<p>Preference? Pros and cons of each?
Share your views...</p>
<p>i would like double because having a roomie helps w/ adjusting to BS, i think.. esp. coming in as an upperclassmen. it's just a nice advantage in a way.</p>
<p>plus, singles are TINY.</p>
<p>I agree with blairt, it is nice to have a "connection" with someone from day one. You may not become best friends, but I can guarantee that you will be making those first few trips to the dining hall together!</p>
<p>I'd rather have a double for at least the first year. After that it might be nice to have some space that is entirely yours for you to retire to when you get tired of being with people 24/7. Easier to study, probably, too, and you don't have to put up with their bad habits if they're annoying.</p>
<p>I would think a single would be better first year- then i wold find someone that i would really enjoy rooming with...</p>
<p>Personally when I started bs I was very glad that I had a double. It automatically expands your circle of friends since you will get to know your rommies friends too. I wasn't best friends with my roomie the first year, but we decided to room together for another year just because it was very easy to live one another. I also had someone to talk to and hang out with the first week or two before I had made a lot of friends. We could also help each other with work even after we had to be in our own room which was very helpful.</p>
<p>The major cons of having a double is different living styles. I know several kids who are best friends with their roommates, but cannot live with each other because they fight all the time. Others didn't necessarily like their roommate's friends or how late their roommate was on the phone. Most roommate pairings in my dorm were good, there were onely one or two that had problems.</p>
<p>In a single you don't have the roommate troubles, however you have to be more outgoing in making friends. You can also set your own hours for studying, but don't always have someone to talk to help you on a paper or something. The rooms also tend to be a little smaller.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that incoming students don't always get their first choice for dorm situations. Whatever dorm and type of room you get, I'm sure you'll be happy at your new schools.</p>
<p>sugarkim, I know at Andover students get to PICK their roomate in 10th grade and so forth.</p>
<p>You came in 10th grade if I recall correctly...</p>
<p>How was your dormmate chosen? Did she volenteer to room with a new student? Was it another new student in the same boat as you?</p>
<p>Yes, I came in 10th. Your second year you get to pick your roommate, dorm, etc.
Andover tries to room new students with other new students. My roomie was new as well. You fill out a questionaire so they can pair people with similar living styles and interests together.</p>
<p>That's good. They really do show that they put all their effort into making everyone as happy as possible.</p>
<p>Everyone there i've talked to there loves their dorm life...besides my tour guide who was a freshman that had to move dorms in december!!! That's the only dorm problem I've ever heard. lol. It was kind of silly, too. She said they fought because one would be sleeping and the other would be blowdrying her hair at 3 A.M.</p>
<p>my room reflects my mind; when i'm stressed, my room is a jungle, and when i'm happy and don't have much to do, my room is perfectly clean and organized.</p>
<p>maybe i should request a single for the first year?</p>
<p>Why not request both, one for each of your moods ? :D</p>
<p>hahahaha.. i wonder how they would react if someone started acting extremely high maintenance... like, they sent an interior decorator beforehand and hired movers on the first day of school to bring in trunks of clothes.. lol.</p>
<p>I've had a single since my first year. You are in a dorm with people everywhere. Having to live with someone doesn't make you best friends. During my 9th grade year, most people with double switced roomates because over time you can determine who you really want to live with. The people in singles have it best, hang with your friends until whenever you want your space.</p>
<p>I thought Andover gave all 9th graders singles</p>
<p>Not all 9th graders have singles, but most do</p>
<p>hmmmm... ideally, i would like a single room in a large, social dormitory.</p>
<p>Blairt, I haven't followed this site closely, bu it seems Andover would be a very much better choice for you than Exeter. From dorms to humanities focus, everything you have posted seems to point you towards Andover.</p>
<p>I know.. I was initially all for Andover, but ever since Exeter has been sooo generous and welcoming (and I've been researching it non-stop), I just feel like I should go there. MY application for Andover was lost in the mail (actually was returned on monday), but they received other stuff from me and know that it wasn't my fault and said that they won't assess my application as if it were late, and I wouldn;t be a late applicant, but the decision would be late (I think before April 10..I faxed them my stuff on march 8th but they said they weren't going to rush the faculty and everyone to make a decision on my application, but I'm not sure when I will get the decision)..which is why I started the E vs. A thread.. IFFFFF I was accepted to Andover, and received FA comparable to Exeter's, it would be a very tough decision for me. Very.. more stressful than the actual application process. That's IF.</p>
<p>But yeah, I'd say I'm more fit for Andover. Everything, even down to the social life/Boston area/math transition classes. But I am very fond of the Harkness table.. Ahhhhhh!</p>
<p>I prefer double</p>
<p>Blair, I can actually see you at Exeter. :)</p>
<p>But don't take my advice, please, if you really feel that Andover is right for you. I hope I get into Choate. I wish you got into Choate, so that if I get accepted, we could have seen each other! ;D</p>
<p>Blairt- did you get in to Tabor?</p>