<p>What’s the chance of Pitt letting me switch into a single somewhere? I’m a freshman, and these past few days I’ve realized that I really don’t like having a roommate. I need my own space.</p>
<p>My daughter tried to switch her freshman year without success. She wanted to move to honors housing, though, rather than a single. Good luck.</p>
<p>With due respect, I think it’s too soon to know anything other than that you’re making an adjustment to a new living situation. Adjusting is hard. It takes time.</p>
<p>I don’t know much at all about Pitt, but I’d bet you $100 that’s what the housing office is going to tell you. And they’re right. It’s unlikely but possible that you’re right, and you just can’t tolerate having a roommate. But it’s too soon to know that.</p>
<p>You and your roommate have had a rocky start. It sounds as if that may not have been entirely your fault. I hope that relationship can be repaired. </p>
<p>If it can’t be repaired, you might get moved to a new rooming situation. At most universities, the chances of a freshman getting a single without a documented medical reason to have one are basically nil.</p>
<p>Forensicwhiz - Take a breath and realize that once classes start and you get busy with classwork, maybe a couple clubs, and doing stuff with the friends you will be making - you will not be together with your roommate in those orientation activities that push you all together 24/7. (My ds had the rockiest of roommates freshman year - and the smallest room in a suite - in the end, the roomate who never studied and partied all the time, took up living with friends he made on another floor and my ds lucked into a virtual single without having to move.) Wishing you the best of luck in your classes and these first few weeks!</p>
<p>Talk to your RA and see what the process is. My daughter did not really get along with her roommate freshman year, but she turned that situation into a positive. She socialized a lot with the other kids on the floor, and then welcomed the social break in her room. Since she and her roommate didn’t really talk a lot, it was almost like having a room to herself.</p>
<p>She established friendships with others that she lived in an apartment with the next two years.</p>
<p>Just make sure to keep your RA in the loop as things move on, so if it is a situation where you need to move, you have someone on your side.</p>