Choosing dorms? - new college house

lslmom
Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:44:42 +0000

@freshegg – you might not think the new flat rate is “too good to be true” if you get stuck in a shared room with no A/C and a community bathroom 3 hallways away (like my daughter did freshman year) while your buddy paying the same rate is in a room with a/c, his own bedroom, and a bathroom that he only shares with 1-3 roommates. The quality of the dorms at Penn varies tremendously. In the past the students stuck in the crappiest dorms at least were paying less. In my opinion the new price structure is one of the most unfair policies Penn has ever implemented. Even the bedroom sizes can vary a great deal. My son’s bedroom is roughly 9’x14’ while one of his roommate’s bedroom is 9’x23’. My son had to choose between a mini frig or a chair because both won’t fit. Meanwhile the kid who got there first has room for a couch.