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I am wondering if I should TRY to get a single room or just get a double room.
I am most likely going to go to Queens or Western, and i am a person that was actually looking forwards to a roommate,
but was wondering, people that had a double room, do you really regret not being in a single room?
how easy are things with/without a roommate?
Less socialization if you are in a single room?
(traditional, im not going to suite styles)
just some insights on being in a single/double room
and goods and bads of it!
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I applied for rez at Western and stated I wanted a single room if available. From what I've heard on here and from friends at Western, if you get a single room in a traditional like Deli or Med-Syd, it's no different social-wise as having a roommate because in either case, you can leave your door open for people to drop by and introduce themselves. Perth is a bit more difficult because of the whole two door thing, but my friends that lived at Perth this year said it wasn't that bad.
Some reasons why I decided on wanting a single:
I can keep the room as clean/messy (read: comfortable) as I want without some slob or anal retentive roomie.
No worries about the roomie hooking up with a girl, and me walking in or being forced to find another place to crash for the night.
No worries about my roomie's weird fetishes if they have any (my friend at York's roomie would have phone sex with her boyfriend with my friend in the room, and she'd disappear under the covers to pleasure herself) - definitely DON'T need or want that happening.
If I'm hooking up with a girl I don't have to worry about the roomie.
Wouldn't feel like I'm imposing on my roomie when my friends visit and sleep over and vice versa.
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I lived in a double. There was times when it was amazing, and times it was terrible. It's sort of a crap shoot with a double because you don't know who you're going to end up with.
I don't regret living in a double. It's another one of those things that you'll probably only get to do for 8 months of your life and can be a great experience and will definitely be a learning experience.
-Stringer
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I know that when I was considering living in residence, I would definitely be opting for a single room. It's kind of the middle of the road option. You would be still able to have the experience of living with other students, but it would also give you the option of privacy when you want it.
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yeh do double room people ever have privacy? or they have to go into the closet? 
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I really think that I would just get frustrated with having another person in my room, I would always feel like I would have to accomodate them in whatever way to be nice. I like having the freedom to do what I want to do. I also like my privacy.
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I don't regret living in a double. I think in a way it forced me to be more social. My roomate was in a completely different program (CS vs Arts) and I didn't keep in touch with her really, but we got along just fine as roomates. The week where she turned 19 and I had strep throat was maybe not the most fun though ;)
 
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I think most people are inherently good people, so I wouldn't worry about getting some huge douchebag as a roommate.
What you have to learn to do (as you will for life with someone else, e.g. a spouse) is make compromises. You can't always do what you want to do, you have to take into consideration your roommate (and he or she should do the same). So it is a learning experience in that regard, but I don't think it will be too difficult for anyone (particularly if you have a sibling). I'd say the few crappy times when I had to give up doing something because it didn't float with my roommate were easily surpassed by the number of good times we had together. One thing I miss were the talks we would have as we were going to sleep. Another nice thing, which was because my roommate and I were in different programs, was that we would rarely be stressing out over the same exam. So if I was in that crappy I-have-an-exam-coming-up mood, chances are that he wouldn't be.
If you're going to Western and wanting to get into the traditional-style residences, then chances (90%+) are that you will have a double room.
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If you have a single room and you want conversation, you can always merely step out. If you have a double room and want privacy or solitude, things are not as simple.
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mcgillguy88 wrote:If you have a single room and you want conversation, you can always merely step out. If you have a double room and want privacy or solitude, things are not as simple. Step out of your room... I never really had a problem with privacy in my double room. If I wanted to study I could go to a study area in my residence or to the library.
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Don't things get difficult when Girlfriends come into the equation? Arghh...it would suck to have your roomie there on special nights 
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martin wrote:Don't things get difficult when Girlfriends come into the equation? Arghh...it would suck to have your roomie there on special nights Arrange something...
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Boyfriends and Girlfriends are another reason why I would just prefer a single room. I'm one of those people who tends to let people walk over them. (Inside I'm probably fuming) But I just want to be nice. If I wanted to have my boyfriend over, I probably never would anyways, because I would always feel as though I am inconveniencing my room mate, and that I'm being a burden to them. And if in fact I was the other room mate, even though I really wouldn't want to leave my room for the entire day, I would feel as though I would be burdening my room mate by not leaving, so that they could have their 'special' time with their boyfriend/girlfriend.
