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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(1)     The food is REALLY expensive. Also, when you first move in the food seems really good but after about 2 months it all seems to taste the same and you will spend a lot of money eating out. You think you will get get to know the people on your floor really well and hang out with them, but you will spend a lot more time with the people in your classes.

(2)     It has its ups and downs. I roomed with my best friend. Things were really good at first, but they can also go very bad very quickly. I think there is also something to be said about the "newness" of getting to know a randomly assigned roommate--and it provides a lot more opportunities for meeting new people via friends of friends.

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

Two singles! Bunk beds are terrible and everyone I know who had one hated them. Imagine you have to bottom bunk and your friend is trying to get some in the top. All around awkwardness.

(4)     I don't know about corners, but freshman year I had a dorm directly above the entrance to the building--as well as a bus stop--and it was miserable.

(5)     Depends on where you are (see #4), who you live with, and how your neighbors are. Also depends on the thickness of the walls (you would be surprised how big of a difference this makes).

(6)     No matter how much you plan, some crazy totally un-plan-for-able shit will come up. Chances are you will get caught drinking in the dorms at least once--roll with it. During finals you will not want to even think about grocery shopping or making food, prepare for it.