<p>So I have decided to attend CIT of Carnegie Mellon. Haven't paid the deposit cause I haven't got the fat letter yet. Though I heard that I don't need to have the letter and everything in the letter can be found online. Is that true? cmu.edu/ntia</p>
<p>Also, is it true that the earlier you submit your deposit, the better chance you have to get a nice dorm? So what's the big difference between a nice dorm and a "bad" dorm? (I've been hearing that seniors define bad dorms as being near freshmen dorms since they get high and wasted all the time and so noisy)</p>
<p>Haha, I think most upperclassmen like the dorms away from freshmen because those dorms just rock. (Resnik/West Wing and Roselawn houses & Maggie Mo apartments, for example.) And freshmen can’t get into them.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s true about the sooner you deposit, the better your room number and the better your chances of getting your first or second choice dorm. So pay as soon as possible! What differs between a nice dorm and bad dorm is purely opinion, though. For me, a bad dorm would be one with a floor bathroom. I’ve been really sick the last few days; it’s nice to not have to be sick in front of everyone else on my floor and to just be able to hide in my own room and use my own bathroom. I also like Mudge because it’s beautiful, the courtyard is wide open and a good place for activities and games, and because the rooms are pretty nice with comparatively large and sunny windows. But that’s just my opinion-- other people are rabid about Donner or Morewood or Stever.</p>
<p>What’s the chance of getting single dorm if I put it as my first choice and I sent my deposit right when I found out I had been admitted early decision? What is the most desired room set-up?</p>
<p>THink he missed the part that you put your deposit in as ED…</p>
<p>There are some singles in a few of the freshman dorms…so possible 10% chance… there are probably 20 or fewer such rooms - and don’t forget there are R/As in those rooms too.</p>
<p>No, you cannot get a single as a freshman. It is absolutely, 100% impossible unless you’re in a wheelchair or have some kind of severe mental illness, as metaltaco said, and then you’d probably be in Resnik, not any other dorm. The only reason there are singles in Mudge is because that’s where the RAs and Mudge Mentors live-- they’re upperclassmen who are there to provide the dorm with a more mixed-class experience. In other dorms, the singles are there for the RAs and the RAs alone. As a freshman you will not get one. Singles are highly prized, and even sophomores and juniors are hard pressed to get them. </p>
<p>The only way in which you could get a single, theoretically, would be to tell the university you have some kind of emotional problem that prevents you from mixing with other students, get a release to find off-campus housing (which they would not pay for-- you would pay it yourself) and then go rent yourself a single room apartment.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with being in a double…!
Unless you have been living in a mansion and have 4 closets worth of clothing and belongings, the opportunity to form a bond with person who watches your back and someone to possibly work on homework with at 3 am is a good thing.</p>
<p>If you’re a some sort of hermit, snob or bigot and fear being placed with someone you couldn’t possibly spend your time with- then get on the FB page and start scoping out your peers and find someone you might like to live with…PM them.</p>
<p>Hundreds of thousands of students have had the freshman roommate experience and survived…</p>
<p>And, I might add, if you’re terrified of the thought of not liking your roommate, there’s always the choice of a triple or quad. I picked a quad because I figured, “ok, even if one roommate doesn’t turn out to be my best buddy, I’ve still got two more.” Luckily two out of three worked out fine, and the third one left CMU anyways-- it wasn’t a good ‘fit’ school for her and she spent most of the first semester crying to her mom over the phone. (She was one of those wealthy, self-entitled girls who was shocked to discover that not everyone worshipped her artwork here the way they did in high school.) My new roomie in design is awesome, too!</p>
<p>A friend of a friend of my mom’s said her son had one of these a few years ago and it was really really small…there were two bunk beds essentially and you could reach out and touch everything from the middle of the room…is that really true?</p>
<p>Are the triples and quads (which I’m actually really interested in for the reasons you describe plus they are $1000 less expensive) as small as a double with just bunk beds or can you spread out?</p>
<p>At pre-college some of the moorewood rooms with the bunk beds were very small and living in a bed that shakes when the other person gets into bed sounds kinda odd to me…??</p>
<p>Or are the quads and triples available with all non-bunk units?</p>
<p>Uhh… maybe she was talking about quads in some other dorm (although I don’t think there are any)?</p>
<p>You do not have to bunk your quad or triple. The triple down the hall isn’t bunked and they have a normal amount of room, and our quad isn’t bunked at all and we have a TON of room. </p>
<p>There are two different types of quads. One is the ‘square quad,’ which is a bit smaller, but I’m in a square quad and it’s still over twice as big as a double in Mudge. We have floor-to-ceiling windows with big drapes, a walk-in closet, private bathroom, none of our beds are bunked and we still have a big central area where we can put all our desk chairs and play video games or watch a movie on our TV. </p>
<p>The other kind of quad is a ‘round quad,’ which means it faces over the front balcony of Mudge and the front of the room kind of domes out a bit. It’s like…</p>
<p>… you know what, screw it. Here, I did an amateur drawing. This should give you more information than me describing it: </p>
<p>There are singles. It is not impossible. There are at 4 singles Morewood not for RAs, all of them for females, none of them I know of have medical issues.There are definitely singles in freshman dorms in excess of people with medical needs.</p>
<p>What are the chances of freshmen being able to live in triples/quads, though? The website makes it sound like pretty much all freshmen get doubles?</p>
<p>I would prefer a single but I’ll be fine with a double as well. Who wouldn’t want a whole room to themselves? My cousin who went to MIT from Armenia has had a single room all 4 years.</p>
<p>you can live in a triple or quad if you want one and deposit relatively on time. Many freshmen don’t really know that they exist or don’t care much about them or are interested in other dorms. And by the majority, most freshmen -do- end up in doubles-- there are many more doubles than there are triples or quads-- and the demand for those is higher as well. Living in a quad is great if you jive well with your roommates, but it can totally suck if you don’t. For example, I’ve seen these scenarios:</p>
<p>1) One of the four has a boyfriend or girlfriend who decides he/she is going to forego living in his/her room and just live in your quad and eat your food and watch TV when you’re trying to study all the time. There’s plenty of room, so why not, right? (This is my least favorite scenario.)</p>
<p>2) All of the four said they didn’t snore when you talked on facebook, but one is actually an only child and has never had anyone verify this, so when he/she gets to campus, you realize he/she actually does snore-- quite loudly. </p>
<p>3) One roommate wants to get down with her boyfriend. All three of you get to have a nice sexiling party for the next four hours.</p>
<p>4) One roommate gets drunk and misses the toilet seat when he pees and then never wants to clean it up. Your quad’s not getting cleaned by the cleaning staff more than once a week. Draw straws to see who gets to clean up Jimmy’s mess. </p>
<p>5) Two of you like to play music while studying. Two of you don’t. There’s no majority. What do you do?</p>
<p>Living in a quad can rock a lot, and my living situation worked out really well in the end and we’re all very happy. But it’s definitely going to test your ability to work with people. If you’re the kind of person who’s used to having all your sleeping conditions in a very particular way, get ready to have that shattered.</p>
<p>No, i didnt. I was ED, and i made the deposit right away. I also picked the quiet floor with the hope no one else would pick it(they dont). I still didnt get a single. The freshman singles are for RAs and occasionally someone with an issue(ADHD, conduct disorder, ODD, bipolar, etc).</p>
<p>I did eventually get a single, but only because my roommate moved to a frat/sor, and no one wanted to live on the quiet floor(I have a double to myself).
This is possible and quite likely. For sophmores though, zero chance for the quads.</p>
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