<p>As the title was already saying, what do you guys think about singles and doubles? I like the privacy of the single but I'm worried it might be more difficult to meet new people in a single because you don't have a roommate. Any advice on this?</p>
<p>I can always meet your housemates in the hallways, common areas,…
You are not isolated if you live in a single room.</p>
<p>I agree with coolweather…</p>
<p>Penn is a big place: undergrads, grads, faculty, hospitals, etc. I lived in a single my freshman year at Penn in the 1970’s. I met no one in hallways or common areas. If I were to do over again I’d opt for a triple in the Quad. </p>
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<p>I also was at Penn in the '70s, and visit frequently now as I live fairly close and currently have a kid there. It’s MUCH different now than it was in the '70s. The college house system, started in the '90s, has significantly enhanced the social scene and communities in the dorms, and especially in the freshmen-dominated dorms (Hill, the three college houses in the Quad, etc.). For example, the three Quad college houses (Fisher Hassenfeld, Ware, and Riepe) have been completely renovated since I lived there in the '70s (when the Quad was just 39 connected dorms and not the three large college houses it is today), and now have lounges and common spaces throughout (and central air conditioning!), as well as lots of social programming and events for the residents. As a result, and based on vicarious experience through my own kid, my sense is that all the college houses–and especially the ones where most of the freshmen live–are much more conducive to socializing and meeting folks than the dorms were when you and I were at Penn. In fact, the whole undergraduate campus experience is much more cohesive and integrated–and PROGRAMMED (for lack of a better term)–than when we were at Penn in the '70s. But my impression is that similar changes also have occurred at virtually all of Penn’s peers. And of course, much of the social and event coordination and communication now occurs through the internet and social networking, which we didn’t have way back in the dark ages. :)</p>
<p>My son had a single in the quad for his freshman year. He enjoyed it because he was a poor sleeper. However, he felt a bit lonely having to go to dinners by himself because he had no roommate to wait for him and all others had left. </p>