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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parent FB page for my son's school has been super-helpful in terms of providing photos of each dorm.  (Some dorms don't have drawers, so it's good know know what to bring with you in terms of storage).  The Admins or other parents are pretty good about pointing parents to specific areas on the school website for information.  They have also helped technically-clueless parents navigate the website (which is not always intuitive, at least at this school).[/quote]

I joined Parent FB pages at ~8 schools my kid was seriously considering during junior year/senior year  It was a great learning experience.  Lots of crazy stuff, but at least 60% of info is useful and helped me be informed about issues at each school (from silly stuff to major mental health issues, to severe overcrowding and it's impacts on everything, etc)

Its made me incredibly grateful my kid's final choice does not make freshman select their dorm rooms Hunger Games style.  The other top 2 choices do that---seriously they make freshman find their roommates, go online at a specific time (one via lottery time, the other just at 2pm every Monday for 4-5 weeks until you find a place you like).  Watching that unfold is painful and makes me happy my kid was just assigned a dorm room and a roommate---much less stressful for freshman with lots of changes happening in their lives.[/quote]

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