<p>Hello, I received my roommate for the upcoming year. We had a long chat and it seemed that it was going to be fine. Except for the fact that he was older. </p>
<p>That being said, I received an e-mail saying that my roommate will no longer be my roommate and they will try to look for another one.</p>
<p>My question: I really wanted a roommate but it seems like they won't be able to find me one in the hall I want to be in (it is themed housing). Should I stay in my hall in a "single" room and pay an extra $724 for the YEAR, or would you truly recommend having a roommate your freshman year, (as far as social life goes).</p>
<p>Please let me know if there isn't sufficient information!</p>
<p>Depends on where you go to school. If you’re going somewhere that takes pretty much anyone, then there’s going to be like a 50-70% chance that whatever roommate you get will be a dull, uncouth, uninteresting, unsociable fellow that hinders you in pretty much every way, but there is also a chance that you’ll get a cool roommate. If you are a member of polite society, then your roommate probably won’t be a negative influence on you.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, if you’re betting on a completely random person being a respectable human being, then it goes without saying that you are making a risky wager.</p>
<p>Well is it a bad move financial wise? $724 doesn’t seem much but I am not sure if it is?</p>
<p>You can still make good friends with other people in your dorm or in your classes, and plus you’ll have more room and freedom inside the room itself. Hell, you might get a bad roommate as well if you stick with not doing the single.</p>
<p>I’d take the single if you can afford to do so.</p>
<p>Thanks! If they don’t match me to another roommate (as it seems they won’t be able to) I think I will take the single. My floor is known to be the “most united” on campus so being in a single won’t matter.</p>
<p>Thank you both for your help!</p>
<p>If you have the option of having a single room and you can afford it, you should definitely take it!! I’ve never had a roommate, I can’t imagine having one. Roommates can really SUCK!!</p>
<p>Yeah I’d go with the single. Living by yourself can actually be better for you socially because:</p>
<p>a) when you feel lonely you’ll actually go out and find people, as opposed to sitting in your room with one other person
b) you will avoid potential roommate problems that stress you out and make it harder for you to relax around other friends
c) you will avoid clinging onto your roommate as your best friend, which can really hinder the way you make other friends.</p>
<p>So all in all, I’d say go for the single, as long as you’re the kind of person who goes out and makes friends and wouldn’t just sit in the room alone all day.</p>
<p>I’d want a roommate just because I think that’d help with transitioning to college life and all. You automatically have someone to hang out with- as long as that person’s not a weirdo, lol.</p>
<p>Then again, you can always make friends with people in your hall too. If you’re certain it’s $724 for the year and not the semester then that’s not a bad deal.</p>
<p>trust me, you’ll want your own cave in the wall before its threw, go with the single.</p>
<p>Thanks guys!
It is $724 for the year, I was stoked! Haha the state school near by charged an extra 2k for the year.</p>
<p>For $724, fly solo.</p>
<p>Yeah…having a roomie can suck. all of mine have. had such a horrible experience with them. if only i had taken that single when i signed up freshmen year…</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I was actually informed by Housing that I will not be charged an extra amount because it wasn’t my fault I ended up in a single! Man, I love Liberal Arts Colleges:)</p>
<p>Enjoy it while you can, if it is a liberal arts school, you will be in poverty for quite awhile…</p>