<p>I have toured a lot of colleges, although none of the ones on your list. My son is about to be a senior at Oberlin so I have seen three of the dorms there. They all seem like typical college dorms. Freshmen are going to be living 2 to a room for the most part. The floors are carpeted. Some of the walls are cinderblock in some of the dorms. They all seem to have common areas. There are small kitchen facilities available on each floor of the dorms son has lived in. Dorms are all security locked and require an ID card to enter. </p>
<p>This year he is able to move into the college apartments, but those are for older students. He is pleased about the place he will be living this year. Freshmen dorm rooms are assigned based on what is left over after the upperclass students choose their rooms. In the future, you will have more opportunity to choose where you will live.</p>