<p>D is filling in the residence forms for Brandeis --she can check the box “I like to stay up late.” She is wondering whether going to bed around 12-12.30 on “school nights” and around 1am on weekends counts as late? Also the info letter describes two quads Massell and North but then the form does not allow you to choose a preference?? Any experience with this?</p>
<p>No. My D is early to bed and up early. That means her usual college bed time is about midnight. I guess average is about 2-3am and staying up late means going to bed at around sunrise.</p>
<p>My D’s friends in her dorm laugh at her “early” bedtime of 12 on weeknights…(she’s a college sophomore)</p>
<p>Pyewacket:</p>
<p>I think Dadofsam’s S goes to Brandeis. He could give you info about North vs. Massell.</p>
<p>12 or 12:30 would be considered early at most universities.</p>
<p>This entire quarter, I went to bed perhaps twice before 1AM.</p>
<p>My college junior says that staying up until 2 or 3 a.m. on a school night is late and that staying up until 5 a.m. on the weekends is late.</p>
<p>But then again, most kids stay up later than they think they will. If she’s already staying up that late, she’ll probably be staying up even later once she gets to college.</p>
<p>I’m a student and can relate re: late nights.</p>
<p>At NMSU, I’ve found that most in the freshman dorms are generally in bed around 11-11:30 p.m. (maybe midnight) on a school night. Our restaurant closes at 9 p.m.</p>
<p>Weekends are a different story. Most are in bed between 3-5 a.m. and up at noon, sometimes 2 p.m.</p>
<p>Personally I stuck to 11:30 p.m. bedtimes, up at 7:15 on weekdays. But that’s considered early.</p>
<p>I’m a current Brandeis student so maybe I can help you out. You can’t specify a dorm preference, which means you can’t choose between Massell and North. There really isn’t much of a difference between them so it doesn’t really matter. When I was filling out the form (I’m a sophomore now) the question asked if you liked to stay up past midnight. Maybe thats what they mean. Last year as freshman I went to bed at about 2am each night. I’d say between 1 and 2 is normal for Brandeis weeknights, but I went to bed much earlier in high school (like 10:30) so things really change. Overall, I’d say that question isn’t too important. No one really knows how late they’ll stay up once they get to college. Besides, everyone probably is wondering the same thing (how late is “late”?) If you have more questions, feel free to ask. And congratulations!</p>
<p>Agreed about the late thing. I usually go to bed before midnight (I’m a sophomore now). So when I was matched up with a roommate, I asked her what time she usually goes to bed. She said, oh, maybe around 12:30-1. </p>
<p>Wrong. She stayed up until 2-2:30 AM while I still went to bed before 12:15 AM…</p>
<p>Can’t really trust these things until you get there and once everyone’s figured out their schedules.</p>
<p>It’s very funny that I found this thread because I’m a current Brandeis freshman and I checked “late.”</p>
<p>Late to me is like 12:30-1 on weeknights, but my roommate does not go to bed earlier than 4 (usually more like 6). Luckily for my roommate, I am able to sleep while his computer is on, so we do not have major conflicts. Late is all relative, so I think that Brandeis should specify what they mean by late. And, of course, you do not know what time you will go to bed because you do not know what your schedule is like. Two days a week I have to get up at 7:30 for work, so the night before I’ve gone to bed at 10:30. If my roommate has schoolwork to do, he is usually nice enough to go to the common room. But, floor mates have told me that my roommate storms into the common room asking everyone why I checked late if I go to bed early. </p>
<p>I think that Brandeis students have a tendency to stay up later than most students at other schools on weeknights, because we spend much more time on our school work.</p>
<p>As for North and Massell, North is close to all humanities buildings and Usdan Cafe that is a traditional a-la carte dining hall. Massell is closer to Sherman that is a buffet dining hall and the science complex. Both house the entire first-year class as well as a small number of sophomores. Half of North (Scheffres & Gordon) is newly renovated. Scheffres, Gordon, and Shapiro (in Massell) are co-ed by room. If you want to try to get the newer dorms (and they do give ED applicants preference), check co-ed by room. </p>
<p>Feel free to contact me if you have anymore 'Deis questions. I am a freshman who loves the school!</p>
<p>D put down early because she goes to bed around 12-12:30, so she got a roommate with an early bedtime - 9-10:30 Don’t even ask what this causes. She swears she should have put down late!</p>