On the other hand, if things start to settle down most nights around 11, then you know that if you have work to do, you can get started then, assuming you won't conk out before you get done. But if the quiet hour is earlier, then that's when you have to study. Look for quiet areas where you can study and use them when you have a test the next day or reading that has to get done. If you need to use the computer in your room to get work done, listen to a quiet CD through headphones. The music will drown out much of the other noise.
Most dorms are pretty quiet in the morning, when the students are either at class or sleeping.
Make use of that time, if you can, to get work done that requires a lot of concentration. It's not that these dorms are like monasteries, where no one is permitted to speak. Rather, at a certain time, say 10 p.m., all noise is supposed to stop, so the students can get some studying done. Being in such an environment will most definitely help your grade point average, which will help you throughout the rest of your life a lot more than partying, so don't write off such dorms so quickly. Q My family had to take out loans in order for me to go to college.