 940 dollars. Has anyone / is there a way to get a double room price for a single?...</p>
<p>I mean, it's kind of unfair for students who don't want to pay for the extra money..</p>
<p>funny–I got a double in Balch and I really, really want a single–want to trade if you are in Balch?</p>
<p>Haha, I’m a guy in high rise 5 :S</p>
<p>I ended up with a single in low rise 6 =/
I kinda wanted a coed roommate in a double, but because of my luck, I ended up with a single. Single is okay I guess =/
Now the question is, they should update my finaid to pay for the room right?</p>
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<p>no…you have to request an increase. call them at 8am in the morning and figure out what you need for this. </p>
<p>if you really want a roomate you can maybe swap with someone.</p>
<p>hey blue northern! I’ll trade you (is it really allowed?). I got a single in Balch… and I really can’t afford it.</p>
<p>Bluenorthern, I sent you a PM.</p>
<p>circumlocutino2 –</p>
<p>last fall i got a single in balch, as i requested. Then my parents decided they wanted me in a double, so i just emailed the housing people saying that i couldn’t afford a single and they switched me to a double almost immediately (i got an email back in a couple of hours), and free of charge</p>
<p>I called financial aid and they said that housing was going to send them a list of people who requested double, but got single –> they would make up the difference.</p>
<p>k14-
when they switched you into a double, was it in the same residence hall that your original single was?</p>
<p>Who do we email to find out about whether our FA will increase or not? I’m not sure, because I initially signed up for a single, but like April 4th I changed it to a double because my parents said I had to be in a double, but then I put it on single for like two days last week (wasn’t paying much attention, just messing around) but changed it back like on Thursday. It’s closed now, but it’s on double.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure since it got left on double for like 2.5 months that I’ll be fine and get the FA increase, right?</p>
<p>fresher -
yea i got a double in balch</p>
<p>stay in a single! honestly way better if you can afford it. the comfort, privacy, and space you have is definitely worth 100/month more.</p>
<p>^ I told my parents I’d pay for the difference, haha. </p>
<p>My dad wants me to “have the experience of having a roommate,” but I think sharing 3 bathrooms amongst 90 people is enough experience for me.</p>
<p>having a roommate is overrated in my opinion haha.</p>
<p>My parents are the opposite-I really want a double (for the experience/I get really lonely hahaha) but they’re telling me to have a single for focus on studies. Meh…I won’t be there until spring anyway, who knows what I’ll get.</p>
<p>I’m not too sure but someone told me that if you request a double and they give you a single then they don’t charge you extra…?</p>
<p>actually, i dont think having a roommate is overrated. </p>
<p>It’s not that it’s guaranteed that you and your roommate will become great buddies or anything if you do get one, but that there will be times that you’ll appreciate having a roommate just for that fact that you are around another person. </p>
<p>Having a single is great if you completely hate being around others, but the general complaint I heard from my friends who had a single this past year was that living in one got very lonely</p>
<p>I was in a double this past year and though my roommate and I didn’t really talk that often (we got along well as roommates, but didn’t become good friends), I felt it was nice not being in complete isolation while I studied and such. </p>
<p>if you’re worried about privacy, as long as you don’t have an obnoxious and nosy roommate, it will be fine.</p>
<p>^^
of course, I’m speaking in terms of living in Balch. Balch is really, really quiet when compared to, say, Donlon…which is probably the cause for the feelings of isolation</p>
<p>Several of my friends had terrible roommate experiences. </p>
<p>If you get a single in Dickson, it’s great. Not much social isolation in that environment… unless you lock the door and never come out.</p>