blissful

AND AND . i'm placed in a double, is there a bathroom? or do we have to share w/ other people?

mellohappy

I don't live in Martha Cook so I'm not sure of the specifics of their meal plan. I do know that the credits there are only good in Martha Cook though, so you can't eat in other dining halls.

I also know that meal credits are not refundable on the 13 meal a week plan in other dining halls and you only get $2 credit or so for each meal remaining if you have the 135 meals a semester plan.

Unless your contract specifically mentions a bathroom, you probably don't have one. Most dorms at Michigan have community bathrooms.

The food is pretty good in the dorms where I have eaten. Usually they have 3 or 4 hot entrees for each meal along with a sandwich bar, hotdogs, salad bar, pizza bar (South/Bursley) and side dishes. I have never eaten in Martha Cook, though.

Christine123

Hey, sorry, I've been on hold for a while because I've been finishing a term paper. I'm now an expert on the spread of Protestantism and Catholicism and the authoritarian Chinese state! Kind of.

Martha Cook is known for having awesome food. We have sit-down dinners where they serve you once a week. If you can't make it to the sit-down, they have a separate later dinner afterwards that's buffet-style.
Unlike other dorms, you don't have to have your cards swiped when you go into the cafeteria (it's more of a "dining room" in Martha Cook). The plan says 18 meals a week, but you can basically walk in and out of the dining room whenever, bring food to your room, etc. You can pack sack lunches and dinners during the morning if you can't make it back to Martha Cook later in the day.
The only meal Martha Cook doesn't have is dinner on Saturday. On weekends, the breakfast and lunch period is combined into brunch.

Also, on Fridays, during exam time, and at random points in the year, there's deserts, tea, coffee, juice, etc. served in the lobby area.

Christine123

Oh, and about bathrooms (my brain is sort of fried and my stomach hungry, sorry).
You share a bathroom and they're pretty nice. The showers and bathtubs have little dressing areas in each stall, which is useful. I think only 1 room has a bathroom and that's the Assistance Residential Director's room (it's an elected position).

xanz

What is the freshman percentage in martha cook? Do you think the girls would miss out on the 'freshman experience' of living in other dorms with more freshman?

Christine123

I would say that about 40-50% of Martha Cook is freshmen, but that's a rough estimate. If by the freshman experience you mean meeting freshmen, you definitely don't miss out on that by living in Martha Cook. Most of my friends lived in South Quad my freshman year, so I spent a lot of time there.

blissful

thanks christine123 for explaining in such detail! and congrats on your term paper.

good to know that the food is good (i can't stand places with bad food, i've had experience and it was simply awful).

do freshmen live in freshmen and sophoremores w/ sophomores?

Christine123

No problem! Freshmen usually live with freshmen, but it doesn't always work that way. For your second year, there's a room draw and you pick which room you want, so you can pick whoever you want to live with.