Likelihood of getting a single? Do I even want a single?

<p>Is it easy to get a single in one of the West Campus Houses?</p>

<p>spanks, but do you want to live around booze and drunk people 24/7, especially when you are trying to do work? yea...didnt think so. its nice to have an outlet to get away from it all</p>

<p>most people just go to the libe if they don't like studying in the dorms.</p>

<p>Balch totally screwed me over this semester...the girls on my floor are nice, but not exactly people I would have fun partying with...I've made a few close friends in other dorms, but it's hard when everyone pretty much hangs out primarily with people on their floor/ dorm. Even though I live in an all-girl's dorm, im rushing and seriously considering joining a sorority (even though coming into cornell i never would have imagined that) so that I can meet more social girls and have a better support system...and no one can deny that Balch girl's are primarily high-strung/ antisocial!</p>

<p>all the girls from Balch I talked to during rush said the same thing as you, puzzlechampion. it's definitely a good way to broaden your social life, if you're stuck in a crappy dorm.</p>

<p>but yea seeing what others are saying: i love my room, hate the dorm for being practically dead</p>

<p>I really agree with laurstar. Even if you're very into partying, you always want a single and you want it to be big rather than small.
After a month or two, where you live has really no effect on your social life, and for the rest of your freshman year you'll LOVE your big single.</p>

<p>i disagree. i had some of the best times just hanging out with the friends in my dorm until 3 in the morning every night. you can always randomly go to a friend in your dorms room and worst case scenario, theyre busy and you go back to yours. if your friends are in another dorm your worst case scenario is trudging through 3 feet of snow and negative temperatures. really social girls that im friends with that got stuck in balch loved having a huge room, but hated being in balch. in terms of rooms, size doesnt matter.</p>

<p>Room size doesn't matter...? I had a much bigger single sophomore year than freshman year, and I adored it. Everyone I knew in Dickson my freshman year loved their singles.</p>

<p>do people have problems gettign along with their roomates? That's really my only concern about getting a double... does the personality match thing really work or do ppl in doubles end up killing each other?</p>

<p>People in doubles hardly ever end up feeling vicious toward one another. If roommates strongly dislike one another, they just ignore each other. It's almost easier that way. If roommates <em>hate</em> one another, they get a room change.
I mean, people are people. You like some and you don't like some. The point is: you can't predict what kind of room you're going to get now, so don't worry about it until you get there (you can't change rooms once you get your assignment- you have to wait til you've lived in that room for a few weeks). If you want to get a new room, get a new room. If not, ignoring a roommate is easy enough. Or you might actually like him/her!</p>

<p>a lot of the people i know that got randomly assigned did not end up liking their roommates. a friend of mine this year has effectively moved out of his room and onto a futon in my friends apartment. and the difference between single sizes is really not that important. how much stuff do you need to have and how much time do you really intend to spend in your room? rooms are sleeping, storing your stuff, and sex. work's for the library and drinking's for the frats and bars. pregaming in your room just means sitting around and drinking so 10x8 vs. 14x10 is no big deal.</p>

<p>How likely is it that if you request a single, you get one?</p>

<p>I recommend a single for freshman year, having to adjust to a roomate plus college seems like one too many, and in retrospect having a single does not put one at a disadvantage for friends.</p>

<p>A lot of the advice you hear from your friends/relatives/HS classmates regarding singles being anti-social, etc. do not apply at Cornell. The reason for this is that Cornell has a lot of singles so you are not "singled out" so to speak. In Dickson, most rooms are singles, so if you leave your door open, there is a lot of opportunity for socializing. In the newer dorms, the singles are in "suite" style with two doubles and a single sharing a bathroom... again - just leave your door open. If you can afford it - it's one of the best choices you can make for Freshman year. You can sleep, study, socialize etc., with your own schedule in mind. If you happen to get sick, it's nice to be alone also. Someone will still bring you soup if you want :)! Some kids never close their door - they are the most social - it very little to do with single/double. Actually some parents of shy/anti-social kids coerce their kids into a double to encourage them to be more social - bad idea in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Very likely, especially if you're female. Balch Hall, the one all-women's freshman dorm, has a lot of singles, so the proportion of single rooms available for women is higher than for men. </p>

<p>My daughter has a single in Balch and absolutely loves it. It's nicer (and larger!) than her room at home, and she has complete control over her own studying and sleeping schedule.</p>

<p>thats really important--having your own sleep schedule. its nice to be able to walk into my dorm at 3, 4, or even 8 in the morning after a long night in the studio and not have to worry about waking up and disturbing a roommate.</p>

<p>if you're a girl and you request a single but do not request/desire to live in balch, what's the chance you'll be put in balch anyway?</p>

<p>on the same note, what's the chance that you'll get placed in balch without requesting it, regardless of room size?</p>

<p>there is space in balch for 380 something girls. they have to fill it. so, there is a chance that you could be placed in it without requesting it, even if you put down that you want to be in a coed dorm.</p>

<p>on a side note: yea balch can be anti social. but its not a horrible place. i hated the idea of being in an all girls dorm, but after living there for a couple weeks, i realized that it isnt that bad.</p>

<p>It seems like everyone here is talking about Balch (girls), but how about for guys? Are the oods just as easy to get placed into a single? For sophomore year (I'm a GT)?</p>