<p>But Exeter isn’t a metropolis!</p>
<p>compared to some of these schools far away from civilization in the boonies, Exeter is a metropolis. One step-away and you’re off campus among real people with trendy shops and restaurants and a chance to get-away!</p>
<p>to be honest i dont really like exeters dorms or campus its not very nice its just a bunch of building really its more of an urban campus oppose to a rural. compare exeters campus and dorms to this school [Shawnigan</a> Lake School Aerial View B](<a href=“http://www.shawnigan.ca/panorama/panoB.html]Shawnigan”>http://www.shawnigan.ca/panorama/panoB.html)</p>
<p>give me feed back.</p>
<p>@eukalyptus,Nice view but looks isolated.</p>
<p>Exeter is ok. But dorms can be kind of shabby and campus, grey. You feel the history when you`re there. The town is ok too. Library is very cool.</p>
<p>Shawnigan looks similar to DA. I can picture all those Pines covered with snow. I think it all depends what you’re looking for. For kids who come from grimy urban centers, the boonies experience maybe just what they’re looking for. For kids who have seen lots of snow in the NE, and come from the 'burbs, having a little town within walking distance is more appealing than being stuck on a campus in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do but study and use the squash courts.</p>
<p>anything on the dorms at NMH, Andover, Emma Willard, L’ville, or uhhh anywhere else?</p>
<p>Taft has okay dorms. The doubles are crap, but the singles are amazing! Request a single if you go!</p>
<p>@maddog…remember that all students arent looking for big city living—lol</p>
<p>We are from Chicago, so my d wanted extreme opposite----rural Deerfield. When I asked her why she said, “I want to look our my house window and see the stars at nite.” That is some thing she cant do at home. The peace and tranquility that goes along with rural is what some people crave. </p>
<p>I loved growing up in a big city, but I will surely retire to say, Northampton, Mass.</p>
<p>@alexmom. Just curious, why Northampton? Did your D look at Williston too?</p>
<p>Because in Northampon, you can look through your window and see the stars. :D</p>
<p>loomis girls dorms are awsome. i dont know too much about the boys, but the underclassman dorm is fairly new (built in 93 in think) so its probably pretty “shiny”. the rest of them are much older, but do their job, and are not revolting in anyway (unless some guys order fish pizza…hahah)</p>
<p>@maddog–we didnt look at winston.</p>
<p>Northampton for me–just got back from vacation…and I feel in love. I am dying to get to a small town with kind people…verses the bit bad city :-(.</p>
<p>Funny thing about boys dorms: with the exception of Hotchkiss, every boys dorm we saw last year had a single sock lying around somewhere, usually on the stairs. My son found it endearing. boys…</p>
<p>@alexmom. Understood, I<code>m from NYC.
@neato. I</code>m picking up my socks now. Glad all my socks are the same color.LOL</p>
<p>At many of these schools you will find the dorm rooms are better than what you will find in college. Seriously. Relax, the rooms are not your biggest issue. At most schools the tour dorm is chosen because it in on the route. My son’s room was a tour room one year because his roommate (not necessarily my son) kept the room really really clean and organized. But yes you can assume that many many rooms are pig styes (like at home).</p>
<p>Having a comfortable place to live is important to a lot of students. CC is to help share that info.</p>
<p>Well, actually the dorm that I toured at Exeter was my tour guide’s dorm and I assumed that every tour guide showed prospective students their own dorm. That being said the reason my tour guides dorm was so clean and organized was because her mom was an interior decorator.</p>
<p>From what I saw when we visited schools is that not much time is spent in the rooms to begin with. Outside of sleeping and at some schools studying, the students are busy most of the day; classes, sports, meals. A nice room to store your stuff is wonderful, but all the dorms we saw were better than most colleges, big time.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, this is not home.</p>
<p>I know what you mean about BS dorms looking better than college dorms. I attended a sports camp at an Ivy school this summer. I was shocked at not only the condition of the dorms but also the campus. Because of this, I couldn’t picture myself living there for 4 yrs.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised of how well maintained another school was, including the old dorms. </p>
<p>Even though it<code>s not home, it</code>s home away from home and should feel comfortable.</p>
<p>MD15, which school had dumpy dorms?</p>