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I'm a foreigner who has never had to live in a dorm (students either commute from home or rent apartments), and I do not encourage my kids to apply somewhere with a high risk of getting a tiny dysfunctional space. My oldest just moved into a nice single at GW... the doubles are a bit cramped, but the dorms are overall on the nicer side - renovated, A/C, amenities, etc. I am NOT paying these American prices for my kids to get poor quality sleep for 4 years. Comfort matters. And we live in a tiny, old house! But it's still comfortable and well laid-out.

I entirely reject the notion that discomfort is "part of the college experience". Not at those prices. 
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Couldn't agree with you more. [/quote]

+1,000.

The cramped quarters into which the furniture barely fits, particularly if you don’t want the (dangerous) lofted bed with the desk ideally positioned to ram the student’s head against the metal bed frame when they stand up; the inadequate bathroom facilities; and the general run-downness are outrageous. Sure, people suck it up, because that is what you have to do to go to the college you otherwise want, but to excuse predatory university practices by calling them “the experience” or a “rite of passage” is preposterous. Universities have been compelled by consumer demand to accommodate all sorts of things — allergies, disabilities, learning differences, gender and sexual identities, to note only a few. How can they still be getting away with grossly overpriced and inadequate housing, not to mention (at least in many places) genuinely mediocre food at premium prices?[/quote]

wahhh how will your child survive without sushi for lunch???[/quote]

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