<p>WOW! I think had we seen this before applying, or accepting, we would not have. First I sure hope those aren’t any dorms my son decides on! An extra $2k a year? WOW. No I don’t consider this an advertisement for Marist or any other college, the focus should be on the work, professors, class size, accessibility, cost, etc. The “regular” dorms are really nice, and I’m really not sure which one they are talking about here-but again WOW. Thanks for sharing though! Yes my son was tripled (forced) although there were incentives offered to volunteer for tripling, he refused rolling the dice, hoping against hope that he wouldn’t be tripled. But as luck would have it, he was! When having to force triples, Marist uses the date you paid your deposit as the guide as to who gets tripled. The closer you are to the pay by date the more likely you are to be tripled. BUT! most forced triples are broken down before winter break, and some as early as Sept. We were lucky and his broke down before we got there, so he has always been 2 in his room.</p>