Single Dorm for Freshman Year?

ianeberle
Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:56:14 +0000

I am wondering if a single dorm is a good decision for freshman year. I want to live on campus so that I’m in close proximity to student life / party life. However, I consider myself a social introvert, meaning that I enjoy the company of others, but only on my terms. Being forced to be around people stresses me out sometimes - I need my alone time.

I was wondering if anyone here decided to get a single dorm freshman year. Do you lose some of the social atmosphere because you don’t have a buddy system to both show up at parties together at the beginning of the year? Did you ever get lonely in a single dorm?

I’m simply worried because I don’t want to alter my schedule to become compatible with anyone else. Sometimes there’s days where I want to be around lots of people at once, and sometimes there’s days where I want to be completely alone to relax.