Colleges with freshman in singles with suites - post here
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Anonymous
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This is a spin off of the supplemental housing post. I’ve been searching online and trying to find which schools have the best residential facilities, preferably singles in some sort of suite for freshman. Unfortunately some of the places I found online are also being listed in the supplemental housing discussion.
Please post if your freshman had fabulous dorms, space and privacy. It’s not the only thing my kid cares about but it’s important. |
Anonymous
| Following! |
Anonymous
| It seems that many large state flagships {and many SLACS) have adopted this policy. I would hate it! |
Anonymous
| George Washington University has built/will build more singles because this is what students ask for. My freshman will shortly move to his single with private bath on campus, but he got it just because he has medical needs. There are a lot more singles with common hall baths, however, in Mitchell Hall. Perhaps your child could go there. The Resident Life department has the last word on room assignments, so nothing is certain unless there is a diagnosed disability. |
Anonymous
| Wesleyan offers singles to freshmen. |
Anonymous
The freshman honors dorm is all suites, each containing 4 singles. |
Anonymous
| Haverford has a lot of first year singles |
Anonymous
| Williams College used to offer all singles to freshman. |
Anonymous
| William and Mary had singles. A kid in my neighborhood got one as a freshman. Not sure if there was a diagnosed need but the mother told me they were offered a choice and took the single. |
Anonymous
| Super immature of a kid for this to matter much at all. There are so many things that this should take priority over. Really odd. |
Anonymous
| At U chicago 30 percent of the students can get single room. |
Anonymous
| Colgate has singles and suites for freshman, but I don't think there are any suites of singles. |
Anonymous
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I didn’t let my kid kid pick single as a choice. Part of the experience is living with others. And I say this as someone who did not get along with my freshman roommate so much that I ended up moving to another room. But I learned a lot in the process about what I could put up with and what I wouldn’t.
Unless there is a medical need, you should think about later years too. Will they be living solo in an apt as upperclassman too? Never need a roommate in life? |
Anonymous
I'm not OP, and my kid is only at the beginning of the college process, but DC has social anxiety--nothing especially debilitating as far as DC is concerned, but enough that it makes everyday life a little different for them than the typical, more social teen. Even more to the point, DC absolutely requires time alone to recharge after having to muster the energy required to socialize in classes, etc. While I'd love for DC to be more social, that's just not who they are, and I think a single will be better for them in this case. And since they'll probably spend a lot of time in that room, I certainly hope it's nice enough to feel like a bit of a sanctuary. And really, can you imagine being a freshman--completely new to campus--and having a roommate who just really needs quiet and downtime while you're really hoping for a new friend? Not ideal for either party. PP, do I think that's "odd?" Not really. Do I think you're a bit too judgy about a situation you don't know anything about? Definitely. (But that's the DCUM way, isn't it?) And did OP say this was the main priority? "It's not the only think my kid cares about, but it's important" doesn't sound like it to me. |
Anonymous
| DD had a single at Cornell both Fr and Soph years. |