I'm just a person that likes my space, but I also like to meet new people and be social. I would just prefer my own room where I could go to be uninterrupted with the door shut sometimes. And when I want to, I could leave my door open, and go out and talk to people. Yeah sure, go to university, have fun, meet new people, but I don't think I could handle being in a room smaller than the size of my current bedroom, with another person, for 8 months. I appreciate my privacy, and when having a bad day, all I want is to be able to to come back to my room, and be alone for an hour or so. At the end of a long stressful school day, the last thing I want is to feel as though there is always someone there who I have to accomodate or cater to.
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I would say, that if you had a serious boyfriend or girlfriend, that you will more than likely be with as you head off to school. I would opt for a single room. At least that way, when you want to have your boyfriend or girlfriend over, you don't have anyone else to worry about bothering. It just makes things easier, less complicated and frustrating. It also makes things easier on a potential room mate who would otherwise lose sleep some nights due to staying up to talk to them on the phone, or hear the clatter of your typing as you talk to them on msn. And it would also allow for your space after you come back from Christmas Break, and you two have broken up. You are still able to have your time to yourself, but there are also lots of people on your floor whom you can go talk to when you feel ready.
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alys98 wrote:I would say, that if you had a serious boyfriend or girlfriend, that you will more than likely be with as you head off to school. I would opt for a single room. At least that way, when you want to have your boyfriend or girlfriend over, you don't have anyone else to worry about bothering. It just makes things easier, less complicated and frustrating. It also makes things easier on a potential room mate who would otherwise lose sleep some nights due to staying up to talk to them on the phone, or hear the clatter of your typing as you talk to them on msn. And it would also allow for your space after you come back from Christmas Break, and you two have broken up. You are still able to have your time to yourself, but there are also lots of people on your floor whom you can go talk to when you feel ready. LOL Christmas break? That's a long time. My philosophy teacher calls it the Turkey dump, and it happens on Thanksgiving because it's usually the first weekend you're back home. I definitely saw the evidence this year too, four serious couples in my grade (including myself and the ex) were broken up by just after Thanksgiving.
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Personally I've settled on the single room. I do want univerity to be a fun and social experience, but I also know that I would not be able to be around people every hour of everyday, and wake up and have someone be there. I want to know that if I need it, I can't get some privacy and not have someone hanging constantly around.
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Oh another reason for single room is if you and your roomie have different schedules and he has like 8am classes so sets his alarm for 7 and you don't have a class until 10. I'm not one who can fall back asleep easily once I'm woken up, so that would suck.
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I think most of you are in for a big shock when it comes to the noise level of dorms. Single or double, there will be noise basically 24/7.
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Stringer wrote:I think most of you are in for a big shock when it comes to the noise level of dorms. Single or double, there will be noise basically 24/7. I can handle muffled noises. I know the walls in rez are paper thin, but I've slept in them before, and now what to expect. I'm a heavy sleeper, but shrilly, piercing noises wake me up. Like I can sleep through yelling, shouting, music, loud noise, but even the smallest beep can wake me up 
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bigbadsheep wrote:alys98 wrote:I would say, that if you had a serious boyfriend or girlfriend, that you will more than likely be with as you head off to school. I would opt for a single room. At least that way, when you want to have your boyfriend or girlfriend over, you don't have anyone else to worry about bothering. It just makes things easier, less complicated and frustrating. It also makes things easier on a potential room mate who would otherwise lose sleep some nights due to staying up to talk to them on the phone, or hear the clatter of your typing as you talk to them on msn. And it would also allow for your space after you come back from Christmas Break, and you two have broken up. You are still able to have your time to yourself, but there are also lots of people on your floor whom you can go talk to when you feel ready. LOL Christmas break? That's a long time. My philosophy teacher calls it the Turkey dump, and it happens on Thanksgiving because it's usually the first weekend you're back home. I definitely saw the evidence this year too, four serious couples in my grade (including myself and the ex) were broken up by just after Thanksgiving. I'm just joking around with people on this board. lol. The ones that say "I love my boyfriend/girlfriend to death, and were not going to break up by Christmas" and then you see them when they come home at Christmas, and they have broken up with their boyfriend or girlfriend lol. I wasn't actually implying that that's what would happen with one of my relationships. haha. But it does tend to happen a lot. I had a lot of friends that went away with boyfriends and girlfriends last year, and came out of the experience without them lol.
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