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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely depends on the school. When I attended, my school had an “allergen reduced dorm.” I had to check that on my housing form and provide doctor evidence of my allergies (asthma induced by dust, smoke, cats and lots of other things). The dorm had no carpet and everyone living there had to be non smokers. [/quote]

Which sounds great if your allergies happen to be ones that those protect against.  Other people are allergic to other things.  Asthma is not a one size fits all situation.

OP, my rising college freshman has cough variant asthma.  He is lucky in that between allergy shots, sinus surgery, finding the right combo of meds, and the end of puberty (which worsens or improves asthma for many people, he got lucky), he could probably handle a nonsmoking roommate if the room had air conditioning, and the roommate didn't open the window.  Of course, since his asthma attacks sounds like a seal barking all night long, his roommate would have an incentive to agree about the windows.  But if his asthma was more severe, it wouldn't be fair to a roommate or to him to ask for a trial.  I see the impact of not sleeping on him, and I can't imagine a roommate would handle it better.

He happened to pick a school that is in a warm climate so all the dorms are airconditioned, and that had plenty of singles so he got one easily, so we didn't even have to ask for a housing accommodation, although we've done it in the past for summer programs on college campuses. [/quote]

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