| I just want to make a brief comment about access to dorm rooms. For the most part I don't think its that essential to see the actual room but it would be nice. HOWEVER, what I would find very very helpful is to understand how many students are in a room, what the room looks like furnished (could easily be done with a floor layout showing the furniture with all the dimensions), whether the bathrooms are shared, whether the bathrooms need to be cleaned by the students or are cleaned by others, other facilities and their location relative to the dorm room (laundry, cooking, bicycle storage, recreational). I would truly appreciate getting a handout with the above layouts on them. Also, walking to the dorm building area is helpful or at a minimum being told, "it takes x minutes to get to class without running" especially if the campus is quite large would be helpful. For some students, that's not an issue, for others it might be.
If there are multiple types of buildings it would also be nice to have a brief description of each and an understanding of how the selection process works.
Without the above information, I do think its possible that there is information which is being withheld from the student (I speak from personal experience here). |