<p>The dorm facilities here aren’t downright terrible, that’s for sure. I live in Next House, and it has fairly good accommodations for most of the things I need, save for kitchens (I’m sorry, but the Country Kitchen doesn’t quite cut it, especially when all I want to do is cook something really quickly right in my wing lounge.)</p>
<p>I am of the belief that even if you are thrown into a “random” group of people, you’ll eventually come to find friends (and enemies) in them either way. I was “randomly” thrown into Next House (it was nowhere near my top choice) and still managed to bond with a few people. If I had been thrown into, say, East Campus or Baker, I probably would still be living the same lifestyle I am now. Perhaps it’s just my personality, but I don’t think that dorm culture and community affects my life that much; because of that, I would rather maximize satisfaction in facilities/location/physical environment over satisfaction in friends and dormmates.</p>