<p>I've always wanted a double, but sadly, the college I'm going to offers only single and triple rooms for incoming freshmen.<br>
I don't really like triples because I would like some privacy and more space and I am kinda afraid of being left-out(or someone else being left-out).
However, I don't want to be lonely either. Since I don't know anyone going to the same college with me, I think that it would be nice to have some company when I go to the orientation, classes, and eat, etc. for my first year.
At the college I am going to, there are suites with single and triple rooms with 10 people in one suite. There's a common room in each suite so I think there will be chances for me to socialize with others.
What are you experiences with single and triple rooms?
BTW, I don't really worry about costs because they both don't have that big of a difference.
Please advise!! </p>
<p>My first year I lived in a triple and then a single. While I became incredibly close with one of my roommates and very good friends with the other one, I vastly preferred living in a single. I could relax when I wanted to, sleep when I wanted to, have friends over when I wanted to, etc. Plus if you’re in a suite with 10 people, you can always socialize in the common room. </p>
<p>It’s easier to socialize with a single than get your own space and privacy with a triple. Having a single or having a triple will likely have little effect on how many friends you make, but it will have a huge impact on how much privacy and space you get.</p>
<p>I’d recommend you try for a single, but keep in mind that singles are often in high demand. You may very well end up with a triple, regardless.</p>
<p>Go for the single.</p>
<p>get a single, you have your own space and can do what you want when you want and at the same time hang out in in the common area when you want to socialize.
two places I never understood why you have a room mate…in a hospital and a dorm. just because it was done that way in the past does not mean it should be that way today. </p>
<p>I say take a triple… less privacy, less comfortable but if you land a pair of good roommates (which mostly happens), you’ll have the best time of your life… privacy of your room and isolation will come later on (Trust me)… for now, year 1 is when you want to blend in and get out of your comfort zone a bit.</p>