Horrible dorm assignment!
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Anonymous
| A lower level "basement" room doesn't mean a dungeon without windows. Lots of dorms have a "basement" level. |
Anonymous
| It's a basement, test for mold hope it comes back positive. California has very strict rules around housing and mold |
Anonymous
| Our lower level rooms have windows that open and they are covered so they aren't a risk for people getting in. |
Anonymous
You can also plant/grow mold…. |
Anonymous
| For your kid's sake I hope you are just venting here but staying positive for them. |
Anonymous
Better be able to open an window, otherwise that is a huge fire hazard and illegal. |
Anonymous
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a basement room with no window isn't legal.
so it's not that |
Anonymous
| Yet people pay huge amounts in rent in cities for these garden level rooms. |
Anonymous
What are you talking about? Of course a dorm room is going to have an egress window that opens. If you are anxious about someone coming in you can figure out a way to open it partway and then block it from opening the rest of the way. |
Anonymous
| It will be pretty easy for your kid to trade a single for a double. Trust me. Let him figure it out if he cares. If he doesn’t care but you care, then think about why you care. |
Anonymous
You probably can't without damaging the window or frame |
Anonymous
| I hear you. My very quiet kid has been assigned to a triple. He had read that his college has a lengthy questionnaire for incoming freshmen to match roommates and assign people to hall sections, including a free response essay about interests and the opportunity to request a single. But when the housing form came out this year, it asked exactly two questions: one about sleeping habits and another about visitors. Then it took until near the end of July for the college to even tell him where he's living. Not sure how random assignments took that long. He's not happy, not excited, and not optimistic. I am starting to regret the horror stories I've told him over the years about my own experience in a freshman year triple. Not good. |
Anonymous
| A basement room will be much cooler than rooms on the other floors. |
Anonymous
For the tuition and fees paid at these schools, people should not have to do so. |
Anonymous
And in CA, the temp goes down at night, unlike on the east coast or midwest. -long time CA resident who was shocked at how humid and warm it is at night in DC when I first moved here. |