When you think of the college experience, typically that comes along with the idea that when you get a roommate, you will only have one roommate. For some, we have been fortunate enough to experience this new chapter of our lives while living with two other people. Living in a triple room has its advantages and its struggles, but overall life is pretty good.

There is always someone in the room. No matter what time of day it is, you will always have company. It is extremely rare to have the room to yourself, but that peace and quiet is not taken for granted. It feels weird at first to have an empty room because you’re usually not alone.

No matter how hard you try, there’s always too much trash. It seems like every time you make a trash run you come back and after a few minutes you have two more bags. Living with three people in a small space generates quite a bit of waste, and it really piles up.

There’s never space for activities. Your room is larger than the double rooms, but there really isn’t that much extra space. After getting settled into your spaces that extra room disappears and it gets pretty difficult to fit extra people. It may look large, but it truly is a shoe box.

You always have someone to get food with. If one roommate doesn’t feel like going to get commons, there is always another option. You’ll never eat alone again!

You have a constant study buddy/gym buddy. There are now two people at your disposal. Depending on your relationship with them, you may or may not be able to quietly study or focus on working out, but having two people to talk to about both of those things is really comforting.

Don’t have a shirt to wear to class? Borrow one. Not only do you have your wardrobe, but you also have two more! Not finding the perfect shirt to go out in? Ask a roomie!

You have the “Holy Grail” of bathrooms! You don’t have to deal with a community or floor bathroom because you have a nice, open, private bathroom for you and your roomies. You never have to leave your room to shower, and you can leave all of your toiletries in there! That is luxury college living.

Living in a triple room is more than just squishing three beds into one room; it’s living with friends. Thinking about what my life would be like if I lived in a double makes me cringe because I couldn’t picture my life any other way!