<p>i loved my day student double first year..i roomed with a day student.. a much bigger room, but actually a single... and i get to know someone as my roomate...</p>
<p>from upper class on, i recommend most people get singles...think about the nights that you will have to stay up...your roomate might want to sleep and vice versa....it's very annoying sometimes</p>
<p>I wonder how many boarding schools actually give you the choice? I would think many schools would assign you your freshman year, although possibly taking your living preferences into consideration to some degree.</p>
<p>we do...first year they try to match u up with a roomate if u come in lower class, and some gets single...after that you are guaranteed a single but u can ask for doubles..almost all upperclassmen choose singles</p>
<p>I'm an only child, and I don't know what I would do with a roomate!! :D I hate it when my friens come over and touch my stuff, I'm a neet freak. All my books are in an exact order, I store my pencils in multiples of 12 or 5, excetra. What do I do to ensure I have a single? :D</p>
<p>Wow, for a boy that is very unusual.</p>
<p>LOL :D I'm actually wicked messy, leave cloths on the floor, spill thins, stuff like that, but I need to have things orginized when they are mine. I don't like orginize other people stuff or anything like that- just mine. :D</p>
<p>Hey, I'm the SAME way! I only organize mystuff, not everyone else's.</p>
<p>if you were my roomie, i would probably change something little (like move a pencil from one cntainer to the other) just to see if you noticed... and then call the psych center if you did.</p>
<p>yes, I got into Tabor.</p>
<p>HA, HA, HA. That was soooooooooooo funny blairt :D Do you sense the sarcasm? :D</p>
<p>Just wonder--for Andover and Exeter, is the roommate pairing random, or do you fill out a questionaire-type thing and they match you accordingly?</p>
<p>You will receive a roommate questionaire to fill out during the summer from the school you enroll at.</p>
<p>So at Andover, you get either a small single room or a larger double room?</p>
<p>Just wondering, I saw a photo of three in one room.</p>
<p>J, you fill out a roommate questionairre. Same thing at all boarding schools, I believe. I got one when I went to TIP.</p>
<p>"J, you fill out a roommate questionairre. Same thing at all boarding schools, I believe. "
no.. at hotchkiss they use ur admissions application to determine your roomate i think</p>
<p>My daughter is at Interlochen Arts Academy this year. She is an only child, a neat freak, and a workaholic (gotta love her!). She had some trouble adjusting to having a roommate this year, and traded to find a more compatible one (which she did). Things that bother her are different sleep and class schedules - when you're swamped with homework and studying, the minute you CAN sleep, you WANT to sleep, and having a roomate up IM'ing or talking on the phone can drive you nuts. Especially as you get more and more tired from late nights (and depending on the school, "light out" time may not be strictly enforced). Also the neat-vs-messy roomie can be a problem, as can the social butterfly-vs-the quieter sort. My guess is, if you're naturally sociable and easy-going, you'll enjoy having a roommate. If you're more reserved and particular about your space, you might want to opt for a single room. There are usually lots of mixer activities and dorm activities to still meet other people and make lost of friends. Like someone else here said, your roommate will not generally be your best friend anyway.</p>
<p>prepster, you and I would NOT be good roommates, lol. My room is a fire hazard.</p>