Housing Forms...

gxing · 05-12-2007, 02:13 PM

A lot of you probably got the housing forms as well. I just wanna know the advantages/disadvantages of having single, double, triple, quad, suite before I make my housing preferences.

Also, which residential colleges have which type of rooms. Are any of them known to be notoriously bad or good? Thanks.

yourdirtysockzx · 05-12-2007, 06:23 PM

well, for one, do not get a single!!!!

esp. your freshman year. Not a good way to meet people and get the experience of living with someone that may your total opposite.

Forbes is good (many have private bathrooms) but kind of far, whitman is hot right now, and rocky/mathey are considered top-notch.

don't know too much about the others.

Weasel8488 · 05-12-2007, 06:59 PM

I didn't care for Forbes when I stayed there at April Hosting. Maybe that was because I stayed in the seventh circle of hell, er I mean uh, the addition.

bluestar8 · 05-12-2007, 09:49 PM

hey- could anyone who got the forms tell me if it has a 4 year/2 yr res. college option? or is that randomly assigned too?

abiste · 05-12-2007, 11:49 PM

You are randomly assigned a 2/4 year college. If I remember correctly from my tour, at the end of sophomore year you can choose whether you'd like to remain in a four year college (assuming you're in one), switch to a two year college or join a four year college (if you have lived in a two year one).

yourdirtysockzx · 05-13-2007, 09:22 AM

Also, I would suggest everyone read the Instruction booklet.

There's a ton of information that answers your questions in it.

cinderblock · 05-13-2007, 02:49 PM

I agree with yourdirtysockzx; don't live alone! My brother got a single his freshman year, but he REALLY regrets it-it's been hard to make close friends. I think if you want privacy without sacrificing your social life, your best bet would be 2-3 roommates or so.

yourdirtysockzx · 05-13-2007, 04:04 PM

i'm shooting for a double... 2-3 might get noisy...

Silver12065 · 05-13-2007, 04:17 PM

Hmm, so what are we going to get if we choose 4+ roommates? Would it be something like two rooms of four people connected by a bathroom?

yourdirtysockzx · 05-13-2007, 04:28 PM

yeah, and there'd probably be a "common room".

quirkily · 05-13-2007, 07:58 PM

quads are typically three rooms--two doubles and a common room--but there are exceptions. bloomberg, for example, has four singles to a quad, and (this won't affect you, since they're all taken), there are some quads with four singles and a common room in whitman and spelman. there's also supposed to be a strange (but huge!) two room quad in holder, where everyone sleeps in one room. for the most part, you won't have private bathrooms--only the big suites and forbes have private bathrooms.
suites are pretty similar--common room, with an assortment of singles and doubles, with a private bathroom in some cases. you'll only find these in wilson.
i'd recommend going for a quad or a double, just to have some people to live with freshman year. you'll likely have more personal space in a double, but since quads also have the common room, square footage per person is usually about the same.

madmax11 · 05-13-2007, 08:31 PM

so whats the upside of a quad vs a big suite? just the fact that there arent any outside of wilson? and are singles things you get "stuck with" if they cant match up your preferences, or are singles in fairly high demand, that some people request them but barely any freshman gets one? not that I want one, but i'm just curious