<p>What are the chances of getting a single room at Princeton as a freshman? Can you request one? What about after freshman year? Also, where are the single dorms located? I really like Whitman College so I hope that there are some there.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I requested a single and got it. A lot of other freshman that I've met also got singles.</p>
<p>Princeton actually has a lot of singles for underclassmen (they are going to be mostly in Butler, once it is finished). If you request it and put that it is the most important for you (the housing form makes you rank requests) you have a good chance of getting it. Supposedly you get sorted into a residential college randomly then they look at your rooming preferences, which I don't really buy. But if true, that means that if you were sorted into Rocky, your chances of getting a single are slim (most rooms in Rocky are quads and sophomores take all the singles). However after freshman year you always have the chance of drawing into a single if you have a good draw time.</p>
<p>it seems pretty true that you are sorted randomly into residential colleges- other than of course the outliers, like those whose parents have donated buildings/colleges tend to get nicer housing assignments.</p>
<p>I know Butler and Bloomberg rooms are pretty much all singles. However, neither of them have that gothic look that is so much a part of Princeton...</p>
<p>The thing that makes me question whether they sort blindly or based on your room preference is that a lot of people who end up in a butler single said they wrote that they wanted a single, and a lot of people in a rocky quad said they wanted a quad...so it feels like logically there would be a lot more people who didn't get what they wanted (ie. if they listed they wanted a quad but were sorted into butler...well there are no quads there) if res colleges were really determined blindly</p>
<p>its not blind in an absolute sense, but rather they take a poll of a few important parameters and try and keep everyone happy with favoring certain denominations of matriculants. It works pretty smoothly, IMO.</p>
<p>My D asked for 2-3 roommates and got a single in Butler/Bloomberg. Her friend asked for a single - and got 5 (!) roommates.</p>
<p>Yes. Perhaps in the large suite, there will be smaller rooms? Or maybe roommate number wasn't requested as the number one consideration. Lots of possibilities. It tends to work out though.</p>
<p>I'd try for at least one roommate during freshman year. That way you get to meet a ton more people. And getting a single as a freshman isn't too tricky, but it's certainly the hardest. Once you room draw you'll be able to get a single if you want one.</p>
<p>I don't think a having a roomate has much to do with meeting more people because a roomate is only one person..I'm sure people who choose to get singles won't have a hard time meeting others.</p>
<p>The problem is when you live in a hall full of singles and sometimes this means you're all eager to know each other, but other times it means the people who choose singles are the same ones that are more antisocial, so aren't as eager to knock on a neighbor's door.</p>