<p>I don't want a rommate. So, what schools guarantee that you receive a single dorm if that's your preference? Geographic region and selectivity are not factors as of now, but I do ask that you limit your suggestions to US schools. You guys rock. Thanks!</p>
<p>One that I know of is Cornell.</p>
<p>Mills College in Oakland, CA - I think they have only (or predominantly) singles. (Of course, you have to be female to go there!)</p>
<p>Columbia doesn't guarantee it, but almost half the freshman live in John Jay, which is almost entirely singles, but not the number one requested dorm. I've never heard of a student requesting JJ and not getting it. (Soph year is problematical. S is in a walk-thru double, but many sophs are in regular doubles. AFter that, almost everyone has a single.)</p>
<p>According to Athena who posts here and worked in Dart Housing Office this summer, more students requested doubles than there were available spaces, so anyone special requesting a single, pretty much got one.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure Washington & Lee guarantees a single if you ask for it, but you also have to pay extra for it.</p>
<p>Williams College is predominanly singles, freshmens live in suite where you have 2-4 singles joined by a common space room, but it's very closed of, an one of the least social living situations you can have in your college experience, but some people are set on missing out on one of the best things about college.</p>
<p>Not to contest, but may I ask why you don't want a roomate all four years?</p>
<p>VAnderbilt guarantees it if you request it for freshman. I don't know about the other years. they do a pretty good job too. they ask what kind of person you are: social, quite, etc, and they assign dorms accordingly. I'm staying in a single and it's quite most of the time.</p>
<p>Penn doesn't guarantee them put if you request Stouffer College House, the least popular dorm by far, you're practically guaranteed a single.</p>
<p>connecticut college guarantees singles after freshman year</p>
<p>Having a roommate could be one of the best experiences of your life. You get a life-long friend. Don't go into college being stubborn saying "I want to be by myself, no roommates" when you really haven't experienced it yet.</p>
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<p>Ditto, I've lived in a quad with 3 different personality types, in the end, after four years, two becmae my best friends. Most would agree that your closest friends will either come from roomates or clubs/teams.</p>
<p>...or you could live in a suite of singles, in which case your closest friends would come from your suite and live near you, but you still get your own private space.</p>
<p>Some people do well with roommates, others (myself included) know they wouldn't.</p>
<p>Incidentally, MIT doesn't guarantee a single if you request one, per se, but two dorms are all singles, and everyone gets either their first or second choice. ;)</p>