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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. She is not HFA or SN. She gets annoyed easily at certain sounds & smells, however. She’s currently a junior in high school. She went to an 8 week sleep away camp in middle school and had a tough time living with others. She has former teammates who have complained about their college roommates when she’s seen them. She says that she absolutely could not handle sharing a room because her roommate might burn sage or incense, smoke pot, smoke cigarettes, leave the dorm room propped open to outside leaving the possibility of her stuff being stolen, be too loud at night or get mad at her for waking up really early as she prefers to do. [/quote]

College room-sharing is a rite of passage, you move from your princess bedroom at home to learning how to live with others, adapt your timings, sharing space, going out of your comfort zone, being considerate, learning tolerance, respecting boundaries. It is not about schools shoving people into a room to conserve space- they could make doubles into singles very easily if it was.

OP, she needs to gain some abilities in living with others - she sounds entitled. "absolutely could not handle". No, she prefers, but she will learn to handle. [/quote]

This is such an Americanized viewpoint. Kids all over the world do just fine with their own room in college. [/quote]

Imagine that.  A culture that has its own "rite of passage" traditions.  Countries all over the world have their own way of marking passage too.  Do you denigrate those?[/quote]

Dorming is not a “rite of passage” in the U.S. since only upper middle class & wealthier people do it, with few exceptions. I grew up in a very poor area, and of the parents who didn’t outright kid their kids out, the rest commuted to college. Only the rich kids went away to dorm. The average college student is 24 years old. If an American 18 year old is attending college, it’s likely they’re commuting from wherever they live with their parents.

Going bar-hopping at 21 or[b] getting your license at 16 might be considered “rites of passage” in the US.[/b][/quote]

Most kids don't do this.  [/quote]

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