<p>My d got assigned to a triple room. she is not thrilled. anyone else have experience in this area? The rooms are so small…I can’t imagine 2 girls much less 3 girls in a room!!!</p>
<p>Is it a room designed for three or two? I think that makes a huge difference. When I was a freshman in college (decades ago) I was stuck in a double room with two other girls. They got there first and took both desks, dressers, and closets. I got the top bunk and lived out of a suitcase the first several weeks until two of us moved out and got a room together.</p>
<p>Surprisingly, kids “nowadays” do not seem to mind the multiple rooms at all. In fact, many of them at my son’s school tried to sign up for them! </p>
<p>I think the good thing about them is that it gives you two roommates to choose from – if you don’t like one of them you have another that might be better. (That was certainly the case for my triple anyway! 
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<p>My D had some unpleasant experiences at pre-college summer camps.<br>
At one camp, her roommate stayed up most of the night and never went to classes. My D opted for a single her freshman year. That worked out very well. She had no problem making friends. She also had no problem closing her door so she could study or go to sleep in time for 8am classes. Even with a single, she did have some problems with noise on Friday nights. She sometimes needed earplugs so she could get to sleep earlier enough for classes and other activities on Saturday morning.</p>
<p>My older son was also stuck in a double with two other boys one year. It was a bit crowded, but they managed to work things out, and my son had a good year. If it is a room designed to be a triple, it should be a lot easier. True, it can be difficult to find much privacy, and differing sleep schedules may take some adjusting to, but it is a good exercising in flexibility.</p>
<p>I remember when my boys were little, and all the books I read said that each child should have his own room. Well, it didn’t work out that way. My boys had to share a room from babyhood on. I felt a bit guilty at the time, but I think it paid off when they went to college. Adjusting to a roommate was no big deal.</p>
<p>25 years ago when I was in college a third girl got assigned to my double room because more students than anticipated had opted for dorm rooms. The room was actually assigned to my roommate and me. So when a space became available in another dorm just before T’giving, the extra girl moved out. It was very close quarters for those first couple of months in a 6th floor room with no air conditioning in the South but we managed.</p>
<p>My daughter got a triple–designed as a double-- and liked her roommates fairly well. By Feb, however, both had moved out. One really wanted a studio apartment and the other had never had a room to herself and second semester one opened up. SO – my daughter enjoyed four months in what she called “the best room on campus!”</p>
<p>Are you sure it’s not a three room combination that some schools call, “triples”? As an incoming frosh, my D was assigned a triple that actually ended up being a quad. It consisted of three rooms. The one in the middle was orignally meant to serve as a common room/study, and was also the main entrance to the suite of rooms. There was a room on either side of this main room. One was a monk’s cell of a single. The other was a double that adequately accommodated two people, but not three. Since there were four girls, my D ended up occupying the middle/main room. The tiny single on the end had its own entrance, but the only way the girls occupying the double could enter their room was through my D’s room. There were privacy and traffic challenges, but D didn’t complain too much. The following year, she got a great number during room draw and had a single that only she could access.</p>
<p>My son had a triple-used-to-be-a-double in fall semester sophomore year. I never saw it, but H claimed all three guys had stereos playing different music, full volume, while they were studying. </p>
<p>Though it wasn’t an experience he’d like ot repeat, he gutted it out–and made some of his best grades ever. Go figure.</p>
<p>cheers: Ha, can you beat that, best grades ever! He probably spent all his time in the library.</p>
<p>My daughter’s college is a little different in that they change rooms each quarter - three times a year! She’s a rising senior and has been in singles, doubles and quad rooms. One of the quad rooms was a designated quad and was huge, the other was actually something the girls thought up - they put all four beds in one room and used the other one as a hang-out study room. After the first quarter freshman year one can choose what kind of room and roommate they want, so she chose all of her room. All of them took some adjustment but she had no problems with any of them. Since we only visit once a year we have seen the quad’s and single but heard about the rest.</p>
<p>It’s 16x13, designed for a double, that i think they bunk two of the beds, and then loft the third…</p>
