Horrible dorm assignment!

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Anonymous wrote:People lived without air conditioning for thousands of years. Your snowflake will survive.

Studies done *on college students* show that sleeping in temperatures that are too warm cause lower math scores on tests. Authors compared math scores from students in dorms with A/C and dorms without.

So this is academically important. A/C is not a frivolous demand these days.

Please link these studies. When I stop laughing I'll take a look at them.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard and Yale are not in SoCal (or any Ivy for that matter) so don’t need AC. Why they are even being mentioned in this thread is a waste of time.

New England is fuggin hotter than Socal in August.

What an outlandish claim. SoCal outside of the coast is piping hot!

The humidity on the east coast makes a hige difference. SoCal heat is a dry heat. huge difference

It doesn’t make that much of a difference. Hot in SoCal feels plenty hot, especially when the sun is out.

I agree with the prior PP - having spent a lot of time in both DMV and SoCal in summers. The humidity makes a huge difference, very hot days in SoCal cool off at night (and it feels even cooler without humidity) and is a lot easier to cool down a room (especially one in basement - where sun hasn't warmed up roof/walls) that would be the case during a heat wave on the east coast.

I lived there for three years, so don’t need your lecture on what the heat feels like. It does cool down some at night, but buildings often hold heat and it is very hot during the day, particularly sunny days. It’s not a sticky hit but still feels plenty hot.

And we don't need your lectures either. A room in a building that is partially underground is not going to have the same heat retention as a top floor room with full sun exposure to the walls and roof. Everyone in that dorm has no AC - not just the basement floor. I'd be far more worried about heat on ANY other floor than the one being complained about.

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Maybe just get through it!

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My daughter had no AC into eighth floor dorm room at UMD. She crashed in friends rooms on the hottest days. She was miserable. Like the original poster I feel that in 2024 and how much we pay for tuition AC should be a given.

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Bugs, mold issues, single room in a basement?! No way is that room acceptable!

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter had no AC into eighth floor dorm room at UMD. She crashed in friends rooms on the hottest days. She was miserable. Like the original poster I feel that in 2024 and how much we pay for tuition AC should be a given.

Maryland is not California.

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Anonymous wrote:Bugs, mold issues, single room in a basement?! No way is that room acceptable!

OP never said any of this other than the single in a basement (which is a great place as a freshman).

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Anonymous wrote:This is Southern CA folks so your blithe attitude about AC is unfounded. School can more than afford to provide it too. The basement part is what gets me the most-how a school of this caliber can get away with throwing kids in a dungeon and pretending that’s ok is beyond me!

It’s not whether the school can afford it, rather the electrical system not being able to handle the demands.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else less than enthused about their DC dorm placement? Mine wanted a roommate and wound up in a single basement dorm next to the bathroom without AC in CA at college that can more than afford to put central AC in. Beyond pissed for the amount of tuition and desire for roommate. Souring us on the school before we even arrive!

Sue them for breach of contract.

/s

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Anonymous wrote:This is Southern CA folks so your blithe attitude about AC is unfounded. School can more than afford to provide it too. The basement part is what gets me the most-how a school of this caliber can get away with throwing kids in a dungeon and pretending that’s ok is beyond me!

USC?
Pomona?
CMC?
Pepperdine?
LMU?

My guess is UCLA
The only other top schools in southern california are USC (all freshman dorms air conditioned), Cal Tech (all dorms air conditioned), 3 out of 5 Claremont colleges have air conditioning and Claremont McKenna and Scripps are mostly air conditioned.

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No one gets to decide for someone else what is "acceptable" in terms of basic living conditions. Especially at the price tag these schools charge.
End of story.

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Anonymous wrote:No one gets to decide for someone else what is "acceptable" in terms of basic living conditions. Especially at the price tag these schools charge.
End of story.

But if this is such an important factor in what is acceptable in their lives, wouldn't "do all dorms have AC" be a criteria for choosing a school?

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Anonymous wrote:This is Southern CA folks so your blithe attitude about AC is unfounded. School can more than afford to provide it too. The basement part is what gets me the most-how a school of this caliber can get away with throwing kids in a dungeon and pretending that’s ok is beyond me!

USC?
Pomona?
CMC?
Pepperdine?
LMU?

My guess is UCLA
The only other top schools in southern california are USC (all freshman dorms air conditioned), Cal Tech (all dorms air conditioned), 3 out of 5 Claremont colleges have air conditioning and Claremont McKenna and Scripps are mostly air conditioned.

It probably is not UCLA, because they mentioned all dorms costing the same and being assigned a dorm. It’s likely Pomona.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter had no AC into eighth floor dorm room at UMD. She crashed in friends rooms on the hottest days. She was miserable. Like the original poster I feel that in 2024 and how much we pay for tuition AC should be a given.

Maryland is not California.

Maryland is hideously humid. CA is not

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Anonymous wrote:This is Southern CA folks so your blithe attitude about AC is unfounded. School can more than afford to provide it too. The basement part is what gets me the most-how a school of this caliber can get away with throwing kids in a dungeon and pretending that’s ok is beyond me!

USC?
Pomona?
CMC?
Pepperdine?
LMU?

My guess is UCLA
The only other top schools in southern california are USC (all freshman dorms air conditioned), Cal Tech (all dorms air conditioned), 3 out of 5 Claremont colleges have air conditioning and Claremont McKenna and Scripps are mostly air conditioned.

It probably is not UCLA, because they mentioned all dorms costing the same and being assigned a dorm. It’s likely Pomona.

Maybe OP will update, since it seems Pomona is currently in orientation.