So I realize that having a dorm room to yourself is a luxury that not everyone has access to.
Sometimes, you've just got to suck it up and share your space to help cut down on the obnoxious cost of college. But, if you can manage a room of your own for one year, make it your senior year.
Here's why:
1. Pretty Much Every Night Is An All-Nighter
If you've got a roommate (and you're not a total jackass) you probably feel the need to keep your all-nighters quiet and chill so that your roomie can get some sleep. In a room of your own, all-nighters can be the crazy sobfest they were meant to be. (Plus since it's not in the library, pants are optional.)
2. Pants Are Always Optional
Having to wear clothes all the time is one of the worst things about having a roommate, to be honest. With all the stress that senior year brings, going pants-less (and whatever else-less) whenever you go home to the dorm is a great way to stress less.
3. No Judgment When You Talk To Yourself
Senior year requires a lot of pep talks. Most of those pep talks will likely be a monologue/one person show. With no roomie, no one will be there to judge your long-winded, upbeat, self-motivation.
4. The Space
By senior year, you've likely accumulated even more crap than you dragged into your first dorm freshman year. Years of college living and friends and projects and textbooks you can't sell back makes tiny dorms even tinier, and living with someone else even messier.
5. The Freedom To Let Your Slob Flag Fly
In a roommate situation, a certain amount of cleanliness is typically expected from both parties. If you manage to be by yourself, you just have to keep things clean enough that no weird smells bring the RA's to your door. The bi-monthly shame walks to the trash room or to the kitchen to wash your hoard of dishes are a senior year tradition in my opinion.
6. Having Guests Over Whenever
Whether your guests are of the platonic or not-so-platonic variety, there's no need to plan their arrival and stay around your roomie's schedule No sock on the door or awkward conversations!
7. You've Earned It
Let's not pretend college is anything less than one of the most intense experiences you've likely had to date. The pressure to get good grades on top of being super involved on campus and find a job and keep your friends and decide what the hell you're doing after graduation and find the perfect graduation outfit and remember to invite everyone to commencement and figure out how you and your best friends (who are undoubtedly moving to the farthest corners of the world) will stay in touch after graduation is incredibly overwhelming. You're almost done and if ever there was a time you needed the space to breathe, it's this year.
No matter what your dorm situation this year, congratulations on making it to this point. You are a boss, you're almost there, and you've got this! Let's go, Class of 2017!