<p>My D had a triple which was used as a double years ago, the only real bummer was only 2 closets…there was one single bed and a bunk bed. One girl had the single bed, another girl had her own closet, the 3rd girl did not really get any special “alone” item as the girl with her own cloest also got the desk that was away from the others. For the most part it was fine, EXCEPT two of the girls were friends and chose each other to room with…girl #3 was definitely an outsider and parents of D’s know what that is like with girls. Girl #3 had a “polite” civil year, but was also really annoyed at times by the unwillingness of the other two girls to even consider including her in any aspects of their lives. Girl #3 considered moving at winter break transition, but decided to try to work it out and did regret that decision.</p>
<p>All three girls were different sizes and shapes so clothing sharing was not a problem. Anyway, 3 girls in one room can be a real issue socially!</p>
<p>When I was in college, I lived in a “triple” for three years that was actually more of a suite. It consisted of two extremely tiny singles and a third, larger room between them. (The configuration, which was in a funny-shaped corner of the building, had been designed to house two people but had been turned into a triple by the time I got there.) The larger room offered no privacy but lots of space. The smaller rooms offered no space but lots of privacy. This was ideal for us since one of the three of us was more social than the others. She wanted the big room so that she could invite friends over to study together. The other two of us were delighted to let her have it. The only problems were that we had only two closets and one phone between the three of us.</p>
<p>I still cannot believe that the college only charged us the triple rate for a nice place like that. </p>
<p>On the other hand, I saw a one-room triple at my son’s school that was an absolute horror, with stuff all over the place and wires criss-crossing the room from ceiling to floor. (Older dorms never have enough outlets in the right places for today’s highly wired students.) Even though two of the beds were bunked, the room was extremely crowded (although perhaps this was mostly due to the fact that one of the guys had installed a huge flat-screen TV in the middle of the room).</p>
<p>Agree with somemom–3 girls in one room can be a problem socially.
Both of my sisters were in triples (different colleges) and it was a nightmare for them (only one year, though). Beware of triples.</p>
<p>My daughter just finished her first year at Barnard and was in a triple there with two other girls that she did not know before starting. They shared two very small rooms…one for sleeping and one where they had their desks. They got along very, very well and will remain friends, I think, for life. I especially love that my daughter got the experience of living with someone who observes and cherishes different traditions than she has grown up with…one of her roomies is a devout young jewish woman who strictly oberves the Sabbath and keeps Kosher. So my daughter learned a LOT this last year…outside of the classroom. As did they all!</p>
<p>Hopefullly, your daughter’s experiences will be good as well. I wish you and her the best!</p>
<p>Thank you! I hope that it will be a good experience as well!</p>
<p>D2 as in incoming freshman has been assigned a triple also. Room is 15’7"x14’. Bunks + a loft. Storage? Privacy? Quiet? Probably not… We get a 20% housing discount + promise of “points” toward next years lottery. From the brief conversations my daughter has had with her new roommates, they are all going to be running in different directions. A jock, a nerd, and a drama queen LOL D2 has already called dibs on the top bunk. She’s slept in one before and is happy “nesting”. I keep reminding my daughter how much of her education happens outside of the lecture hall. Sieze the opportunity and hope the gods are smiling.</p>
<p>Many of my friends who had what we call “forced triples” (double size rooms with three people in them) were not thrilled by them, mostly because the space was just really really small. But as far as those who were in assigned triples (bigger rooms designed for three?) Most of them loved it and are trying to do it again this year.</p>
<p>My roommate was removed from my room during second semester for an infraction against me, so I had a double come single for the rest of the semester. That was a nice treat, but I’ve moved into a suite single for next year. Privacy is nice, but being social is better in my opinion.</p>
<p>thanks for the insight everyone. I called the school yesterday and the person said that most “third” students get reassigned to another room but possibly not until school starts. My D is not the third girl so at least she wouldn’t be the one to have to move again. I feel bad for the girl who is the “third”. It seems that the numbers get shifted around a bit after school starts. I wish it would happen before school starts so that they could get their room in straight!</p>