Personally, I've found living in halls to be much more pleasant than I imagined before coming here. My housemates are all cool, we all do our fair share of housework, and not everyone hates each other yet, which in one of my darker moods would be way more than I would've expected. I do see some similarities between our experiences in that a few of us struggle to sleep on account of others being loud. It usually comes down to drunkenness, or our Chinese resident speaking on the phone, but I've never heard him being too loud (although, I do live on the opposite side to him, which might explain that). Unfortunately, I've kept people awake numerous times, but I'm working on keeping qiet. I'd hate to be that resident.
I'm living in what's designated the "quiet zone" though, and it really is quiet most of the time. The central area of this student village gets noisier in the evenings, and I've heard a couple of examples of sleeplessness and drama about from other people. This is a small university though, I don't think it's that bad.
If it sucks that bad though, try to nudge your housemates a little, or something. It worked for me... as in me keeping everyone awake. I don't know.
