Im not sure what accommodations that would even involve honestly. Whether his window will be open would depend on his roommate regardless of where he ends up.
Is he seeing an allergist?
One accomodation would be that they need a single (which isnāt a rare one to ask for IME).
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By all means fill out an accommodation form. I would include a doctor note (if possible, from his allergist).
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An accommodation could be a dorm with an AC.
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On a light/unimportant note, Hofstra has an ugly logo.
Strike that! It had an ugly logoāa new one just dropped last night.
Itās much, much improved, IMO, but apparently thereās grumbling from amongst terminally online alumni, because of course thereās grumbling from amongst terminally online alumni.
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looks great! totally agree a big improvement and thoughtful (based on the quick skim I did of that link!).
Alumni always grumble with anything new
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Our C25 committed to Bates College, go Bobcats! A surprise today - they just received a notification regarding Holy Cross from the wait list. They are mulling this new development over for the next 24-48 hours. If any of the amazing and wise CC community members here can share your advice or knowledge, we would much appreciate it. C25 is interested in pre-med but also is investigating other STEM fields and economics as well. There had been a college comparison thread I had opened and then had closed as they decided to do more thinking and research on their own. Iāve been learning/lurking on this thread, and have so appreciated all of the collective wisdom here over the past few months!!
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The kids that have AC dorm rooms at both my kids school = athletes and students with accommodations including allergies/asthma and needing AC vs open windows and fans blowing around the outside air. These are not singles - but double and triple rooms too.
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I have no great wisdom other than to say if your child isnāt immediately drawn to one more than the other, than the tried and true pro and con list may be the way to go. I donāt really know enough about either school (other than ME vs MA) to have anything useful to say, so Iāll just say good luck to you and them trying to make the decision!
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Howās the sick-maybe-with-covid-but-it-doesnāt-really-matter-because-itās-bad-timing-regardless son doing?
Does anyone have a graduation gift idea for a high school senior entering nursing school? Like literally nursing school, not a nursing major at a 4 year university (for whatever distinction that is worth.) Preferably around $25 ish.
Cute badge holder?
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Ooh thatās goodānever would have thought of that!
All I can add to this is that I just attended a Bates wedding -couple met at Bates- and their many Bates friends at the wedding were all lovely, smart, creative people. It was an absolutely wonderful group.
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Pretty sure itās COVID - heās had it three times, and it always starts like this. Still has a fever today, but I think itās better than yesterday, and he was able to eat something today. I sent him to bed early, hopefully he actually went.
Timing seriously sucks, he missed his English final today. Itās an 80 minute timed essay. The teacher is going to let him do it at home this weekend as long as he and I both attest to him only taking 80 minutes and not using any resources. Iām hoping he can work through a little homework tomorrow, take the test on Sunday and be back at close to 100% Monday.
Meanwhile, Iām pretending that Iām not nervous that he hasnāt done anything to find a roommate. I hate this whole weird internet dating vibe theyāve got going, where you write a little something and then try to find someone who looks like a match and reach out to them. He has to have identified a roommate by May 15th, or he drops to the back of the room selection priority list. I wish they would just use an algorithm to match the kids and assign them rooms. This find a roommate, make lists of rooms you might want and try to get them quickly when the selection time comes sucks.
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They donāt give an option to go random thatās equally viable? You either find your own or get ādowngradedā on housing? That seems unfair. I donāt like the self-choice roommate option, either, but her school lets you choose whether you want to find your own or let them assign you a roommate.
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I know a LOT of Bates alumni and w/o fail they are smart people and very dedicated to community, volunteerism and causes they care about. I have been very impressed.
I think HC remains a bit more catholic than some other universities, FWIW. (A very liberal form of Catholicism, to be sure). This is another distinction which may or may not matter. All alums I know are super smart!
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ugh, that is so annoying!! My kid would seriously struggle with this.
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It does seem unfair. And I also donāt like the choose your own roommate stress. My kidās school seems to discourage it. At a couple of colleges we were specifically told they discouraged kids from choosing roommates because they found there were fewer problems when the college used the housing questionnaire the kids filled out to match them by the really important things like sleep times and other things. They are more likely to be fully honest with themselves on a questionnaire. Interesting process. My kid is an only child (as am I), but fortunately he does not seem worried about roommate stuff. He filled out the form and I guess we will see what happens. I did make sure he wrote that he needs to have a fan or other white noise on at night so that isnāt an issue. None of us can sleep in silence. Our upstairs sounds like a jet engine at night due to the fans or hepa filter.
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Nope, roommates clearly preferred. The way they do housing selection is first roommate pairs select before individuals who are not paired up, then within the cut of roommate pairs itās by how early you submitted your application. So all roommate pairs go before all individuals who havenāt found someone. And thereās no āmatch me with random person based on our infoā option. If you havenāt found a roommate, you just look for a room in the housing portal that has at least one bed that hasnāt been assigned and you take it. Which also means that you donāt know anything about the person taking the other bed - they are truly random without even having agreed to basic things like sleep schedule.
My kid is pretty easygoing and I think will handle most roommate situations pretty well, so Iām not worried about him doing well with whomever he gets, but if he doesnāt pair up then heāll probably have a crappy room assignment, and I donāt love that.
I see a lot of the moms of boys on the parents Facebook page frustrated that their sons arenāt doing to outreach on Instagram that the girls are doing (seems like this is more a big problem than girl problem) and I want to be like - can the school just do the questionnaire and matching thing? My freshman roommate in college was a perfect roommate match for me, and I never wouldāve found her on my own. We werenāt best friends, but we lived together so so well.
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