2014-10-29, 06:45 PM
Personally, I enjoyed the singles way more than when I had roommates.
First year: 4 people, 4 bedrooms, 1 apartment style room (2 bathrooms for 2 bedrooms to share). My bathroom-mate was horrible, he would shave and leave his cut hairs all over the sink, pubes all over the toilet. It was disgusting, so much so that my mom came and visited, freaked out and started yelling while cleaning the bathroom, and all my roommate did was slowly close the door. My other two roommates were good and bad. 1 became a good friend, while the other brought his 17 year old girlfriend over (he was 22) and drink and have sex, and take showers together. I should also mention that he would setup an entire drum kit in his room, and play it at like 10 AM in the morning, and having all the doors closed were not enough to dull out the noise from it.
Second year: After not getting an RA position and having issues with my financial aid, all that was available was a small single room in the freshmen dorms. It wasn't bad, I was in a room to myself, but it was tiny. Just enough room for me bed, my 46inch TV, a desk and a desk chair. It was nice though, I had some fun times hanging out with girls and watching movies with them.
Third year: I was an RA this year, and was put into a real apartment, but had 2 "roommates" that were also my residents. This wasn't bad either, I had a bedroom and a bathroom to myself, and the bedroom was almost twice as big as the one from the year before, plus it was free for being an RA. My two roommates had to share a master bedroom.
Fourth year: This one is an exception, because the room was a staff apartment while I was a student staff supervisor. It was a big 1 bedroom apartment with a living room and a kitchen/dining area. I lived alone in it.
Beyond that, I can honestly say the only thing keeping you from having a social life while living on campus, or really going to school in general, is you. There should be plenty of events happening, and you should be getting out and meeting people and making friends to make it better.
First year: 4 people, 4 bedrooms, 1 apartment style room (2 bathrooms for 2 bedrooms to share). My bathroom-mate was horrible, he would shave and leave his cut hairs all over the sink, pubes all over the toilet. It was disgusting, so much so that my mom came and visited, freaked out and started yelling while cleaning the bathroom, and all my roommate did was slowly close the door. My other two roommates were good and bad. 1 became a good friend, while the other brought his 17 year old girlfriend over (he was 22) and drink and have sex, and take showers together. I should also mention that he would setup an entire drum kit in his room, and play it at like 10 AM in the morning, and having all the doors closed were not enough to dull out the noise from it.
Second year: After not getting an RA position and having issues with my financial aid, all that was available was a small single room in the freshmen dorms. It wasn't bad, I was in a room to myself, but it was tiny. Just enough room for me bed, my 46inch TV, a desk and a desk chair. It was nice though, I had some fun times hanging out with girls and watching movies with them.
Third year: I was an RA this year, and was put into a real apartment, but had 2 "roommates" that were also my residents. This wasn't bad either, I had a bedroom and a bathroom to myself, and the bedroom was almost twice as big as the one from the year before, plus it was free for being an RA. My two roommates had to share a master bedroom.
Fourth year: This one is an exception, because the room was a staff apartment while I was a student staff supervisor. It was a big 1 bedroom apartment with a living room and a kitchen/dining area. I lived alone in it.
Beyond that, I can honestly say the only thing keeping you from having a social life while living on campus, or really going to school in general, is you. There should be plenty of events happening, and you should be getting out and meeting people and making friends to make it better.