"Private" Dorms-regional self-segregation?

PackMom
Thu, 10 May 2007 06:14:24 +0000

The two largest universities in our state (NC) each have a large private dorm just off the edge of the campuses. I don’t think they are filled by kids from the same region except maybe from NC just because the vast majority of the students are from NC. I hear that many who live there are those who have or plan to go Greek.

These dorms have their own cafeteria in the dorm, their own student parking for cars (making it convenient even for freshman to have a car at school) and I know the one at my S’s univ. has an outdoor swimming pool. The brochures they send out have glossy pictures of kids splashing in the pool like it’s a resort. Of course it all costs more. S didn’t not live there but has visited and said he would not want to live there as it is somewhat segregated from the rest of campus which in his mind was disadvantagious for freshmen.