<p>Me and my roommate somewhat get along, but I'm a nice person and get along with everyone. I do have one major issue. My roommate goes to bed way too early at 10:30-11pm. I'm reading a chapter or doing an essay at that time. Here's the main issue. Its hard for me to concentrate on my tasks and a few pages can take forever for me to complete. By the 10-11pm time for some reason, I can fully focus and get work done. I read with better understanding, but my roommate insists that I turn of the light to sleep. Which is ridiculous, my last roommate never had this issue. I'm trying to move the room around to fix this issue. Our dorm has lamps as lights, and they're already dim. So its not very bright. Its frustrating, because I have to break my concentration (which is hard for me to get), and stop my work whenever my roommate wants to sleep. Its not like I'm working at 3am. </p>
<p>I hate libraries, they're far too quiet for me, and I can't concentrate. I have to have a certain level of noise, which is why I play music. And I don't want to walk around campus 12 in the morning. I come to the realization that rooming with someone else is not for me, I had to many issues to pick with my past to roommates that really bothers me. </p>
<p>This is part of learning to live with someone else. 10:30-11 is a perfectly reasonable time to go to bed, especially if he has an 8 o’clock class.</p>
<p>Grin… welcome to college. My freshman year, I went to bed at 9 or the latest 10pm. I was generally up by 5. My roommate didn’t get going until 10pm and didn’t wake up until 12. My classes started at 8 and finished by 12. My roommate didn’t start hers until the afternoon if at all possible. Needless to say, we didn’t room together the next year!!!</p>
<p>I hate the lounge cause its really noisy, am I supposed to kick everyone out the lounge, no. It’s my room also, and if I want to get work done on my time I hate a right for that. The same way I don’t tell my roommate to shutup when screaming on the phone every hour. So I moved my lamp, if that doesn’t work so help me God. It’s frustrating because I never get work done, I have to wake up extra early and rush to do work. Sometimes I’m late for class because of that. When I had the weekend to myself because of the holidays I got so much work done on time. It was amazing.</p>
<p>Honey, 10:30-11:00 is not early, my daughter is in bed by 8:30 some nights! She is an athlete and has to be up for practice at 5:00 am. Her roommate doesn’t get up until after 10am and goes to bed much later than my daughter, but they make it work by being respectful of the other. This is part of growing up, learning to negotiate and compromise.</p>
<p>Is there a common room in your dorm? When my roommate or I wanted to go to bed early, the other one would go to the study room. It was fairly quiet, but there were still always people in there- there was also the lounge on the bottom floor with a television and RAs and everything else.</p>
<p>My day starts at 11am and I wake up at 9am. It ends at 5pm, and I start reading me chapters and doing my essays. I take a break to eat at 7 and get back to work, since my mind goes places and I can’t concentrate easily it can be harder for me to read… By the time I have full concentration its lights outs. I tried going to the library but it’s too quite, and the lounge is to noisy, the common area in the suite has too many distractions. Last semester before my old roommate transfered it was nice we had a mutual agreement on everything, and I always got work done. But you guys need to understand it’s my room also, if I want to get work done on the comfort of my bed don’t I have a right to that? Isn’t that what I payed for? I want to get a room separated, but I can’t because it’s against the rules.</p>
<p>IMO 10:30-11:00 is not unusually early for someone to go to bed so your roommate has a point … however, in addition, it is not unusual at all for one roommate to go to bed while the other is still in the room with a just a desk lamp on working so you have a point also. I think you should try to work a compromise out that lets you work in the room (only the desk lamp, no visitors, no music, etc) … if you can’t reach a compromise I’d suggest bringing the RA into the dispute.</p>
<p>This is why schools should do matching forms on sleeping times (if anything at all). I was lucky my first year and was able to room with a girl that goes to sleep at around 3-4am, which is the time I also go to sleep. And she’s a heavy sleeper, so even if I shout on the top of my lungs or have the lights on, she’ll sleep through it.</p>
<p>Just fix your studying schedule man… or find another place to study. That room belongs to your roommate too, so it’ll be inconsiderate to ask him to fix his sleeping schedule for you. You can study somewhere else, but it’s not like he’s able to sleep at another place.</p>
<p>Stop acting entitled. If they can’t sleep through your light, respect that. You’re acting like it’s her fault you can’t get work done before 11 PM. You say the library is too quiet for you? Is your room a hub for activity at 11 PM? If you listen to music while you read or write, bring your music to the library.</p>
<p>The room is in a way that the desks separate our beds. I moved the lamp somewhere else. So that if the light is on, it will still be dark on the other side. Hopefully this works, and if it doesn’t then I’m buying a sleeping mask. </p>
<p>And user above, I’m not acting entitled. I don’t huff and puff when its a Saturday morning, and my roommate is screaming on the phone, and banging their feet on the desk like a child. I don’t get ****ed when the room smells like poo and is stuffy. I keep my side clean, and my roommate side is a mess and smells. But, I suck it in and move on.</p>
<p>Actually, you are acting entitled. You can’t have everything you want. Seriously, the “library is too quiet, but my room is too loud, and I can’t concentrate until 11” is a lame series of excuses that really adds up. You’re in college now: this is the part where you grow up and learn to compromise. Yes, the room is yours as well, but at 11pm, your roommate is definitely allowed to go to sleep. Try to get work done between classes. I’m also busy throughout the day, but I’m always done before 10, because I’m responsible enough to get my work done.</p>
<p>Okay then, I understand the consensus. I’m the bad guy, who’s acting like an entitled jerk. Come next semester I’ll be living in a single alone.</p>