<p>I was just assigned a single in dickson... I requested a double but was given a single, probably because of some of my responses on the form. For current students at Cornell, what are the disadvantages/advantages of having a single? As a freshman, will I lose out socially? I am a very social person normally though. Also, will it be hard to get a transfer into a double? Thank you!</p>
<p>Me too man. I got put in Dickson too. Wondering the same thing.</p>
<p>Hey!
I have a double in low rise 8 looking for a single anywhere. I am a guy so i think you’ll have to be too for us to switch. Interested?</p>
<p>I lived in Dickson this year. It was overall great. Because practically every room is a single, everyone’s pretty outgoing and social. Dickson is a VERY social dorm also, yet you have the privacy of a single which is nice.</p>
<p>thanks so much equilibrium! that makes me feel so much better.<br>
CornellFrantic, I’m a guy too but I think I’m going to reconcider before I decide to transfer. Thanks for the offer though</p>
<p>Hey! Yes definitely consider your options carefully before making a decision, although housing wants us to sign the contract in less than a week, so please do get back to me whether you’re switching or not soon ;)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I just signed the contract for the single, sorry CornellFrantic but I hope everything works out.</p>
<p>Duffer - although it is difficult to generalize, D lived in a single in Dickson and had just a great time. Privacy when she wanted it and lots of people around when she didn’t. We just dropped her off at an apt in Collegetown for the summer and half her Dickson buddies were there already - and more got together later for fun and games. 
If you’re in a corner of the building, just make sure you get out of that room!</p>
<p>I am a male with a triple in dickson and would like to switch to a single - if still interested. Signed contract as well but housing office is still fine with switch. Let me know. thanks</p>
<p>I really don’t see how you can label a freshman dorm as “social” and “non-social”…
All freshmen are assigned randomly to dorms. It’s not like they try to put all the social ones in one dorm.</p>
<p>@captrick: I disagree about labeling a freshman dorm ‘social’ - you’re right in that kids usually aren’t cut differently, but the environment in which you live very quickly establishes the social culture of a dorm. </p>
<p>I was on the 4th floor of Dickson this year and it was a great place to live freshman year - kids that I knew (and knew of) in various contexts would just converge upon some of the Dickson lounges and every night they were just full of activity. </p>
<p>The notion that singles are paths to social suicide has the often unconsidered (and rather undesirable) corollary of expecting your roommate to be your social crutch. My dorm in high school had exclusively doubles, and by mid-term, kids who got along became social crutches for each other, while kids who didn’t ended up hating each other. Disagreements and awkward situations are always amplified by the fact that you can’t get a healthy amount of distance between roommates when you need it. </p>
<p>Singles, meanwhile, allow you to have amicable relationships with many more people, except that you’ll have to keep each other interested and engaged. It gives you some room to go through the trials and tribulations of college life without having another person ‘intrude’ upon it. Other kids in your (very long) hallways will be in the same boat as you and they’ll try their best to leave their doors open and socialize. Many of the kids who were all wary their first week about being placed in a single against their wishes also turned out to be among those who had the most fun in Dickson.</p>