<p>It IS a blessing. Everyone above has pointed out some positives, but another one is that random roommate assignments can turn out great or not so great. Probably the great ones aren’t all that common and it’s more likely to get a situation that’s just ok or that could even be terrible. Both my kids had random roommates freshman year. D’s experience was awful, S’s was great. S’s sophomore experience was not great, but could have been worse.
They BOTH would have loved a single, particularly to be able to have some privacy occasionally. Both felt it would have made it easier to study. </p>
<p>Again, count your blessings.</p>