<p>I applied for the housing in rush since it was almost past May 1 which was the deadline. I put "single" as my top preference, and now I regret my decision. And I also found my roommate! </p>
<p>I sent him a request, and he approved it. Do I have to do something to room with him? I am just afraid I might get assigned a single room. </p>
<p>What should I do now? Or since we both agreed to room with each other, do we have to just wait and see?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>PS: Heard there is a $50 fee to change the option. Argghhh! Is it true?</p>
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<li><p>Singles are great. why share with someone living in your space when you can share with someone living in his own space next door? A double doesn't give you any social advantage whatsoever after your first day or two at Cornell, and even within those first few days I'd say the advantages are negligable.</p></li>
<li><p>call up cornell's housing office and sort it out over the phone.</p></li>
<li><p>$50? even if that's the case what's another 50 bucks on top of $175K? or you could think of it as a few cents a day to live with the roommate of your dreams.</p></li>
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<p>if you approve a roommate yet put a single as your top choice they will look at the approval over the request and you will most likely get a double.</p>
<p>what everyone else says ... single so much better. almost everyone i know would've prefered a single, and not chosen double+ even if they knew that person.</p>
<p>do you all agree on single? well, i also have a problem that if i stay alone then i don't do anything. but i still prefer lots of freedom. i always tend and/or want to be alone except for family and GF.</p>
<p>but i told my roommate that i would room with him, so now what do you think are the best ways to take back my words? how easy is it to change into a single? i mean, i might like a double, but if i don't like it, how flexible is it to change? </p>
<p>thank you all for the inputs above and yet to be written!</p>
<p>you should call up housing to make sure everythings the way you want it if you really want a double. i lived in a single my freshman year, and in hindsight, i would actually recommend that people live in doubles or triples.</p>
<p>If you have a single and want to be with other people, just leave your room. On the other hand, if you have a double and want to be alone... too bad.</p>
<p>^ thats true, but sometimes you feel kinda lonely in your single and you go out to be with other people and theyre just studying and going about their business. so there are times in a single when you kinda wish someone was around but it isn't an appropriate time to just hang out in someone elses room and there aren't many people just hanging out in the lounge or w/e. i mean this for times in the middle of the day when you come back from classes and its 1 in the afternoon...those were the times when i wished there would be at least someone that might come in and out of the room. plus, in a double, there are still plenty of times when you're there and youre roommate isn't. from what i saw, people in doubles and triples tended to have more fun than people in singles. this is a lot in hindsight though...for what its worth.</p>