Columbia2002

1) The entire outdoor campus is wireless. Some of the academic buildings are wireless. The dorms aren't wireless.

2) What do you mean by "linux friendly"? You're welcome to use linux or some other obscure OS that you feel like using.

randomosity

What are the hall bathrooms like?

I've heard at some schools there are individual cubicles, while at others there's little more than a curtain separating you from the person next door.

I know there's nothing I can DO about it, I'm just wondering what I should be ready for.

imiracle911

if the food is bad, should i do the meal plan? really if i'm going out to eat all the time, i would rather use the meal plan money to out and eat.

Shraf

There is now wireless in almost all the big lecture halls and throughout alot of classrooms. There's wireless in the dorms in some of the building lounges.

Yes, the food is bad yet edible.

The bathrooms are just like public bathrooms except they have showers which have curtains. That's the case for most hallway style dorms. However dorms with suites (including Carmen) have a bathroom that's more like ur bathroom at home but with an extra sink.

Columbia2002

Just to be clear, the individual rooms don't have wireless.

The food is bad, but you can't get out of the meal plan. Money-making scheme. If you want to eat out, you still have to buy the meal plan.

lakeside675

Im just wondering I eat a lot, is meal plan four for me? Its only 115 all you can eat meals. And only 500 bucks to spend on other things???

Shraf

i had meal plan 3 and it was a complete waste.

just remember, the dining hall is only open twice a day and you can only swipe into the dining hall 2 times a day! they will not allow u to use more than one meal each time the dining hall is open. also their hours r really bad so it could just be that you wont even be able to have "brunch" there twice a wk at all. If i remember correctly the dining hall is open from 10:30-1:30 and from 5-8 or something like that. A current freshman should feel free to correct me. But i'm sure u see that these hours are terribly inconvenient.

Just for the record, first semester i had about 60 meals left over and second semester i had about 40 after making an honest effort to finish them. Total thats 100 meals at the going price of $10 a meal for plan 3 i think would be a good $1000 down the drain....bottom line...get plan 4!!

EDIT: oh, also, the dining hall closes the thursday before major breaks so if you are counting any breaks you will be on campus, the dining hall will not be open then. And on weekends (at least when i was a frosh) the food was TERRIBLE and there was practically no selection.

lilsmileycolumbian

MEAL PLAN FOUR!!!!!

and...you can always steal stuff from the dining hall too. like fruit. and gladware makes anything possible. I have meal plan four, and make a real attempt to use it. I have about 45 meals left this semester. Last semester I ended with 2 meals. No one uses all their meals, and you can always bum off friends guest meals.

theshibboleth

I think they meant Linux-friendly as in not requiring Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Quicktime, and other such proprietary programs that do not have native equivalents in Linux. I wouldn't describe Linux as an obscure OS; its usage share may be about the same or exceeding that of OS X.

AllPhillyFan

I have a question about the internet. How long of ethernet cables do we need? Are there some dorms where we have to use a big cable to get to internet source?

metsfan

the ethernet ports are positioned by where they have the desks set up so you really don't need a long cord. I think mine's around 5 feet and even though I use my computer in bed instead of at my desk, it's never been an issue.

Also with meals, you won't be eating breakfast at the dinning hall really, it's much easier to use points to get one of the (also horrible-tasting but slightly less toxic) bagels from one of the on-campus dinning locations. The dinning hall failed health inspection in the 07-08 year, and idk what happened w/ that this year.

AllPhillyFan

thanks metsfan. Wow that's weird too say. lol.

shockwaveride

another note-- ethernet cables DO depend on room setup. In Carman, I know of some kids who needed to buy 25-50ft cables (so that they could tape them around the door.

Just get a wireless router.. but hook it up properly or else CUIT will get on your case

inquiring

Please, Can some one tell me the height of the space that is available under the bed? Can the height of bed be raised to make more space under? I want to get a set of drawers (sterlite) to put under the bed. The height of the drawers is 11"– or just bins (14").

fizzicks

i know that a freshman meal plan is required, but is the meal plan a part of the tuition/fees? or does one have to deposit the $2000ish online through dining dollars/e-bill/etc?