social situation of Triples? From boarding school

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<p>I would really like to room in a triple, mostly because of the social benefits (I so I will be doing starting off with college sophomore classes instead of freshman classes, so I won?t get the benefits of being in the freshman classes where we are all in the same boat not really know anyone). So, I figured that with a triple I will be able to know more people, since people bring their friends into their dorms=more people to meet. This will help since I am like a person taking transfer student?s classes but technically NOT a transfer?I?m still finishing my senior year. I just took lots of community college classes while in high school, and they waived my freshman year of college.
Even though the extra $800 we save from rooming with a triple is a HUGE bonus, at the same time there?s no kitchen for those who room in triples. If I room in a triple I can save money, but without a kitchen I?ll have to spend more money on food at the dining hall, so If I get a double w/ a kitchen in the living room/lobby, I can save money on the food. I think that rooming in a triple will be really nice since I won?t really have classes with other freshman, and the sophomore classes will have people that have already made friends and found their place. I wan to meet more freshman, I just think that freshman are more open since everyone?s in the same boat. I really want the social benefits of a triple (don?t mind the extra drama) but I need a kitchen to save $$ on food since I am not getting much financial aid and I will be extremely poor in college (b/c of family situations that UC’s don?t give a crap about). </p>

<p>So is the money I save on food w/ a kitchen more than the money I would save by rooming in a triple instead of a double? I am definitely NOT doing a single. I have very mild loner tendencies and maybe a triple will desensitize me (?). BTW I am female. </p>

<p>For those of you in the Upper/lower apartments, do you interact a lot with your suitemates? And do people actually use the kitchens that come with the lower/upper apartment? Is the res hall better or are the apartments better? I need to weigh these factors with the money problems. </p>

<p>I also roomed in a quadruple my freshman year when I went to boarding school and everything was fine, but the rooms were like three times that of the doubles.</p>

<p>And do people actually study in the dorms? I heard from the eye doctor that the libraries? fluorescent lights are really bad for your eyes?</p>

<p>omigod sorry for the long post!!!</p>

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<p>I don’t think I would have survived in a triple, but if you’re ok with sharing such a small space with two others I guess it would allow a bit more opportunity to meet folks. Of course, they may not necessarily be people you want to meet, so don’t expect too much from your roommates. </p>

<p>You’d probably save more money rooming in the triple and eating your meals on campus with your meal plan (at least that’s how it is at my school). </p>

<p>As for the studying, it’s very difficult for most of the people I know to study in their rooms. There are just way too many distractions even when you’re the only one in the room. When I really need to study and can’t keep away from all my fun stuff in here, I just go to the library for a few hours. It’s amazing how much you can get done in a library :)</p>

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<p>bumpitdy bump bump…</p>

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<p>from what I’ve heard, frosh triples often end with someone being the odd man out.</p>

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<p>I would go for a quad if you really want to social benefits…the above is right with tripples being left out</p>

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<p>Yeah, I can’t imagine having to live in a triple. My roomie is great, but just the two of us was plenty in our little shoe box.</p>

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<p>I lived last semester in a triple with two people I didn’t know, and I was pretty miserable. It can be really hard to work on the group dynamics, and if you don’t click with your roommates, the friends that they bring over can get really annoying really fast. It depends on how big the room is, and how organized your roommates are, but the potential for conflicts is a lot larger when three people are sharing a room- different sleep patterns, different homework habits, music choices etc. I would never return to a triple, but that’s just me.</p>