Dorms

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mattress covers

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges offer singles to freshman in a suite style?

Haverford

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I feel like a horrible dorm with great roommates is awesome and an amazing dorm with terrible roommates is awful. It’s the people match that matters.

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I shuddered moving my DC into her dorm room, which was hideous, dirty, and tiny. However, it bothered me a lot more than her and she had a fantastic freshman year, completely bonded with her roommate and the girls next door, and is now living off campus with all of them. It's no big deal to the kids, so I tried to keep my trepidations to myself.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I feel like a horrible dorm with great roommates is awesome and an amazing dorm with terrible roommates is awful. It’s the people match that matters.

+1
I shuddered moving my DC into her dorm room, which was hideous, dirty, and tiny. However, it bothered me a lot more than her and she had a fantastic freshman year, completely bonded with her roommate and the girls next door, and is now living off campus with all of them. It's no big deal to the kids, so I tried to keep my trepidations to myself.

Send a bottle of Windex or whatever product you use to clean and hope they remember to use it once in awhile to clean their tiny room. Extra mattress covers and pillow covers too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I feel like a horrible dorm with great roommates is awesome and an amazing dorm with terrible roommates is awful. It’s the people match that matters.

+1
I shuddered moving my DC into her dorm room, which was hideous, dirty, and tiny. However, it bothered me a lot more than her and she had a fantastic freshman year, completely bonded with her roommate and the girls next door, and is now living off campus with all of them. It's no big deal to the kids, so I tried to keep my trepidations to myself.

Send a bottle of Windex or whatever product you use to clean and hope they remember to use it once in awhile to clean their tiny room. Extra mattress covers and pillow covers too.

Yes, that year has already passed as I mentioned in my post. The girls now live in a townhouse which they keep sparkling clean.

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges offer singles to freshman in a suite style?

MIT McCormick Hall. East Tower. Sadly closing for 2 years for renovations.

Where will those kids go?

Not sure. Other dorms or off campus if not 1st year.

McGregor is the most similar wrt singles and suites but I always thought it seemed grim even when new (BF lived there) and it's way farther from classes.

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges offer singles to freshman in a suite style?

MIT McCormick Hall. East Tower. Sadly closing for 2 years for renovations.

Where will those kids go?

Not sure. Other dorms or off campus if not 1st year.

McGregor is the most similar wrt singles and suites but I always thought it seemed grim even when new (BF lived there) and it's way farther from classes.

They "live" in their labs anyways

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Georgetown dorms have rats and mold

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown dorms have rats and mold

Georgetown is bad but I think a couple of new dorms are in the works?

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges offer singles to freshman in a suite style?

Fancy schools that spend too much money on facilities and not enough on education.

Names?

Wash U is known to have some of the best dorms in the country. A friend's kid who graduated 10 years ago says her dorm mattress was nicer than any she's had since.

How do they decide to change out the mattress? And how often? Who decides? Do students report worn out mattress to some authority on campus (lol)?

If you went to college did even wonder how old the mattress was?

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges offer singles to freshman in a suite style?

DC is a current freshman at WashU with a single room in a suite of 4. Two full bathrooms in the suite, with weekly cleaning by mgmt. Nice building with all amenities (think newer Hampton Inns), including a gym, shops, high-tech food vending machines and a cavernous dining hall within 3 minutes walk. Starting 2025, all frosh and sophomores are required to stay on campus in a custom build residential area (South 40). Tempurpedic matresses are indeed better; all in pristine condition. Great RA and support structure; love the suitemates. Ranked 1st by Princeton Review for Best College Dorms and Best Quality of Life. Ranked 1st by Niche for Best College Dorms in America. WashU solved its last 2 years main complaint from students: rising food prices and small portions (tasty, but hungry students need more calories). It now provides an option for "all you can eat" dinner (with rotating menu, including delicious ethnic foods) for around $11. Couldn't be happier.

https://students.washu.edu/2025/08/21/washu-tops-national-rankings-for-residence-halls-and-quality-of-life/
https://www.princetonreview.com/college/washington-university-in-st-louis-1022620?ceid=best-colleges
https://www.niche.com/colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis/rankings/

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Anonymous wrote:Which colleges offer singles to freshman in a suite style?

Lots of off campus private dorms at bigger schools. My freshman is in one and loves it.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown dorms have rats and mold

Georgetown is bad but I think a couple of new dorms are in the works?

They just opened three new beautiful apartment-style dorms for juniors and seniors.

The downtown dorms are also nice.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown dorms have rats and mold

Georgetown is bad but I think a couple of new dorms are in the works?

are they? where? they truly need them

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown dorms have rats and mold

Georgetown is bad but I think a couple of new dorms are in the works?

They just opened three new beautiful apartment-style dorms for juniors and seniors.

The downtown dorms are also nice.

what about the first year dorms? my kid's friends saw rats in his.