<p>I have to submit my housing application pretty soon and I'm totally stuck between a single and a double. I like the privacy of the single, but I'm a bit afraid I will miss out on things if I don't have a roommate. Will it be more difficult to make friends in a single? I will go to a school that is known to be very social, and in every dorm the singles and doubles are scattered amongst each other, so that might make it easier to socialize in a single. Any advice?</p>
<p>please guys, the deadline for my housing app is closing in and I really can’t decide. Help a brother out here</p>
<p>What kind of person are you? Personally I HATE having a roommate. I have to be alone for a good part of the day, and the last thing I want is to come to my room after a busy day and not be able to be alone in my room. Some people love living with other people. Your room would also be a quiet place just for you. For me it doesn’t matter if it’s the best roommate ever or the nicest guy ever, I prefer my own room.</p>
<p>You won’t miss out on much, just because someone is your roommate doesn’t mean he will be your friend, but it usually happens. Your attitude and social skills make friends.</p>
<p>I am very biased as I’ve been wanting a single ever since I started college, so I say go with single!</p>
<p>If you have the opportunity to,get a single and can afford it, I would recommend taking the single. I don’t think that you will miss out in anything, not with all the means of communication these days. Perhaps you could request a freshman dorm? when I was in colllege, I think that I would have enjoyed having a single room, but it wasn’t an option for me. </p>
<p>I think I’ll take the single. I will probably be in an mostly freshmen dorm (around 95% is freshmen), and I’ll just leave my door open the first few days and try to meet a lot of new people. I’m just a bit worried about the new student orientation events and having dinner the first few days. People with a roommate have an instant buddy to do these things with. Hopefully there will be someone else in a single pretty nearby. Also, I’m an international student so hopefully I’ll make a few friends and the international student orientation which is earlier than the NSO, which will give me a little head start.</p>
<p>If you’re going to be a freshman, everybody is going to be looking for friends/a social group their first year. Having a single is not going to impede you from finding friends.</p>
<p>Personally, I’m one of those weird people who loves living with other people. I feel lonely by myself. I liked having a roommate my freshman year, but there’s also something nice about having a room to yourself. You also don’t have to worry about negotiating when to bring over friends or a partner, or when to turn the lights out and music off, or about waking her/him up when you walk in at 4 am. (Now, as an adult, I would never share a room with another person aside from my husband. Half the time I don’t even want to share with him, lol.)</p>
<p>I had a single in years 2-4 in college (I was an RA as a sophomore and junior, and all seniors get singles at my undergrad). Sometimes I missed having a roommate, and sometimes I didn’t - but I’m a very social person who likes to be with people most of the time.</p>