Worst Dorms

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are UCLA dorms like? They didn’t show any dorms on the tour. We liked the UCLA vibe…until they mentioned housing. Triples “guaranteed” all four years.

There’s no way they want to show potential students and their parents “forced triples”, which are dorm rooms designed and built to be doubles but because of lack of dorm space they have converted into triples.

So now almost all freshman ate in triples unless they have some type of accommodation/ athlete/ special circumstance.

Freshman classic dorms at UCLA Standard measurements for Hedrick, Rieber, Sproul, and Dykstra Halls are 12’5'' L X 10’6'' W which is 130 square feet.
https://ask.housing.ucla.edu/app/answers/detail/a_id/539/~/square-footage-of-rooms-in-on-campus-housing

Well no one is "forced" to live there. They don't have any requirements of who lives on and off campus. Plenty of off-campus housing if someone really cares about a single/double situation.

[Anonymous]

Some of the nicest dorms are where the athletes live

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the nicest dorms are where the athletes live

The NCAA has forbidden athlete-only dorms since the 1990s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the nicest dorms are where the athletes live

The NCAA has forbidden athlete-only dorms since the 1990s.

yes- but they are given the nicest dorms

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard freshmen dorms are lovely from the outside - charming quad! - but disgusting on the inside. Mold, roaches, mice.

The quality of the dorms varies widely. Mather is terrible - high rise heat trap with no ac; rats and mice.

Most New England dorms don't have a/c. My Harvard freshman dorm, Lionel, was small but very nice.

Because in New England by the second week of September air conditioning wouldn’t be needed. You can survive the first few weeks of school with a $15 fan from Walmart.

[Anonymous]

As long as it isn't a total disaster, living in an old, slightly run down dorm is part of the college experience. As is eating average food rather than gourmet meals every day.

A lot of the most prestigious schools are old. Their dorms are old. They do basic updates but that's it. I would rather live in an old dorm at an Ivy than a brand new dorm at some USN&WR up-and-coming darling.

The arms race to have these five-star college experiences is both a waste of money and typically a measure of how insecure the school is in its place in the pecking order.

[Anonymous]

Some of the dorms at UGA are great- new, well-kept. But you can’t compare a large younger SEC state U with an older New England college. To each his own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure the following also have triple dorm rooms for at least some freshmen:
UCSD
Wisconsin
Purdue
Boston College (the tour guide even said they had quads!)

Can anyone add to this list?

RPI has a freshman dorm that’s all triples. Was originally all doubles but converted to triples (without increasing room size) 10+ years ago. It’s one of the few dorms with air conditioning though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dorms have gotten too nice.

I don’t think there should be filth, pests, and vermin but a college student doesn’t need a juice bar and sushi chef in their dorm building.

I kinda want a lazy river...sign me up!

My pool has one...giong today!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are UCLA dorms like? They didn’t show any dorms on the tour. We liked the UCLA vibe…until they mentioned housing. Triples “guaranteed” all four years.

There’s no way they want to show potential students and their parents “forced triples”, which are dorm rooms designed and built to be doubles but because of lack of dorm space they have converted into triples.

So now almost all freshman ate in triples unless they have some type of accommodation/ athlete/ special circumstance.

Freshman classic dorms at UCLA Standard measurements for Hedrick, Rieber, Sproul, and Dykstra Halls are 12’5'' L X 10’6'' W which is 130 square feet.
https://ask.housing.ucla.edu/app/answers/detail/a_id/539/~/square-footage-of-rooms-in-on-campus-housing

Well no one is "forced" to live there. They don't have any requirements of who lives on and off campus. Plenty of off-campus housing if someone really cares about a single/double situation.

Blissfully unaware of the challenges of finding housing and the cost it at UCs like UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD and UCSC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are UCLA dorms like? They didn’t show any dorms on the tour. We liked the UCLA vibe…until they mentioned housing. Triples “guaranteed” all four years.

There’s no way they want to show potential students and their parents “forced triples”, which are dorm rooms designed and built to be doubles but because of lack of dorm space they have converted into triples.

So now almost all freshman ate in triples unless they have some type of accommodation/ athlete/ special circumstance.

Freshman classic dorms at UCLA Standard measurements for Hedrick, Rieber, Sproul, and Dykstra Halls are 12’5'' L X 10’6'' W which is 130 square feet.
https://ask.housing.ucla.edu/app/answers/detail/a_id/539/~/square-footage-of-rooms-in-on-campus-housing

Well no one is "forced" to live there. They don't have any requirements of who lives on and off campus. Plenty of off-campus housing if someone really cares about a single/double situation.

Blissfully unaware of the challenges of finding housing and the cost it at UCs like UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD and UCSC

+1

[Anonymous]

I have a big issue with mold. A young adult in my extended family was unknowingly exposed to black mold and got very sick from it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a big issue with mold. A young adult in my extended family was unknowingly exposed to black mold and got very sick from it.

Oh no, was this in a college dorm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dorm envy and luxury are out of control.

College students should live in squalor -- safe and clean, of course -- but dumpy.

So honestly safe and clean is the problem in a lot of dorms. Black mold, rats, mice and various bugs are not healthy. Why dorms have carpet is beyond me.

IMO triples are never a good idea. The rooms can be small but forcing 3 kids into a tiny room is too stressful.

[Anonymous]

Brown
They really need to invest to upgrade dorms, for example adding A/C