<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I have looked around the Middlebury website for information about this but I just can't find it.</p>
<p>At Middlebury, are students placed in single or double rooms? The reason being, I am a terrible sleeper, especially when there is someone else in the room. I guess it could be deemed a medical issue, and it can affect my academic performance :)</p>
<p>Thanks,
NotJustIvy</p>
<p>Perhaps this is an ideal thread for current students to offer an opinion, but I do know that some commons offer more single rooms for freshman than others. I am not sure how one specifically requests this ahead of time and if there are process and procedures for making this more likely than not. Freshman assignments didn’t seem to be made until August.</p>
<p>While I might suggest you contact that particular office, right now they are in the midst of assigning rooms etc for next year for upper years and there has been some snags. So it might not be the ideal time to contact them.</p>
<p>I’m not a student at Middlebury (yet), but I saw on the questionnaire for new student housing:</p>
<p>“Have you ever shared a room with anyone?”</p>
<p>Does this mean they will put those who haven’t into single rooms, or put those who haven’t into double rooms to put them out of their comfort zone?</p>
<p>When I was a student there, there were very few freshmen singles. Almost all freshmen were in doubles. I can’t imagine that has changed THAT much. It’s all part of the college/learning experience. Step out of your comfort zone. It will make you a better person.</p>
<p>It’s not that it’s a “comfort zone” issue, I feel it’s a medical problem. A lack of sleep can seriously impact on a person’s physical and emotional wellbeing. I’ve got no problem sharing a space with others (I’m not a messy person, etc.) but it’s just the sleep issue I have a problem with…</p>
<p>During freshman orientation one of the speakers said something like… “remember those questionnaires your kid filled out about room assignments?.. we have no idea what happens to those.” While I <em>think</em> he was kidding, it has seemed to work out fine. </p>
<p>You might want to check out the facebook group Middlebury Class of 2013 which is open to the public. I think there were groups set up per Commons as well, along with information about room assignments etc. </p>
<p>Currently, however, I think they may be facing a space issue. I know the school recently bought a new building, Addison House, that used to be a 16-bed retirement building to be used as dorm space next year, as well as opening up space in a couple of other buildings on campus. Anyone know more about this development?</p>
<p>We heard at admitted students weekend Sunday that they were expecting about 60 extra students this fall, and were renovating “Former office space that was dormer space prior” to be ready by then.</p>
<p>They aren’t going to give you a single because you have never shared a room.That’s why they ask on their questionaire about bedtime habits/hours and tidiness. There were three categories in each. My S listed himself as tidy(true) and going to bed around midnight(true). He has a nice roommate who is in his possible major who isan only child and never shared a room but has similar self-described habits.</p>
<p>Just FYI: There is going to be a housing crunch next year, because the class of 2011 is extra-large and the large number of '11 students who were abroad in the spring will be returning this fall to a campus with a larger freshman class than usual AND fewer students than usual going abroad in the fall. Addison House is not going to be used for housing but for office space; current offices are getting turned into housing (I’m living in one such building next year).</p>
<p>It’s upperclass housing that will be effected by these changes; from what I’ve heard, freshman housing is going to be the same as usual (mostly doubles in the freshman dorms - some singles, some triples, some suites). Since your class is larger than usual I wouldn’t count on beig assigned a single based on the info you include in the housing form; you should GET IN TOUCH with admissions/housing personally to discuss this issue.</p>
<p>Thanks Russiasaurus. Do you know why the class of 2011 is ‘extra large’? I’d be interested to know!</p>
<p>I gather this in no way affects admissions decisions? If I phoned them up and said, “Hi, my name is X and I have the following special request,” would they think I’m just a demanding person and reject my admission application?</p>
<p>Your offer of admission will not be affected by your desire to live in a single room. Now if you suddently got a D in calc, that would be a different story…</p>
<p>mea culpa on the Addison House being converted to Dorm Space.</p>
<p>Per this week’s Middlebury Campus:</p>
<p>[The</a> Middlebury Campus Blog Archive Renovations to cost $3-4 million](<a href=“http://middleburycampus.com/2010/04/14/renovations-to-cost-3-4-million/]The”>http://middleburycampus.com/2010/04/14/renovations-to-cost-3-4-million/)</p>
<p>Most freshman are in doubles. Hadley has some singles (1/4-1/3 of Ross freshman). Battell has a total of 6 singles. I’m not sure Stewart or Allen have any at all.</p>
<p>I think the 2011 is large because they underestimated the yield. More people accepted the offer of admission than they thought. I don’t think they even took anyone off the waitlist that year.</p>