Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:52     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Single can be a good thing. More coastal parts of socal doable w/out ac(loyola marymount, pepperdine, ucsb, uci, ucla, usc(?), usd(?))
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:50     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Anonymous wrote:OP here-I plan to let DC handle it but living so far away does make it more difficult to bear. I appreciate those of you who have a modicum of understanding-and the rest of you can go a sit on a thumbtack. After a bad high school
Experience we were expecting college to be way better and this is a very bad start in our book!!

Maybe start on a fresh start and don't carry the baggage of high school?
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:50     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
That's why kids who pick schools that have nice dorms, good food, great amenities etc have a much better college experience than kids who pick schools based on the academics.

People laugh at High Point but it is like living in a Four Seasons hotel.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:49     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People lived without air conditioning for thousands of years. Your snowflake will survive.


Studies done *on college students* show that sleeping in temperatures that are too warm cause lower math scores on tests. Authors compared math scores from students in dorms with A/C and dorms without.

So this is academically important. A/C is not a frivolous demand these days.



I'm so curious about this. Can you cite the study?

Some questions I would have:
1. Who funded the study?
2. Was it peer-reviewed?
3. Did it control for other variables?
4. What was the magnitude of impact on test scores?


DP: I found the study: https://content.tcmediasaffaires.com/LAF/lacom/summer2016.pdf


OK, I read the first paragraph and am already laughing:

We followed 44 students (mean age = 20.2 years; SD = 1.8 years) from a university in the Greater Boston area, Massachusetts in the United States living in AC (n = 24) and non-AC (n = 20) buildings before, during, and after a HW. Two cognition tests were self-administered daily for a period of 12 days (July 9–July 20, 2016), the Stroop color-word test (STROOP) to assess selective attention/processing speed and a 2-digit, visual addition/subtraction test (ADD) to evaluate cognitive speed and working memory. The effect of the HW on cognitive function was evaluated using difference-in-differences (DiD) modelling.

Sample of 44 who tested themselves for 12 days.



Oy (this made me LOL)
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:48     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone thing the deans and admin don't have A/C in their office?

Why would this matter? So do the students' academic buildings and the lounges in their dorms.


If it's not necessary and schools are tightening their belts, then getting rid of AC in admin buildings seems like a great cost saver
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:47     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
OP here-I plan to let DC handle it but living so far away does make it more difficult to bear. I appreciate those of you who have a modicum of understanding-and the rest of you can go a sit on a thumbtack. After a bad high school
Experience we were expecting college to be way better and this is a very bad start in our book!!
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:45     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Name the fuggin school.

Seriously. If it ends up being UCLA or Pomona, I might laugh hard enough to never open DCUM again.


Why would you laugh? It’s not a good situation at all for any school, much less these two that have plenty of resources!!
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:41     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
I hope you realize that "back in my day..." comparisons are really inappropriate when it comes to climate.

Why? Here are the max temps from my first week of freshman year. 104, 95, 102, 86, 100. It was a lot cooler than that in southern cal.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:34     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People lived without air conditioning for thousands of years. Your snowflake will survive.


Studies done *on college students* show that sleeping in temperatures that are too warm cause lower math scores on tests. Authors compared math scores from students in dorms with A/C and dorms without.

So this is academically important. A/C is not a frivolous demand these days.



I'm so curious about this. Can you cite the study?

Some questions I would have:
1. Who funded the study?
2. Was it peer-reviewed?
3. Did it control for other variables?
4. What was the magnitude of impact on test scores?


DP: I found the study: https://content.tcmediasaffaires.com/LAF/lacom/summer2016.pdf


OK, I read the first paragraph and am already laughing:

We followed 44 students (mean age = 20.2 years; SD = 1.8 years) from a university in the Greater Boston area, Massachusetts in the United States living in AC (n = 24) and non-AC (n = 20) buildings before, during, and after a HW. Two cognition tests were self-administered daily for a period of 12 days (July 9–July 20, 2016), the Stroop color-word test (STROOP) to assess selective attention/processing speed and a 2-digit, visual addition/subtraction test (ADD) to evaluate cognitive speed and working memory. The effect of the HW on cognitive function was evaluated using difference-in-differences (DiD) modelling.

Sample of 44 who tested themselves for 12 days.

Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:31     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone thing the deans and admin don't have A/C in their office?

Why would this matter? So do the students' academic buildings and the lounges in their dorms.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:27     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Anonymous wrote:Name the fuggin school.

Seriously. If it ends up being UCLA or Pomona, I might laugh hard enough to never open DCUM again.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:25     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Name the fuggin school.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:25     Subject: Re:Horrible dorm assignment!
Your student will handle it and will grow from it. All part of the separation / growing up / becoming independent process.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:24     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Anonymous wrote:OP I am not going to judge because my kid would hate this. I also think if you are super far away then comfort in form means even more. I would reach out to the housing coordinator and ask if something can be done. My guess is there is a student there who wants a single and got a double. I would also see if you have a medical reason that you could get a note on. My DC has allergies and would be miserable in a basement. Anyway worth a try.

I honestly think switching could be worse. Roommates are still people and more often than not, people hate or just end up in really iffy dorm situations from being assigned someone they don't know to live with. I thought I could never be a freshman with a single, two weeks into college, I was sick of my roommate and clawing Housing/Residential Life to get me into a single.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:24     Subject: Horrible dorm assignment!
Does anyone thing the deans and admin don't have A/C in their office?