Dorm Rooms (Residence Halls):

1.) What would you have liked to know about them?

2.) Would you recommend rooming with friend?

3.) If you have a double person room would you want a bunk bed? Or two singles?

4.) Location, which rooms are typically the best? (Corner?)

5.) Is it noisy, or  quiet? 

What can you tell us from experience?

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 When reading keep in mind I am attending University of Washington in Seattle.

     Well, first choice is Dorm room or frat. Very different experiences. There are copious amounts of alcohol in the frats and you will be under social pressure to drink until you are very drunk. If you are in the dorms and still want to party, don't worry. There are PLENTY of chances to be just as crazy as any frat. However, it will be on your schedule. Not the frats. In frats as a freshman you keep your stuff in an upperclassmen room and you sleep with fifteen other guys in one room just for sleeping. Good luck trying to get sleep when there is a party, or in general because everyone has very different schedules.

     Both will let you meet a lot of new people. I recommend the dorms. I met a ton of people but always had my two (or three depending) person room to go back to. Rooming with a friend is fine, I did and it worked out well, someone unknown can be scary but also can turn out great. Really, a lot of people don't end up being best friends or even friends necessarily with there room mates. The most important thing is to be respectful of them. Everyone is different. Everyone does things differently. Basically, keep your stuff on your side of the room, don't let it smell, or smell yourself, and when they want to sleep be courteous. If they want to study you should be accommodating too but they can also go to the library.

     You don't get choices about single/double/three to a room really. The earlier you fill out a dorm application the better chance  you have of a double vs triple. (They're the same size room)