When deciding to attend a university after high school every student has a plethora of big decisions to make. Which college should I go to? What should I major in? What classes should I take? These are just a few of the big decisions that college students have to face.

On top of the stressful academic decisions that need to be made a lifestyle decision needs to be made as well, and that decision is should you dorm or should you commute?

As a current dormer, I know the perks of living on campus. You get more time to sleep in before your classes in the morning, your friends are just a short walk away, and you get all of the freedom that comes along with living on your own. It definitely cannot be doubted that living in the dorms has its perks. However, along with the pros come many, many cons.

Here are just a few of the cons of living in the dorms, also known as a few of the reasons why I sometimes wish I didn't.

1. Sharing a room

This one can be seen as both a pro and a con. On one hand, living with a roommate can be a lot of fun, but on the other hand, you have to share your living space with another person and that can be tough. Not only are you sharing a small space with another human being, but you constantly have to make compromises to maintain a good roommate relationship. Also, say goodbye to your privacy. Privacy in a dorm room is pretty much non-existent

2. Public bathrooms

I think it's safe to say that no one prefers using a public bathroom over using their own private bathroom at home. When you decide to dorm, you also decide to predominately use public bathrooms. This means one ply toilet paper, a lack of privacy, dirty sinks, and always having to wear shoes when you're going to the bathroom. Public dorm bathrooms are most definitely not what anyone prefers to use.

3. Public showers

Sharing showers may be the worst part of the public bathrooms. There's only a handful of showers that you have to share with a whole floor of other people and the odds aren't really ever in your favor. You usually have one shower with okay water pressure and semi warm water that you quickly claim as "your" shower, but most of the time it's not available when you want it. Or if it is available it's dirty. Or there's hair in the drain. And of course on top of that you have to wear flip flops in the public shower too.

4. Uncontrollable temperature

If you're lucky then you go to a university with a built-in heater and AC in your room, and in that case, you don't have an issue. But for many dormers that luxury isn't an option. Instead of having the comfort of being able to control the temperature like you did in your home, now you just have to slowly suffer when your dorm room feels like 100 degrees in the 90-degree heat. Forget getting a good nights sleep, you'll be lucky if you can fall asleep at all.

5. Loud hallmates

I get that it's college and everyone wants to have a good time. More than likely you're one of the people that's pregaming and being loud occasionally, too. However, when you're not one of the ones that's going out to party and have fun that doesn't stop everyone else from being loud and partying. It doesn't matter if you're sick or if you have a test the next day and want to get to bed early, guaranteed there's a group of people in a room nearby without the issues you have who have no problem pre gaming and partying and being loud while they're doing it. You can never really turn college partying off.

6. Dorm beds

It doesn't matter if you have a four inch cotton mattress cover covering your rock hard mattress, your bed in your dorm room will never compare to the hominess and the comfort of your bed back home. No exceptions.

7. Fire drills

This is by far the worst part of living in the dorms. Out of all of the negative aspects of dorm living, the discomfort, the lack of privacy, and the lack of personal space, the worst part of living in the dorms is when it's two in the morning and the fire alarm goes off because someone left their popcorn in the microwave too long or forgot to put water in with their instant mac and cheese. Unless your mom doesn't know how to make instant mac and cheese chances are you don't experience many fire drills at home, let alone four in one week.