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Old 03-17-2007, 09:20 AM   #1
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Freshman Housing Options

Son #1 will be a freshman at Colby this fall. What are the housing options for freshman? What are the room configurations? ? Singles ?Doubles? Quads?
Thanks for the information
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Old 03-17-2007, 11:39 AM   #2
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Freshmen are mixed in dorms with upper classmen, girls and boys rooms next to each other. Bathrooms are separate, though, girls are definitely much tidier!
Doubles and triples are the rooms offered to freshmen, often in a two-room arrangement where desks are in a room and beds in the other. Each kid gets a bed, desk, dresser and a wardrobe.
Our daughter corresponded during the summer with her roommates (they share a triple) and they figured out who would bring other "essentials": microwave, TV, printer and mini-fridge.
The rooms aren't large but somehow everything fits nicely. They reconfigured the room a few weeks into the year and did an amazing job of enlarging the space.
The other choice your son would need to make is whether to be in a chem-free dorm, a quiet dorm or a regular one. About a quarter of the dorms are chem-free, which the kids who reside there really like: much cleaner over the week-end, when janitors are not working! There is no stigma attached, many kids who reside in chem-free dorms still go to parties, but they tend to find their fun elsewhere.
Hope this helps, feel free to send a message off-line should you have other questions.
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