<p>Don't you think it's boring to just be in a room by yourself all night long for four years? The social aspect of a roommate is attractive to me, at least.</p>
<p>Besides, it's a good challenge and a good experience. Say, when you eventually have a girlfriend who moves in with you, at least you have some experience with living with someone else.</p>
<p>I wasn't all too excited in the beginning about having a room mate but now that I think about it, it seems good. It'll be interesting and edicational.</p>
<p>When I showed up to my temp room as a frosh (we don't choose final housing assignments until several days after arriving on campus, but we get "temp" assignments based on preferences expressed over the summer), I found that I was in a double. I didn't want a roommate, so I figured I'd go for a single. My temp roommate also came in thinking she didn't want a roommate. After spending a couple of days together in our temp room, we decided that we enjoyed being roommates so much that we would request being put together in a double!</p>
<p>Sometimes, especially when you're shy and it's early in your college career, it's nice to have a kindred spirit around. Of course, a big factor in roommate enjoyment is roommate compatibility. I had the advantage of being able to choose mine.</p>
<p>Look off-campus for housing, especially frats that take boarders (usually have to be at least a soph, though).</p>
<p>I'm boarding at a frat next semester. I'll be in a single for LESS THAN HALF the price of a DOUBLE through my University. And free, unlimited Internet, cable TV, dining plan, workout room, big screen TV and lounge, library, etc. The deals are out there.</p>
<p>I'm definitely looking forward to having a roommate. I was in a single for orientation and it was really lonely, I hated it. So I'm defintely looking forward to the social aspect of it - I think it will end up being a lot of fun.</p>
<p>I want a roommate, because I talk in my sleep and I get depressed if no one's listening.</p>
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No. I've been doing it my entire life. (Single child, for all intents and purposes.)</p>
<p>I did go to some special summer camp at a college when I was 11 or so where I shared a room with another kid, and that went okay. It was somewhat nice to have the company. But things were a little less complicated back in 'those' days.</p>
<p>Now, there are all sorts of other things to deal with like snoring, sexiling, odd sleep patterns, roommate coming in dumb drunk in the middle of the night, just to start the list. No. I think i'd rather have a single.</p>
<p>Though, the setup where three people share a 'house' of sorts, but with separate bedrooms, might sound a little more attractive.</p>
<p>My school is cool because we have "split-doubles." It's basically a huge room with a wall dividing the two spaces and with a little hallway connecting them. So we get to have a rommate but keep our privacy too.</p>