Has anyone felt disappointed by the dorm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Where in the "real world" do people share a bedroom with a stranger?

Look, if you don't like it, pay for an off campus single apartment, then come here to complain about that price, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS, folks. Grow up.
During my entire freshman year, I lived in a single that was turned into a double. We had bunk beds. It was miserably cramped. The shower was disgusting. It was dark and your feet sunk into the rotting concrete when you stepped inside. It was in the basement of a century old dorm at a very prestigious liberal arts college.

Why do your little snowflakes need their own room, their own bathroom, their nice comfy double bed, all the cozies and tidiness and oomphieness of home when they are in college?? This is real life. Mommy and Daddy are paying now, but not forever (unless you suck at parenting), so start getting used to some deprivations, kiddos.

My kid's dorm room is so small, she is supposed to have bunk beds, but she refuses, so she and her roommate are working out a floor plan so they can squeeze two twin beds in their. One of them is going to put her desk in the hall because she doesn't study at a desk.

Yeah, $80k for this!! Whine away, parents. This is college as it's always been and likely always will be.

+1

Well said. Some people are truly out of touch. People don't attend decent colleges to have a posh dorm.

For $80K, I would expect a decent dorm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Where in the "real world" do people share a bedroom with a stranger?

NYC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Where in the "real world" do people share a bedroom with a stranger?

camp?

9% of American kids go to sleepaway camp. That's not the real world for most kids. Ironically, it's something for mostly pampered upper class kids.

https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/reports/summer-care-gap/#:~:text=Many%20families%20(44%20percent)%20told,kids%20to%20sleep%2Daway%20camp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Having a downgrade in living situation from pampered upper class childhood to crappy dorm is a type of struggle I think is good for all pampered students to go through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Where in the "real world" do people share a bedroom with a stranger?

NYC

Yeah, a small minority of people in NYC.

And what percentage of Americans live in NYC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Having a downgrade in living situation from pampered upper class childhood to crappy dorm is a type of struggle I think is good for all pampered students to go through.

+1

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Having a downgrade in living situation from pampered upper class childhood to crappy dorm is a type of struggle I think is good for all pampered students to go through.

And I think you should go a week without toilet paper. A little struggle would be good for you.

[Anonymous]

these rich m’fers are going to make college even more expensive for everyone.

just stop. if Larla cannot possibly live in the dorms then let her transfer or buy her a condo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Having a downgrade in living situation from pampered upper class childhood to crappy dorm is a type of struggle I think is good for all pampered students to go through.

+1

This.

Also, showing up at college with the attitude that you are downgrading your living situation isn't a good look. Parents are often responsible for setting that tone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:these rich m’fers are going to make college even more expensive for everyone.

just stop. if Larla cannot possibly live in the dorms then let her transfer or buy her a condo.

Kids who have their own bedrooms in a modest 1960's constructed townhouse or SFH on a quarter acre of land in the suburbs aren't necessarily "rich m'fers."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Having a downgrade in living situation from pampered upper class childhood to crappy dorm is a type of struggle I think is good for all pampered students to go through.

And I think you should go a week without toilet paper. A little struggle would be good for you.

Maybe you have never felt actual struggle, except those you create in your head. Be grateful, instead of looking at others situations, which you obviously know nothing about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these rich m’fers are going to make college even more expensive for everyone.

just stop. if Larla cannot possibly live in the dorms then let her transfer or buy her a condo.

Kids who have their own bedrooms in a modest 1960's constructed townhouse or SFH on a quarter acre of land in the suburbs aren't necessarily "rich m'fers."

+1

The assumptions - so many assumptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great. Helps them understand the real world, instead of their pampered upper class childhoods.
Hopefully it helps motivate them to get out of their room to meet people and study hard, so they get a job that pays enough to afford a proper apartment someday.
A little discomfort is good for growth.

Where in the "real world" do people share a bedroom with a stranger?

camp?

9% of American kids go to sleepaway camp. That's not the real world for most kids. Ironically, it's something for mostly pampered upper class kids.

https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/reports/summer-care-gap/#:~:text=Many%20families%20(44%20percent)%20told,kids%20to%20sleep%2Daway%20camp.

We were too poor for sleep away camp, so I sure as hell did not b&tch about a shared dorm.