Has anyone felt disappointed by the dorm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why everyone here is so mean? OP has a very legitimate complain.
We were very disappointed a year ago when our DC was placed into a double with 2 roommates because the school was overenrolled. He had to sleep on the upper bund bed closer to the ceiling light. No air conditioning. We paid $80K for a LAC in NE.

You knew this when you choose the $80K a year fancy LAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Most of the replies on this thread are bonkers.

Just because you lived through it, it doesn't mean it's right, especially at today's exorbitant prices, which, corrected for inflation, are STILL much more expensive than what your college experience cost.

Also, you are all laboring under the delusion that because you had to do it, everyone else has to do it. No. This is how we get generational injustices and discrimination, mostly aimed at women and minorities. To extend this line of thinking to a commercial enterprise is sheer madness.

wow ok! are you also going to cry to DCUM about how many roommates your child has to have to afford rent? the size of their first NYC studio?

[Anonymous]

If you want luxury dorms go to High Point. They have fountains and an ice cream truck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why everyone here is so mean? OP has a very legitimate complain.
We were very disappointed a year ago when our DC was placed into a double with 2 roommates because the school was overenrolled. He had to sleep on the upper bund bed closer to the ceiling light. No air conditioning. We paid $80K for a LAC in NE.

You knew this when you choose the $80K a year fancy LAC.

What do you mean? Of course we did not know the overenrollement when we selected that LAC on May 1. We had other options. If we knew, we wouldn't have chosen it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why everyone here is so mean? OP has a very legitimate complain.
We were very disappointed a year ago when our DC was placed into a double with 2 roommates because the school was overenrolled. He had to sleep on the upper bund bed closer to the ceiling light. No air conditioning. We paid $80K for a LAC in NE.

You knew this when you choose the $80K a year fancy LAC.

Did it make you feel better to say that? And are you always such a jealous dick?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not middle class - middle class kids in this area aren't having large bedrooms with a private bath. You are wealthy. Time for them to live in the real world.

Oh stop. Plenty of homes in my older neighborhood have this set up for kids and they are not mansions by any stretch. Mine doesn't but lots of my neighbors do.

And, what are your homes worth. You aren't middle class. Lets be real. You aren't living pay check to pay heck and can afford an expensive college.

Middle class homes in this area are 800-1400 or so square feet. We have 1000 square feet. We have one bathroom for everyone.

You want me to apologize b/c we bought a cheap, small house 20+ years ago and it appreciated? GTFOH with that nonsense. I'm not going to apologize for having 2 bathrooms, sorry. Or for what my home is worth now, which isn't as much as you are implying. And I don't need to establish my middle class creds with you, bi--ch. I grew up just at the poverty line. So screw you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why everyone here is so mean? OP has a very legitimate complain.
We were very disappointed a year ago when our DC was placed into a double with 2 roommates because the school was overenrolled. He had to sleep on the upper bund bed closer to the ceiling light. No air conditioning. We paid $80K for a LAC in NE.

Well, the fool here is you.

Your state college flagship is just as good and less than half the price.

I wouldn't hire you to manage my money.

[Anonymous]

The trick is accepting quickly and making a housing deposit…at least that’s how it worked at my kid’s flagship. They got into the new all-suite dorm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why everyone here is so mean? OP has a very legitimate complain.
We were very disappointed a year ago when our DC was placed into a double with 2 roommates because the school was overenrolled. He had to sleep on the upper bund bed closer to the ceiling light. No air conditioning. We paid $80K for a LAC in NE.

Well, the fool here is you.

Your state college flagship is just as good and less than half the price.

I wouldn't hire you to manage my money.

It really depends on the state.

[Anonymous]

We send our kid to a second tier state school, and some dorms are great, but others are tiny, have bugs, the a/c is out, etc. the school touts it’s nice dorms on the tour, and it’s relatively cheap because it’s in-state. I still hear parents say, “for as much as I’m paying, I expected better for my child.” These parents are getting a bargain, they could be paying $80K and still get a crappy dorm. Anyway, my kid has been lucky and gotten pretty nice rooms so far.

[Anonymous]

My state non-flagship had very good freshman/ sophomore dorms. Spacious, clean, no bunk beds, sink in room. Can't say the same for upperclassman dorms, though you could get a private if you were lucky. Loved loved my school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't even have a sink in my first college dorm room. You had to walk down the hall to the communal bathroom.

We could have a fridge but no microwave. We all secretly had the forbidden little hotpots for making soup and noodles.

Times haven't changed. This will be my kid's situation this year.

[Anonymous]

I was an only child with my own room. 20+ years ago I moved into a triple that was meant to be a double at JMU. It was very disappointing and way worse than a motel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why everyone here is so mean? OP has a very legitimate complain.
We were very disappointed a year ago when our DC was placed into a double with 2 roommates because the school was overenrolled. He had to sleep on the upper bund bed closer to the ceiling light. No air conditioning. We paid $80K for a LAC in NE.

Oof, which school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My state non-flagship had very good freshman/ sophomore dorms. Spacious, clean, no bunk beds, sink in room. Can't say the same for upperclassman dorms, though you could get a private if you were lucky. Loved loved my school.

Ooh, may I ask which school?