Living In A Built-Up Triple 
At the University of New Hampshire, a greater number of first-year students than we anticipated have accepted our offer of admission and housing. This means that many incoming on-campus first-year students will be living in converted triples: double rooms that have been furnished to house three people.
The Departments of Housing and Residential Life are committed to helping students succeed at the University of New Hampshire. Our administrative staff, live-in professional staff and student Resident Assistants are here to answer your questions, explain your options and help you find workable solutions.
Converted triples are double rooms that are equipped with furniture to accomodate three people. Each student in a triple has their own internet connection. Residents living in triple rooms also pay less than students living in double rooms.
Housing and Residential Life are committed to your success. Here are some of the services we provide to residents living in triple rooms.
- In some cases, we can arrange to have some unneeded furniture that had been allocated to the room stored for the year. See your Resident Assistant [RA] for details.
- Residence Hall Directors [RHDs] meet regularly with students in triples during fall semester. Topics covered include academic success, study habits, roommate concerns, space allocation and privacy.
- We’ll continue to re-assign students out of triples throughout the academic year.
As vacancies open up in our
residence halls, we will offer many of them to students living in triples. You should have a discussion with your roommates about who would want to leave, if relocation became an option. Here’s how we determine priority for relocation:
SPACE AVAILABILITY - We’re only able to offer relocation as an option if we have rooms available.
FLEXIBILITY --- Weigh the costs and benefits of relocating. Would you be willing to move into a hall that wasn’t your favorite? Would you be willing to move into a double room? A single?
HEALTH/SAFETY -- We will prioritize relocation in situations where we believe students’ health or welfare is being adversely affected.
No doubt about it, living with two roommates poses unique challenges. How do three people -- who may have very different values, personal tastes, routines, beliefs and opinions -- successfully share a room? Like any relationship, healthy roommate relationships require trust, respect and a commitment to communicate honestly when conflicts occur.
It’s important, particularly at the beginning, to listen and talk with your new roommates. Find out why they’ve come to college. What are their goals? Share your own, and talk about how you can support one another’s efforts to succeed this year.
