Supplemental Housing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What size room are they sticking 8 kids in? That sounds hard.

The"converted rooms"seem to be lounges or study spaces. Still, it's not optimal for incoming freshman students.

It also means that the students don't have access to these communal spaces, which isn't ideal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fordham does “forced triples” where they jam a third student into a double.

I was in one back around the millennium, I know they've added a few dorms, but not enough.

They are having financial trouble. They’ve permanently increased the freshman class size and forced triples is part of how they’re handling it.

[Anonymous]

Can we create a new post for all schools where this happens?

[Anonymous]

8 kids in a dorm room sounds crazy to me. With 8 boys that room will be disgusting within a couple days.

[Anonymous]

The University of Texas also uses supplemental housing, although not near as bad as 8 kids in a room. From my understanding, Texas puts 3 kids in a traditional 2 person dorm.

Having 3 kids in a room designed for two kids is brutal as well.

[Anonymous]

Apparently Georgia also uses supplemental housing.

[Anonymous]

No thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read on here this is happening at JMU as well this year.

About 500 freshman will be in triples to begin.

Triples or "forced triples"?

[Anonymous]

Forced. It seems to be the norm at many schools, not just state schools. Many privates are using the same, but they call it a different name.

[Anonymous]

I have to think when this occurs there is a higher acceptance yield and housing desire than modeled. I recall Penn State doing this in a certain male dormitory in the 80s. The rooms were huge study lounges and maybe even two stories tall. Depending on the group of guys, it was a great place to hang out— as there were no shows or attrition at the end of the first semester, students were offered the opportunity to move somewhere on campus in a standard room. In my experience, those students who were admitted early in the cycle and paid housing deposits right away, were not in this predicament.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fordham does “forced triples” where they jam a third student into a double.

I was in one back around the millennium, I know they've added a few dorms, but not enough.

They are having financial trouble. They’ve permanently increased the freshman class size and forced triples is part of how they’re handling it.

Link?

[Anonymous]

This is happening alot this year. I've seen forced triples a lot this year and it makes my skin crawl. The rooms are barely big enough for 2 at PennState and now there are 3 to some rooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And DCUM complains that admissions offices are obsessed with yield.

They are and this is why. If they are going to get it wrong, they would rather have too many students than too few. But with more backlash on this as their solution, the focus on yield is going to get worse. College admissions is still so unpredictable with all the changes in the past few years that their models have become less accurate.

[Anonymous]

I was in a quad for the first week of freshman year. Then we were a triple for the rest of the year. Benefits: the whole building was triples and there were a lot of people to meet and go to things with. You also learn to live without as much stuff. One roommate showed up with all kinds of plastic crap and she sent a lot home with her parents. Cons: it could be loud on the weekends.

That building had been doubles in the years prior. It’s still triples today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to think when this occurs there is a higher acceptance yield and housing desire than modeled. I recall Penn State doing this in a certain male dormitory in the 80s. The rooms were huge study lounges and maybe even two stories tall. Depending on the group of guys, it was a great place to hang out— as there were no shows or attrition at the end of the first semester, students were offered the opportunity to move somewhere on campus in a standard room. In my experience, those students who were admitted early in the cycle and paid housing deposits right away, were not in this predicament.

I think you a correct. From what I have been able to find, kids who accepted offers closer to the May 1st deadline were much more likely to be assigned to supplemental housing.