<p>While I know a lot of people recommend having a roommate their freshman year, I am very independent and would prefer to live in a single dorm room if I could. Are there a lot of single dorms at University of Michigan, and what are the chances of getting one as a freshman?</p>
<p>I would strongly recommend against getting a single your freshman year. I am also a very independent person but not having a roommate would really kill a lot of social opportunities. </p>
<p>I know that you can request a single, but from my understanding, freshmen do not get them very often. Someone who is a student now would know.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. Anyone else have any ideas?</p>
<p>I think it’s unlikely, but not impossible. I lived in Bursley on North Campus during my freshman year, and I know at least one freshman (maybe two) lived in a single. Most singles are given to upperclassmen.</p>
<p>For the having a roommate vs not having a roommate debate, I’d suggest having a roommate for your first year at college. I had a ****ty roommate in my freshman year, and I hated it, but it also taught me how to be a good roommate and what NOT to do. Then again, I think people exaggerate the social benefits of having a roommate, but that’s just my opinion.</p>
<p>1) depends
2) little</p>
<p>It depends since you pick your own dorm room after freshman year, but due to seniority in picking it is still up largely to the people ahead of you.
As for the small chance, I knew of some people in singles in my dorm last year (Markley) but there were not many. Additionally, with all-time largest incoming classes as of lately the chances are not really improving.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>It always seems to me like there are lots of singles available that the upperclassmen wont take in newberry and barbour if you’re female and really want the single-- I lived in the former in a single and would never live in any other dorm again. I would guess that freshmen end up getting placed in those otherwise empty rooms.</p>
<p>I’ll be in the minority and say that living in a single makes for better social opportunities-- if you don’t get along with your roommate it makes it very difficult to /ever/ socialize in the dorm. Mine would invite people over to watch tv when I had already done so and told her about it, invite people over to spend the entire weekend all the time without notice and take up all the space so my friends couldn’t come over, and eventually my friends WOULDN’T come over because they didn’t want to deal with her. When her friends were over she’d stare at the floor and get all ****ed and refused to talk if her friends associated with me, so I spent most of the year hanging around my room with her friends being pointedly ignored. When I had a single it was a lot easier, I could have friends over whenever I wanted without disturbing her and there were no plans to conflict with. There are advantages to having a roommate but if you really don’t want one I wouldn’t let anyone scare you out of it. The other issue is when both you and your roommate make friends with someone, and then you and your roommate have a falling out-- one kid I knew my first year lost almost all his friends that way because everybody took sides. Having a roommate is not the be all and end all of dorm room socializing. If someone lives in a single and sits around by themselves all day not making friends that’s not because they live in a single, it’s because they’re an idiot.</p>
<p>Thanks Emaheevul07, that was what I was thinking. I’m confident I’ll still be able to make friends if I live in a single. Are singles significantly more expensive than doubles?</p>
<p>AO, I got a single this fall as a Freshman. I’ll be living in East Quad on Central. It was about 2 grand more I believe, well worth it for me. Both my brother and sister moved out of their dorms early their freshman year because of bad roommates, and although I realize I’m way different than them it was worth the extra security. I’m not worried about friends (or lack thereof) in a single. You probably wouldn’t be bffs with your roommate and you’ll almost always have different friends. Just don’t shut yourself in your dorm and you’ll be fine.</p>
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<p>For me, it was a very significant difference-- if memory serves, mine was even more expensive than the typical single because it had a private bath, I am remembering it being somewhere between $3,000 and $4,000 more but could be wrong. I made the adjustment to my budget because I had to, but it was not a good year for me financially. The actual prices are posted on the housing website, so you can see for yourself how much of a difference it makes for you.</p>