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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is also an incoming Freshman. I've heard that dorms with a large number of suites can feel cliquey to those who aren't in suites. [b]And they can make it harder for kids to get to know others on their hall. [/b]For this reason, my kid is favoring dorms with hall bathrooms and more doubles and singles. For that reason, she'd prefer Barrett to Lemon or Chandler. The newer dorms - Pine and Poplar, would be good too, but there's no guarantee she'll get one. I'm trying to encourage an open mind that no matter what happens, she'll have a great year, and she'll bond with her dormmates. I hope kids these days still leave their doors open like they did when we were in college. That's a pretty clear signal.[/quote]

This was true for my sons.  My oldest and youngest both went/go to W&M (youngest is a sophomore at W&M this year.). They were both in GGV and were very friendly with all the guys on their floor: 16 guys, 1 hall bathroom.  They also congregated in their common area on the ground floor because their room was not air conditioned.  That first month of school, their room was like an oven.

My middle DS went to another college and was in a suite style dorm his first year (jack and jill type setup) with a shared bathroom between two dorm rooms.  His room was also air conditioned.  My middle DS is extremely introverted and did not go out of his way to meet the guys on his floor.  But the bathroom situation didn't help him with meeting the guys in his dorm.[/quote]

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