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<p>at least when my student was a first year (few years ago now) that was true, can’t say for sure if its still true though i would assume it is. also depends what you mean by “better” – all first years are generally housed in one of two first year quads - massell or north – (there may be a few sophomores in those quads in singles) – so “better” doesn’t mean a better type of dorm. but within massell and north, there are a handful of singles, doubles, designed triples, and forced triples (ie rooms designed as doubles with 3 people assigned to them) as well as a choice of coed or single sex floors. my understanding of how it worked was that the sooner you got in your housing deposit, the less likely it was that you would end up in a forced triple and the more likely you were to get your choice of type of floor (coed or single sex). but, given the fact that brandeis is planning to increase the size of its classes, i don’t know how easy it will be to avoid tripling these days.</p>