Dorm assignments

Colleges & Universities Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Just turned in everything today, deposit and all (I know, really late ><)</p>

<p>right now, I’m kind of worried about dorms…
my own personal first choice is probably a double in the modern dorms, but I understand that it is probably extremely popular and is all out by now… T.T</p>

<p>Anyway, my parents’ first choice (which of course, is the official one) is a triple in the traditional dorms X(</p>

<p>since I turned in my deposit the day of the deadline, how would this effect my dorm placement? Or more directly, which kind of dorms would you say would run out faster?</p>

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<p>When I visited, I recall someone saying that as long as you meet the deadline for sending in the housing forms, you are given equal consideration with everyone else. I do not think they start making assignments until after the deadline, and it’s kinda like a lottey? Somebody correct me if I am wrong on this.</p>

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<p>i don’t think that turning in the deposit the day of the deadline will matter, the housing people don’t get your form until about a week from now anyway, and once they do the assignments are based on a computer-run lottery system for fairness, not any pre-determined order. While a bad lottery number could always change things, you could easily get either. </p>

<p>My guess would be that the triples in traditional dorms would run out faster, I think there are enough modern doubles for almost all of the people who request them. I’ve heard that the traditional dorms (more the doubles than the triples, but still…) are a bit more popular with freshmen though, the traditional dorms are usually a bit more social, partially due to the hallway layout. So you’ll probably be alright in either case :)</p>

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<p>My memory is that for some years approximately 90% of all incoming freshmen request a modern dorm, at least that is what someone in Reslife allegedly told a poster last year. There are definitely not enough modern dorm rooms for everyone who requests them. However, it does appear from reading previous years’ posts that nearly everyone ends up happy in the end even if they don’t think they will be when they first get their dorm assignments. </p>

<p>Dorm assignments, roommate assignments, lottery numbers for future housing choices for upperclassmen…they are all things that you can hope for the best, but realize that they are not something you have total control over. Put in your request, accept your assignment, and you will most likely, by the end of your freshman year, end up very happy with your dorm, your floor, your friends and your life at Wash U.</p>

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<p>My gf lived in Rubelman last year. That place is horrendous.</p>

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<p>why was Rubelman horrendous?</p>

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<p>Are all of the older dorm rooms also air conditioned?</p>

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<p>yes, they are all air-conditioned and the older dorms are better than most dorms at other colleges…they just are not as “nice” as the new dorms at WashU. There are some benefits of older dorms though…the walls are thick!!! You don’t hear everything going on next door:)</p>

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<p>I stayed in one of the new dorms for Multicultural Weekend, and the place is great.</p>

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<p>Rubelman is gone this year. and so is umrath. Both demo’d for the expansion of the wohl center. I have a feeling though that the waitlisted kids get put in dorms like lee and beaumont. Btw modern dorms are amazing… especially Lien but danforth and Koenig (and Park I think) are just a nice. so 4 out of the 6 freshman dorms are modern so the chances that you get what you want is very high.</p>

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<p>Only Umrath is gone this year. Ruby next year. Or maybe it’s the other way around… but either way, only one is gone. And my roommate got in off the waitlist and we were in a new dorm. There are more than 6 freshman dorms next year… Ruby (or Umrath?), Lee, Beau, Lien, Koenig, Danforth, Dardick, Park, Eliot.</p>

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<p>is it possible to get placed in a sub-free dorm if you didnt request it?</p>

<p>i dont really want to, but i was just wondering (i picked traditional)</p>

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<p>if they don’t quite have enough people request it to fill a floor, they may ask you to switch to sub-free, but it’d still be up to you, as they won’t force you to sign the substance-free contract or anything…</p>

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<p>Modern doubles are definitely the first to run out… Last year I requested all the moderns for the first three choices and then all the traditionals for the last three, last choice being traditional triple, and got a traditional forced triple. However, if you get a forced triple and you’re third on the list, you’ll most likely be moved out to a double (modern or traditional) and your roommates will have a nice traditional double to themselves. So I eventually ended up being moved out… to the floor below where I was initially supposed to stay, but in a double.</p>

<p>However, the nice thing about this year (depending on your perspective) is that there are only three traditional dorms they are filling up (Ruby, Lee, and Beau… Umrath got blown up yesterday), and a lot more moderns. However, even though it was one of my last choices, being in a traditional dorm was AMAZING. I was dreading it all summer, but it really was one of the best things that happened to me. I became really close to almost every person on my floor (and about half the building aside from that), and since the people are definitely the best thing at WashU, I couldn’t be more grateful. Plus if you get to live in Ruby, you’ll get to write all over your walls at the end of second semester, which was always fun and entertaining… because it’s not really vandalism if you’re the last people to live in the building :slight_smile: And really, traditional dorms aren’t “falling apart” as much as people say - everything in them is perfectly functional, and they’re all air conditioned and everything. Even the traditional dorms at WashU are a lot better than most dorms at most colleges.</p>

<p>Modern dorms are really nice, though, and it is possible to be tight with your floors when you’re in modern as well. The modern dorms are like the suburbs, and we were in the 'hood, as we said. They really are as nice as everyone says they are, the only downfall is the paper thin walls as opposed to the nice concrete foundation of the traditionals. And your freshman floor is really whatever you make of it - if you want to be friends with everyone on your floor, you can, even if you are in a modern dorm. Though it is obviously easier to bond with people you have to shower with haha.</p>

<p>And next year they’re putting one sub-free floor in every dorm, so Beaumont won’t be entirely sub-free anymore. I have friends who lived in sub-free and hated it and thought it was the worst decision of their life, and friends who lived in sub-free and absolutely loved it, so it just depends. It’ll be a lot nicer that way, I think, because if you do end up absolutely hating it, you can just hang out upstairs all the time. Your room is only necessary for sleeping in.</p>

<p>And also, I know someone who had a horrible roommate assignment, and so he just switched roommates at the beginning of second semester. So if you absolutely hate your roommate, they’ll always let you do that.</p>

<p>So, in closing… Ruby/Umrath is the best rescollege ever :)</p>

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<p>So is Lee/Beaumont (best rescollege ever)!!</p>