<p>Is anyone actually going to volunteer? I think I just might, but I dunno if I’m crazy or not. Guaranteed Upper housing does sound tempting, though.</p>
<p>It's tempting, but I'd rather not have a triple, so I'm taking my chances. The rooms are small enough as it is.</p>
<p>I was in a forced triple my freshman year. (I didn't volunteer for it, but hey at least, I didn't get Newton.) I'd say the only good thing that can come from it is the $995 that gets credited to your student account for both semesters. Other than that, my experience was horrible. Go for it, if you don't mind sacrificing SO MUCH of your personal space, and like compromising with more than one person. Then again, it really is all dependent on who you're roomed with. Unfortunately, I was roomed with (at first) one person that I didn't get along with (Our personalities simply clashed.) and another person who turned out pretty cool at first, but she was WAY TOO MESSY for me. Mind you, there is no air conditioning on upper, so imagine, being in a room, windows open, on the top bunk (or the top of the lofted bed) and being suffocated, both physically and mentally. Plus, some people look at their rooms as a private space, so when you come "home" from classes, you really have to set aside all your personal feelings and stresses of the day for TWO people. BUT, if you DO decide to volunteer for a forced triple, please be aware that you probably won't get what you wanted, as far as that roommate survey goes. Who knows though..you might be roomed with two people who'll become your best friends throughout college. It's really up to you. It's enough to sacrifice for one person, but ask yourself if you can do it for TWO people.</p>
<p>There is a positive though...if you do volunteer, you might get a regular triple, which is a room designed for three people, so there is ample space there. Trust me, the room is huge. Some even have their own bathrooms, which is awesome, because community bathrooms suck, and you definitely don't want to back into a shower and have a clump of someone else's hair on your back. <em>gags</em> Also, there are ways to expand the space in a forced triple, by moving around the furniture. (Just make sure, you put everything back to its original position before you move out though.)</p>
<p>Anyway, good luck on housing, and hopefully you guys will have a great experience at BC.</p>
<p>My son had a forced triple last year. We told him he was going to either hate these guys or be friends for life. Well, he lucked out and his roomates are his best friends. However the forced triples are tiny. There are only 2 closets without doors. The room always smelled like a bottom of a footlocker because there was no place to store athletic equiptment. It was in a word gross.
However on the upside--he made great friends,learned to live with others in a cramped space and to value his privacy as well as respecting other's privacy.
Whatever happens you may be offered a double later in the year. Good luck. My son is the happiest I have ever seen him in his life.</p>