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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Crappy dorms?  This is why you take a tour of the school before applying. I think the parents are more bothered by ugly  dorms than the kids.  I don’t understand the outrage regarding the difficulty in getting in state tuition. [b]Simple math here…out of state kids pay out of state prices. [/b]

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+1  Also, there were a lot of complaints in the parent group for my kids' college about the lack of A/C during a heat wave. But, if they ended up in a crappy dorm they probably did their housing contract late or didn't really consider the options. The kids in LLCs all have nice dorms w/ A/C. DS did his contract early due to my nagging and chose the LLC for his major. He then told his two friends also going there to get moving on their contracts and also pick an LLC to be sure they got A/C. They are all happy with their housing.

I think the only surprise/frustration we had was that the expected orientation activities did not happen. Was told DS would be assigned an orientation group w/ a leader which could have been a nice way to get to know other students at the start and that never materialized, everything (he says) just was optional activities. Oh well, he's doing fine although seems to be slow to branch out from the HS friends.

The other thing I've gleaned from the parent page is that the health center does not seem able to cope with the massive number of kids getting sick (not covid).[/quote]

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