Has anyone felt disappointed by the dorm?

[Anonymous]

My DD lived in a dorm with mold the entire year despite numerous calls to maintenance. She was always congested and sick with various symptoms and fine once she was home during school breaks. I understand about the small quarters, lack of closet space, etc., etc., however, mold should NOT be tolerated. This year, she lives in on-campus apt. with several other people and noticed mold as soon as she arrived. For the price of housing, this should be addressed especially for students with a hx of asthma and breathing issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD lived in a dorm with mold the entire year despite numerous calls to maintenance. She was always congested and sick with various symptoms and fine once she was home during school breaks. I understand about the small quarters, lack of closet space, etc., etc., however, mold should NOT be tolerated. This year, she lives in on-campus apt. with several other people and noticed mold as soon as she arrived. For the price of housing, this should be addressed especially for students with a hx of asthma and breathing issues.

What school? (This does not ID your child)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD’s dorm room freshman year was smaller than her horse’s stall.

Her horse.[/quote

A DCUM classic!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD’s dorm room freshman year was smaller than her horse’s stall.

Her horse.[/quote

A DCUM classic!!

I had my own cow growing up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD’s dorm room freshman year was smaller than her horse’s stall.

Her horse.[/quote

A DCUM classic!!

I had my own cow growing up.

[Anonymous]

It's obscene we pay so much for this crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD lived in a dorm with mold the entire year despite numerous calls to maintenance. She was always congested and sick with various symptoms and fine once she was home during school breaks. I understand about the small quarters, lack of closet space, etc., etc., however, mold should NOT be tolerated. This year, she lives in on-campus apt. with several other people and noticed mold as soon as she arrived. For the price of housing, this should be addressed especially for students with a hx of asthma and breathing issues.

Mold is a different issue and n to acceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:your kid does not need a microwave and a refrigerator….

+1

It’s all part of the experience. They will be fine.

[Anonymous]

It is 9 months. They will be fine. And will appreciate the upgrade next year. Freshman dorm is rite of passage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is no snowflake, and we are just an ordinary MC family. For the past 18 years they have had their own room and bathroom, a full-sized bed, and air conditioning. Now they are at a supposed to be "elite" college, sharing a tiny room that barely fits two twin beds and two small desks, using crappy drawers that were literally tucked in the tiny closet, having no A/C in the 90 degrees weather with a useless window that doesn't open (maybe because it's on the first floor), and trekking down to the communal bathrooms 100 ft down the hallway at night. The noise from the laundry room next door doesn't make it easy to get a good sleep. The tiny beds are awkwardly placed in the middle of the room, and I can definitely see DC rolling down the bed at night, but it's impossible to make both beds against a wall due to the size of the room. Overall, it's worse than a motel.

My kid is tired and excited right now and it hasn't hit them yet that they are going to need to fit in a fridge, a microwave, and storage for various supplies. I am sure they will figure it out by themselves later (or happily living in a chaos), but as a parent I am disappointed. Those Youtube dorm tours are so deceiving! I can only hope the education they are getting there will be worth it.

Have you seen VCU's dorms this year? My friend posted one and there is no room for desks and one closet. Two beds crammed in a tiny room. No A/C. I'd be PISSED if I were paying for that.

All the dorms at vcu have a/c. Vcu had to close a dorm last year, so space is tight this year. They are probably in grc 3, which was built for lgbtq kids who needed a private room. They are using that dorm for all kids as doubles this year. My kid lived in grc 1 last year. Beautiful dorm room, high floor overlooking downtown Richmond.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD lived in a dorm with mold the entire year despite numerous calls to maintenance. She was always congested and sick with various symptoms and fine once she was home during school breaks. I understand about the small quarters, lack of closet space, etc., etc., however, mold should NOT be tolerated. This year, she lives in on-campus apt. with several other people and noticed mold as soon as she arrived. For the price of housing, this should be addressed especially for students with a hx of asthma and breathing issues.

What school? (This does not ID your child)

Had kids in 3 different colleges. They all had dorm mold issues.

[Anonymous]

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Most of the replies on this thread are bonkers.

Just because you lived through it, it doesn't mean it's right, especially at today's exorbitant prices, which, corrected for inflation, are STILL much more expensive than what your college experience cost.

Also, you are all laboring under the delusion that because you had to do it, everyone else has to do it. No. This is how we get generational injustices and discrimination, mostly aimed at women and minorities. To extend this line of thinking to a commercial enterprise is sheer madness.

wow ok! are you also going to cry to DCUM about how many roommates your child has to have to afford rent? the size of their first NYC studio?

PP you replied to. No. I make sure my kids are comfortable! And that means researching dorms, and adding that as a criteria when applying to college. There is no way I am paying scandalous money for a crappy dorm. If college costs were reasonable, I wouldn't care so much. But the current system is highway robbery, so I'm making sure my family is getting their money's worth.

All you mouthbreathers braying that it's a "rite of passage" are getting fleeced, that's all. And you don't like it when others point it out, so you're doubling down.

Wow. Mouth breathers? Read back what you wrote. You feel proud of how you talk about people?

[Anonymous]

My DD moved into a Harvard dorm and there were boogers on the wall. Some spilled beverage on the wall too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD lived in a dorm with mold the entire year despite numerous calls to maintenance. She was always congested and sick with various symptoms and fine once she was home during school breaks. I understand about the small quarters, lack of closet space, etc., etc., however, mold should NOT be tolerated. This year, she lives in on-campus apt. with several other people and noticed mold as soon as she arrived. For the price of housing, this should be addressed especially for students with a hx of asthma and breathing issues.

Honestly, I would intervene if they don't resolve this for her. It's great for kids to learn to self advocate, but sometimes they still need help. Take photos, get a doctors report, pay for outside testing, contact housing/facility services/dean's office yourself, then hit social media if it's not fixed. IDK if dorms follow housing code, but that would be another avenue to consider.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's obscene we pay so much for this crap.

Community college is cheaper