<p>No this isn't a relationship thread xD
Making it short and sweet, typing on the iPad is cumbersome... </p>
<p>At boarding school we all want to have a social life but will making your room a double make that better? Or will it just give you more distractions?</p>
<p>A single may or may not detract because there are always little social rooms inside dorms. Therefore I'm debating right now. </p>
<p>Oh gosh. Just read over this and it's grammatically and structurally terrible. I won't be able to live....</p>
<p>Single over double/taken, any time of the year.</p>
<p>Idk, that roomate questionnaire sounds fun… ;)</p>
<p>Yet at most schools, you have to throw lottery to get a single :D. Unless you’re a student at Governor’s Academy, where singles are mandatory.</p>
<p>I was also pondering this question until camp last month; my tuition paid for a double (cheaper than a single), and I was already moved in with my roommate; but then, at the very last minute, he was moved to another room, so I had a single for the whole time. And what a relief it was!!! I understand that camp is a bit different from BS (I stayed in my friends’ room until 2 am; but then loved that I could be alone); also, if your roommate is absolutely awesome, it might be cool, but even then, some distance is always productive to a relationship. </p>
<p>I’m going to Exeter in the fall, where you can request a single if you want; I thought this was snobbish, so I didn’t do so, but I definitely think that it is better than a double. I have 3 friends starting Andover, and they will all have singles; but I don’t know whether they requested or whether all smurfs get singles. And I don’t know anything about other schools.</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>At Choate (I went to the summer camp there) I had a single room. It was great, because I could have privacy when I wanted it.
Also, it stinks to have a bad roommate. My friend had a real, ya know, for her roommate.
I’d say go for a single if you can.</p>
<p>Yeah. I obviously haven’t been accepted (duh) but when it came down to the choice, probably a single. I mean, you have plenty of time to socialize but your own room is a place to study quietly, furnish to your heart’s content…
It’s like being a day student-- they still hang around until 10 o clock, they just don’t have a roommate!</p>
<p>My daughter requested and got a single, because she likes having the option to be alone and with a roommate your space is always shared. At the same time she said she will have her door open most of the time for people to drop by. Personally I’d rather have a single my first year and later maybe decide who to room with, although many people suggest that best friends don’t always make the best roommates. I do think schools try their best to match people up.</p>
<p>At Thacher, all freshmen have singles. The reasoning is that freshman have enough going on with adjusting to boarding school life, and having a room to themselves their 9th grade year gives them sometimes much-needed “personal space.” Sophomores and juniors have roommates. Not totally sure about seniors - seniors most often serve as prefects, so I believe many seniors have singles, too.</p>
<p>The freshman boys’ dorm is super nice (completely remodeled several years ago), and the freshman girls’ dorm is undergoing complete renovations this year.</p>
<p>I heard from a friend who is a recent Choate alum that all freshman get a roommate, because they don’t want any freshman hoddled up in their rooms all day and not interacting.
I mean, I can see the logic in giving freshman singles and doubles.</p>
<p>Freshman at Choate are allowed to have singles. Our son had a single freshman year and will have one this year, too. He’s an outgoing kid but, as an only child, he’s used to privacy. He says he’ll think about a roommate for junior year. Choate does not charge extra for singles.</p>
<p>Perhaps it was just freshman girls then, unless they changed it within the last two years, which is not impossible.</p>