<p>To la montagne and Star*: Fair enough. When I lived on 5E, even in the years when 5E was popular, most of the frosh got singles.</p>
<p>Also, I agree with carmel and LauraN about the double thing - I would not have hated to have a single, but I enjoyed my double and it did have some benefits. I do think it matters, though, whether you chose your roommate or got stuck with someone. I certainly had plenty of friends with whom I would NOT have wanted to share a room, however much I liked them! But my frosh roommate and I chose each other.</p>
<p>Seconding (fourthing?) what the three upperclassmen above me had to say. I was actually “stuck” in a triple my first semester, with two girls I hadn’t met before, even during orientation. I definitely grumbled about it for about a week, but then I figured I was just being petty and annoying. The two girls are now some of my best friends at Next House, and we even ended up decorating our room and throwing spontaneous disco parties for the wing. I feel as if you are open enough to accept the idea of rooming with others, then it will turn out okay in the end. In fact, even if you are to get a single in some dorms, it would be more strange than not to be constantly holed up in your room with no outside contact. I know for sure that in Next House, everyone knows everyone else on the floor so if you constantly stay behind locked doors, people might consider you an antisocialite.</p>
<p>I knew I was going to get in trouble for simplifying.</p>
<p>Yes. MacGregor has three doubles out of 350 rooms in the dorm. They are all in F-Entry, and they are taken every year by people who want doubles in F-Entry. If you do not want a double, you either a) do not choose to live in F-Entry or b) live in F-Entry but do not choose to live in a double. </p>
<p>To a first approximation (and to one order of magnitude), MacGregor is all singles.</p>
<p>In MacGregor, at least, you have to bring your own cookware, but there is always the possibility that another of your suitemates has an entire set and is willing to share, or that your whole suite wants to go in on a set.</p>
<p>It depends on where you live - in EC, Senior Haus, and Random, for example, I think every floor has communal dishes / cookware to some extent. The quality of the kitchen supplies vary - I know that, at least on my hall, if you want Nice Things, you need to buy them for yourself :)</p>
<p>In Burton Conner people are pretty friendly and lots of sharing goes on- but very little is actually communal. In other words, you’ll have a pretty easy time finding a blender to use, but it will belong to someone else who is being nice enough to let you borrow it. It’s probably best to bring your own dishes and silverware to start off, and gradually build up your collection of other cookware (pots, pans, utensils, etc) over time. Then by the time you’re a senior, you’ll be the one lending the blender out to all the new freshmen who only have 2 plates and a fork so far. =)</p>
<p>^Ooh, yes, and inheritance is a good way to get cookware, too.</p>
<p>When Adam graduated, we gave all of our old cooking stuff to the underclassmen, because we were getting married and were getting nicer stuff anyway. :)</p>
<p>so I really enjoyed reading this thread. i will be a freshman next year at mit (yay!) and am still thoroughly undecided on housing. i guess it’s weird to revive a 6-year-old thread, but i’m going to try anyway!</p>
<p>i liked ec, but not really the whole shower situation. does anyone have any experiences with that to share?</p>
<p>also, i like bc, but everyone keeps saying all the floors are so different. approximately how wide is the spectrum of social / quiet and nerdy people / partiers? and like, can you be sure to get a floor that has the culture you’re looking for? (even if it’s not necessarily your first choice floor)</p>