<p>I'm missing a big part of the college experience here. My room is connected to another private room via a bathroom, so it's still very similar, but do you guys think I should request to switch with someone else who has a double? I'm still the type of guy that will go out and explore my entire floor and socialize, but being in the same room for an entire year is unique. Then again, I could switch and get a horrible roommate (I'm at an Honors College though with an average of 1400 SAT, there's gotta be at least some sort of good stereotype with that type of score). What do you guys think?</p>
<p>I would hate to be in a single room. You miss out on a lot of stuff IMO. Even if you’re not best friends with your roommate, it just makes the area more sociable with it’s a bunch of double rooms around each other and not single rooms.</p>
<p>If it costs the same as a double, I would stay.
If it costs a lot more, I would switch.</p>
<p>Cost outweighs horrible roommate for me even though I had the WORST roommate freshman year. The only good thing about bad roommates is they really teach you restraint. xD</p>
<p>Well, you can still keep your door open and go out to socialize, like you said. I don’t really believe a roommate is the determining factor on how active your social life will be. If cost isn’t an issue, than it might be nice to have a room to yourself.</p>
<p>Yea I mean scholarship pays for the extra $700 or so (I have about $1500 extra left over, per semester), I don’t plan on spending a lot my time in my room either. Probably 2 hours a day in the library to maintain a good GPA, 2 hours a day in the gym, 2 hours of tennis a day, and then the rest will be socializing and whatnot. I’ll probably be at my room during night mainly if anything or if I need to study, but I’ll definitely get to know the whole floor within the first month. I’ve had roommates before when I had to go to business camps and whatnot, but I’ll definitely have roommates for the next 3 years or I might just live at home so maybe I shouldn’t worry too much about having a single room.</p>
<p>I had a single room last year and requested it again this year. It had absolutely no effect on my social life, but it was SO nice being able to have a private space and not have to worry about coming in late or being bothersome to my roommate, or vica versa. It also seemed like I had more space for my things, but having some sort of privacy trumped over everything else.</p>
<p>Yea seems like it’s good for first year but I think I’ll be fine with having a roommate for sophomore year, like if I make a really good friend in first year, which is highly probable, we can just be roommates 2nd year, not that it matters all that much if you still socialize a lot.</p>
<p>depends on your character.</p>
<p>i socialize a lot, but i really, really love having a place to myself where i can mellow out after that. having a roommate sucks in that regard because there is always someone around. im an incoming sophomore and i got a single connected to a bathroom as well. im personally stoked for it, because it wont really limit who i chill with.</p>
<p>I wish that I could get a single room! Not that I don’t want a roommate, but I just like to have my own space and some privacy.</p>
<p>plus, you don’t have to worry about your roommate being in there if you’re bringing a girl. of course, i know some people who did things with their roommates in the room…</p>
<p>^haha don’t plan on doing that anytime soon. </p>
<p>I’m glad I got some more opinions from people here. Privacy is a big thing, and having a room all to yourself is sort of a big deal in some situations (not like the above post one, lol). I think I’ll be relatively happy with it. Who knows, I might want one again 2nd year, but if I find a good friend, I’ll just room with him sophomore year, but this is looking way too far ahead. I’m sure all this concern will be erased when move in day comes anyways, I’ll get to know the whole floor.</p>
<p>There is usually pro’s and con’s…
pro’s such as greater privacy
cons such as a non typical freshmen experience</p>
<p>I felt the need to reply base off your last message indicating you’ll get to know the whole floor. In most situations I can think of, most students on a single room floor will be upperclassmen, andwith complications alone many have with a upperclassman as a roommate… I doubt your floor would be social.</p>
<p>I’ve had a single since my sophomore year, and will have one til I graduate, and it hasnt affected my social experience at all. If you’re a social person, you have nothing to worry about.</p>