<p>Melynda, I would definitely encourage you to enter the singles lottery if you are unhappy with your room (and I wouldn’t blame you if you were–I know a double in Dickinson wouldn’t be my cup of tea, anyway). If you end up loving your room and your roommate you can always back out (although if you go to the singles lottery and decide you’d rather not take a single because there aren’t any you like or whatever, you can’t enter it again for the rest of the year, I believe). There are probably some seniors who want singles and don’t have them for whatever reason (although most seniors who want singles can get them), so you’ll be behind them. Also, I’m not sure if this is true ot not, but I believe seniors who are unhappy with their dorm but have singles can enter the singles lottery to try to find singles in more desirable dorms (something I’m thinking of doing). That may sound annoying, but the good thing about that is that their singles then become available to juniors and sophomores who want them. Who knows? You might end up in my single in the Delles! :)</p>
<p>I had a lot of success with the singles lottery last year. Granted, it was at the beginning of spring semester (as CrewMom said, there are more singles available spring semester because juniors go abroad and some seniors graduate a semester early), but I’d give it a try anyway. I was able to get a very nice single in the New Dorm as a junior with an only OK number. (A lot of people didn’t show.) Go ahead and enter; the worst that can happen is that you don’t get it, and then you’re no worse off then you were, and you certainly won’t get it if you don’t enter.</p>