Oh, no. Not on Foss. I assume you consider the two-room doubles as de facto singles (which they are.)*
*Two-room doubles which feature adjoining rooms with a common exit are NESCAC specialties dating back to a more innocent time when it was thought guys (when it consisted mostly of all-male colleges) would be content with two beds in the inner room and using the outer room as a study space. That arrangement seldom survived Arrival Day.
Yep. I don’t think any of those rooms were ever referred to as two room doubles. And the adjoining door between me and the girl next door never got opened. She was the only person on our floor that did not become a close friend. Doors between most of the other rooms on our floor were opened on occasion.
Of course, so long as we’re on the subject of doubles, we should probably cover the so-called “Copenhagens”, a name whose derivation has been lost to the sands of time. They are the corner rooms on each floor of The Butts (short for Butterfield.) They normally room two people and the dirty little secret is that, like the two-room doubles of Foss Hill, they were originally designed to be common areas- hence they have the nicest windows of all the rooms on Lawn Avenue.
Are there any moms here who have Greek ties, specifically to Alpha Gamma Delta or Kappa Delta? If so, I would love to hear from you if you could message me 
Or any dads with a significant other who are alumnae of those two sororities.
Oh yes! Please give me all the tips you have and any questions I should specifically ask. What has been your student’s experience? What have they liked the most and what have they hated about AU? Please share whatever you can!
Claremont schools do have good food. Pitzer’s admitted students day had AMAZING food at the dining hall.
Agree. That was my experience too. I almost overate the food was so good at Pitzer. 
Which day were you there? What was your impression of the admitted students day? I honestly thought they did a poor job of showcasing their strengths other than the food.
It’s done! S26 committed to Stevens Institute of Technology today. Hard to believe it’s over. It was a close call between this and Pitt, but ultimately, he felt a stronger sense of belonging at Stevens. We just returned from our third visit to Pitt yesterday. I can’t believe we traveled to so many places and he’s ending up across the river just a PATH ride away! He’s happy and excited, which is all I can ask for, and he got a great scholarship, plus admission to the ISTEM program (civil engineering major) and the accelerated masters.
Thanks to all of you here for the support. I can’t wait to see where all who are still undecided land! Now, what do I do with all of the extra time I’ll have?
Congrats on your kid making a decision! It’s a huge milestone.
Congratulations! We’re in northern New Jersey, and my wife and I REALLY wanted to put Stevens on the list for D26. It was too close for her, but we did tour. Such a great school!
Huge congrats to your kiddo! I didn’t see Stevens coming, lol – but I bet you’re thrilled to have him so close! I’m a little envious of what a perfect view he’s going to have from campus all the time. 
So happy for him that it worked out with the scholarship plus the right major and all. Yay!
I have a million things to do but am sitting here shopping for graduation dresses online. (For me, not the kid.) You could join me, lol.
Congratulations!! That’s so exciting! Sometimes you have to travel far to come to that realization. So happy everything worked out for him!
I wasn’t too impressed with the programming at Pitzer on the 3rd. We went the very next day to UW and were blown away. They put on a huge show as well as great presentations and my D26 got to meet a bunch of professors at the division of social sciences which really excited her. And of course the campus at UW was gorgeous with the cherry blossoms and fountains and beautiful buildings.
Not sure if you all remember when I posted a while ago about D26 BFF who was waitlisted at her dream school as well as her second choice. She was not thrilled with any of her other options BUT she ended up touring her next two best options and was able to get excited about one of them. She committed and has found a roommate and everything. WELL- this afternoon at 3pm she got of the waitlist at her Dream School 
She is in shock! She convinced herself that if she had any shot it would be in July or August and at that point she would say no. So now she has some thinking to do. She really wants Dream School but feels guilty that she has a roommate set up at the new school. Will be interesting to see what happens. The crazy thing is, D26 was admitted to Dream School and finally emailed them Monday that she was not coming and now this happens. She is totally curious if her doing that actually opened up the spot (we think it’s coincidence).
We went to Pitzer on the fourth. Thought they did a poor job then too. We’re at Occidental on the 3rd, and like your UW experience we were totally impressed by the Occidental program.
Congratulations!! Looks like he found his place.
Spanish language stuff for the fall has now been sorted out. D26 took AP Spanish in 11th grade but did not take AP exam. Teacher that year wasn’t very good. Had a Spanish capstone class this yr Aug-early Feb.
D26 took the college’s Spanish placement exam which said to enroll in 3rd semester Spanish. Her major only requires 2 semesters of foreign language.
Great so that means she wouldn’t have to taken Spanish right? No.
Why? Because the language PLACEMENT exam doesn’t get you credit for the actual GE requirement. To do THAT, you have to take the language PROFICIENCY exam.
…which she did today. Spanish proficiency exam said she’ll eligible for credit for 1st semester Spanish. So she has to enroll in 2nd semester Spanish for the fall.
All totally fine. Kid said the proficiency exam was harder than the placement exam.
Paid the dorm rent down payment today and kid and I signed the dorm rental contract. I had to sign because she’s not 18 yet.
One step closer!
Huge congratulations to you and your son! Sounds like he found the place he feels at home (and so close to home too)!
That’s understandable, but it’s also a terrible reason to go to a particular college.. if she’s excited about staying there that’s one thing, but doing it because you’re feeling guilty that someone may need to find another roommate… nah.
Agree. The roommate will be fine. It’s not like it’s weeks before school starts. Most people probably don’t have roommates yet. Heck, many of our kids haven’t even picked a college yet. It is not even May 1 yet.