Choosing where to live, whether it's on or off campus may be difficult, but it can be even more challenging to decide who to live with. The IDS talked to three students with different roommates situations to investigate what they liked and disliked about each.
Spenser Warren is a graduate student who lives with no roommates.
Indiana Daily Student: Why did you decide to get a place by yourself?
Warren: I had lived with roommates before and I preferred to live by myself.
What specific problems did you encounter?
Mostly it has depended on where I lived. I lived in a dorm by myself because I was an RA, so it was a lot of work. The main cons now to living by myself is there is nowhere onsite to do laundry so I have to go somewhere else by myself to do it.
What advantages are there to living by yourself?
You don’t have to take in consideration your roommate, so if you need to be up until 1 a.m. studying, you can do that, if you are trying to sleep you do that without your roommate keeping you up.
Abby Coolidge is a sophomore with one roommate.
IDS: Why did you decide to live with one roommate?
Coolidge: I thought it would be easier than living with multiple people.
What problems did you encounter?
There are less people to do chores and things around the house.
What advantages do you have by living with 2 other people?
There is not as much noise that you would have with living with multiple people and you have a smaller space.
Would you do it again?
Yes.
Chloe Whitman is a freshman with three roommates.
IDS: Why did you decide to live with three roommates?
Whitman: I didn’t choose to have three roommates, I was placed by IU.
What problems did you encounter?
Since there are more people, there are more opinions about how things should be.
What advantages do you have?
It is easier to make friends.
Would you do it again?
No.
These responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
