<p>I agree with cgm. if someone can’t handle the light from a computer screen or a small lamp, they need to buy a sleep mask, or learn to deal with it.</p>
<p>Going to bed at 10 PM in college is extremely abnormal. A great number of students aren’t even done their various activities until 10 PM, and personally I don’t know anyone who regularly goes to sleep before 12. If someone wants to go to bed at 10 PM, that’s fine, and it’s completely their prerogative. Roommates should adapt to that, but having to go elsewhere to work quietly on a computer is more than absurd.</p>
<p>My S has labs two nights a week 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Since he has a class those days just before his labs, he can only get his dinner after 9:30pm. I am sure he doesn’t even get back to his room till 11pm those nights.</p>
<p>With such rigorous schedules, students must learn to accomodate with their roommate’s late nights. I think the first semester in Freshman year is probably the most testy one for early sleepers. Within a couple of months, with a positive attitude, I am sure they can all learn to adapt and accept different sleep schedules.</p>
<p>My S’s room mate seems very accomodating. I wonder if girls have more difficulty adjusting than boys? Boys can be much more flexible with such issues.</p>
<p>Both of my D’s met their room mates at their orientations. D1 is very social and has lots of friends but she’s a computer engineering major with early classes and a very demanding study schedule. She’s always been a morning person and wanted a room mate with a similar schedule/needs. Her room mate is a Chem. major with a similar schedule. They’re both pretty neat, and like to party, but they do it on weekends. They get along very well but are not BFF’s. D2 followed sisters lead. She also met her room mate at orientation. They realized that they were both musical theatre majors, are kind of messy, love the same kind of music and have almost identical hours/sleep needs. They ARE best friends. It can work, you just have to be very clear about sleep/study needs and be very honest about how neat you are.
It also helps if you can respect each other’s boundaries and can communicate!
Oh and BTW, D1 AND her room mate are both in bed by 11:00 on week nights as are several other kids on their floor. I guess they must all be pretty abnormal, oh well. All are pretty happy and getting good grades and that’s all that matters in my book!</p>
<p>I could accept a roommate going to bed early during weekend if this girl or boy has an early morning class, but I the OP says, this girl does exactly the same during weekend and that is a sign of an antisocial person.
Poor her roommate having to go to study somewhere else since she pays the same amount that the sleeping roommate does.</p>