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<p>This is completely untrue. There are plenty of current first-years in singles in South Campus. I don’t know how it will be next year, or if all the singles have now been snatched up by returning students. But there’s probably a possibility of first-years getting singles.</p>
<p>A shared shower is only weird for two days. After that, it becomes a completely normal way of life.</p>
<p>The single-sex or co-ed bathroom thing varies a lot, even within residence halls. My house has only co-ed bathrooms, but there are some that have only single-sex bathrooms, and some that have a mix. Again, co-ed bathrooms are only weird for two days.</p>