<p>Thanks, guys for your replies. She seems to have come in terms with her assignment (especially after finding out that her dorm will be the only one AC-ed ;)). Does anybody know, how Butler's singles organized - are they "clustered" into suites or is it just the corridor of single rooms? How many rooms/people share any common area for hanging out together?</p>
<p>She will go to OA and, hopefully, will make some connections with people there. (BTW, do they have some "outdoor" club on the regular basis there?) She also intends to leave her door open whenever not sleeping/studying and play the guitar there to attract people in. ;)</p>
<p>my d is a soph. this year. she asked for and got a single last year. she spent 90% of her time in the 8 gal suite in her dorm.she was never at a loss for company, quickly found her niche socially and through a theater troupe. d is rather reserved and lived in substance free so her social life dn include partying.By the end of the year all the gals in the suite drew into singles their sophomore year! their rooms are nearby but they found, as did my d, when it came to studying having one's own room truly helped.midterms at princeton, d said are hectic because classes are in session.</p>
<p>Hope this makes your d reassured. Pm me if you like and I'll give you my d's email . She'd be happy to talk with your d.</p>
<p>bloomberg is very nice , if that is where she will be living. trust me the singles in wilson are way worse. d is looking forward to the new dorms in butler in 2009.</p>
<p>Haha, my first year, I wanted 2-3 roommates and I got 7! Definitely went for the single my sophomore year. But yeah, like a lot of people have said, you make friends with the people in your building pretty quickly...especially in the local bathroom! After seeing the same faces over and over every time you go to take a shower or brush your teeth, it's just awkward not to introduce yourself!</p>
<p>I completely understand your daughter's concerns. Having a single can make it more difficult to quickly bond with people, especially since a lot of girls immediately get close with their roommates. However, I had a double with a girl I didn't get along with at all, and the year turned into one long avoidance process. I could never be in the room at night because she was sleeping (and a LIGHT sleeper!) nor during the day because she was watching TV. I became essentially homeless. She won't have to worry about having a massively incompatible roommate; she will always have her own space. Remind her that this has its pros as well as its cons. Also, as has been mentioned, Bloomberg is more of a hallway-based social situation than a suite-based one as in some other colleges. She will probably spend plenty of time socializing with her hallmates or other friends. </p>
<p>Really - just don't worry. I hated my rooming situation, and I still wish I hadn't ended up in Forbes with a roommate I couldn't be in the same room with, but it forced me out and about campus a bit more, so that I had a broader campus experience than I would have otherwise. Every rooming situation has its upsides - try to get her to embrace those!</p>
<p>@amnesia - that comment is neither helpful nor comforting. Don't you remember being nervous at all before college? Let's not make it harder for the poor freshmen ...</p>
<p>wow...the exact same thing happened to me...i sent them an email and they said it was impossible to change anything....i was upset too but apparently everyone on my floor is a a single..im in whitman which makes up for it?</p>
<p>Oh yeah Whitman randomly has a bunch of freshman singles all grouped together... I know someone who had one last year. I would have thought they'd have kept the Whitman singles for upperclassmen...</p>
<p>They zone things off, so upperclassmen probably wanted the singles but couldn't get them. It's all part of the inter-class mingling they are trying to create.</p>
<p>I think your daughter should consider herself blessed. The first piece of advice that I give to all new college acceptees at any college is to REQUEST the Single room. You can not avoid meeting people and making friends, really. Ultimately it will be a haven when things get tough, and most socializing is not in the dorm anyway. </p>
<p>My own life experience was such that the first room-mate kicked me out when her out of town boyfriend showed up for the weekend (no discussion - although a sleeping bag in someone else's room was thrown in.) Then another time there was a guy in her bed in the middle of the night and they woke me up. Personally, I always regret not telling her to get a motel room.</p>
<p>I felt somewhat traumatized for years that there was something wrong with me for finding her a disaster. However, I did successfully have roommates for summer jobs and graduate school. </p>
<p>Additionally, I have one other piece of advice in case she finds that she really does not like the single (how I'll never know.) Find someone to switch with her for the single and then persuade the housing gods to allow it.</p>
<p>sometimes they'll assign you a single even when you requested roommates because you were too "picky" in your preferences - ie. you said you needed absolute quiet to sleep, or keep really odd hours, etc.
But I think in general people really enjoy living in singles and Bloomberg is really nice (besides the A/C and hardwood floors, there are bathrooms and laundry on every floor and study rooms and microwaves). Really won't be a problem to make friends - and it's always nicer to be able to choose your roommates if you decide to live with people sophomore year.</p>
<p>I agree with anothermom2! My freshman roommate routinely locked me out of our room on weekend nights and I had to find other friends to stay with...it was the biggest source of stress freshman year. The housing office refused to intervene, and my mother thought I should ask her nicely not to do it.
As a parent now, I can't believe that no one helped me manage the situation and that I endured that roommate for a whole year.
I would have loved a single...I had plenty of friends, but I really needed a quiet, safe place to sleep!</p>