<p>looks like a single is definitely the way to go, guess i won’t be asking for a room change. thanks for all the help everyone!!</p>
<p>I shall say single also</p>
<p>Take the single. You have 3 more years to have a roommate (that too, you will actually have a chance to choose them)</p>
<p>found out it’s going to be $800 more a semester for the single, think it’s still worth it…?</p>
<p>$1600 for one year? If it’s not a burden on your family, I still think it is worth it. But that is just me. If you are having second thoughts, go with your gut instinct.</p>
<p>well the loans i’ve already taken out will cover it, just not sure if it’s worth it…</p>
<p>i’m paying for everything on my own</p>
<p>Hmmm, do you mind not paying $1600? I still think it will be worth it!</p>
<p>Like someone said, if you want a roommate, you’ll have three years to make that happen. Freshman year you’ll meet other people. You might find a friend or two who are thinking about rooming and you guys can room together. No random assignment nonsense.</p>
<p>I’d still take it for the $1600 if your loans cover it.</p>
<p>I am paying everything on my own, and am paying several thousand dollars more for a single with a private bath after my first year. I think this is one of those things that is always worth it if you can manage the expense. I would at least get the single your first year so you can find someone you know is reliably cool to be your roommate in subsequent years.</p>
<p>You have a single!!! I envy you! My freshman roommate experience was not exactly pleasurable. My roommate was ALWAYS bringing her bf over and not even ask me a question and he didn’t even go to our school! It was ridiculous. I’d talk to her about it… she’d stop for a little while then she’d do it again… so I’d talk to her about it again and again and again and she’d do it again and again and again. Eventually I talked to her bf about it (because she clearly she didn’t tell him that I had a problem with him staying, unannounced in my room for upwards of 4 days per week) then what she started to do was wait until I fell asleep and bring him over and I’d wake up and she’d already have left for class and I just see this guy there. It only stopped when I got fed up of talking to them about it so many times and I asked one of the staff members to step in. Then she started to stay over at his place instead and I LOVED IT because I essentially had a single and I could have people come in and out of my room without having to worry about them disturbing her, go to sleep when I wanted and not having to worry about the light/darkness bothering her. Strip naked and change freely because no one else was in the room. You’ll be surprised how inconsiderate people can be. As someone said, the roommate experience might be nice for the first few weeks when it’s all formalities but afterwards you’ll be wishing you didn’t have to live with them :/</p>
<p>Roommates can be ok but the vast majority of people who I know aren’t rooming with their roommates from freshman year. I know of only 2 pairs of people who are. Most people just “got along” with their roommates and there were some who HATED theirs. You’ll make lots of friends in a single if you keep your door open, walk around, mingle and are generally social. Once you make friends, you’ll have compatible people to choose from for future roommates. Count yourself lucky…</p>
<p>yeah sounds like for the most part roommates suck! thanks for all the insight guys it has definitely been a big help. now i’m really considering paying the extra 1900ish a year for the single.</p>
<p>Leaving bf in the room while she wasn’t there is so unacceptable. Ugh. I would have been so upset if I’d woken up to find some guy in the room and roommate nowhere to be found.</p>
<p>$1600 is a small price to pay for the privacy and (most likely) better grades that come with a single.</p>
<p>hpfan018: I had a similar experience with my roommate in the spring semester. She brought this girl who didn’t go to our school and had nothing to do but stay in the room for a week plus, even when both of us went to class. So I had some freakin’ stranger stay in the room by herself. It’s like she picked up the girl from the street. The girl almost got into a fight with some guy in our dorm because he “looked at her funny”. I got freaked out when I heard the guest mention something about parole. WTH?! O.o</p>
<p>I got a single and I’m so happy about it! :)</p>