About Berklee Housing/Meals/Operations

SnowflakeVT
Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:08:37 +0000

The Berklee blackouts were confusing, mostly because the power company was not communicating clearly enough about what was going on and when the power would be back up. Berklee used Twitter to communicate when they could, and that worked for me. It was very unfortunate that the blackouts were during finals, but Berklee cannot control that. My D lives in an apartment and had no power for several days … she was asking me which food she could keep from the fridge … ugh! She also had a huge concert cancelled and so I never got to see her on the big stage. Bummer. It was rescheduled for the next semester, so I watched in online from another state.

I agree that dorm food at many universities is not going to be the best if you are a healthy eater and are focused on low-carb or organic. My D did not live in the Berklee dorms as a full time student because she was a transfer, but when she did the 5-week while in HS she was okay with the options she had that summer. I think in general dorm food options are great for guys, mostly because they eat a lot and they get their money’s worth. For many females, the dorm food option at college freshman year is a bad deal. Females generally don’t eat as much so they are paying for food that their male peers are eating. I see it as just a cost of living during freshman year.

Operations at Berklee to me are not any better or worse than a huge school like Boston U. Each area in Berklee has their specialty and if your question or issue isn’t with them, they send you to another department. This can sometimes feel like a run-around, but it is what it is.