Pardon me but you might wanna consider the 2 person tent instead.
1) It gives you more storage room for your gears when use it with 1 person.
2) Most of the time you have to share the tent even in the backcountry. A lot of parks restricted to 1 tent per site. The last thing Park Ranger want to see is group of 8 hikers with 8 single tents. Plus you have to share the campground with other hikers beside your own group.