<p>So getting off the waitlist means more than likely I will be in a forced triple.
I live a few blocks from the campus and was wondering if it is just worth commuting to the school rather than living in a forced triple and hopefully getting a regular room by 2nd semester or sophomore year?
would I miss much commuting to school?</p>
<p>You live only a few blocks from campus? You probably live a lot closer to BC than I do, possibly. Where do you live? Newton? Allston-Brighton?</p>
<p>Privately, though, even though I live two miles from campus, I am commuting myself.</p>
<p>If you live that close, you can probably stay on campus well into the evening (doing college student stuff and making plenty of friends), and go home at night.</p>
<p>im near brighton and brookline near comm ave</p>
<p>Getting off the waitlist should not impact your choice of housing unless you don’t get in until the very last minute. Housing assignments are usually not made until July and they are NOT done on a first come-first served basis. Everyone has an equal chance.</p>
<p>Forced Triple</p>
<p>No amount of proximity is going to give the same college experience as living in a dorm. It may be inconvenient but it’s better than going home every night.</p>
<p>Money aside, I would live on campus. You could live in a house across the road on Tudor Road and it wouldn’t be the same. Living with Freshman is a huge part of the adjustment and I tend to think it would be much harder to get acquainted living at home.</p>
<p>It’s a huge part of the adjustment and it plays a huge part in making friends.</p>
<p>Yeah, everyone is put into a housing lottery so everyone has an equal chance of getting a forced triple - so even if A was accepted ED and B was accepted last minute from the waitlist, it could very well be the case that A is in a forced triple and B is in a double. However, having lived in a forced triple this year, I highly discourage you if you do end up having to decide to live on campus or at home to accept to live in a triple. I had many friends in triples and it ALWAYS ends up 2 against 1, very little time is spent in the room because it’s just too crowded, you are cramped and get on each others nerves much more easily than in a double. You can definitely still be a part of campus life - you’ll be there all day, and you can attend a party at night, eat dinner there, even study, but don’t feel like you’ll be missing out on anything by not living on campus.</p>
<p>Is there a way to avoid a forced triple? Why do they even do this, either they have room for the students or they don’t. If they don’t, they should not accept so many. At $1000 a week in tuition/room and board I would be very upset with this living arraignment.</p>
<p>daffinito, all you have to do is put down Newton Campus as your first choice. There are no forced triples there.</p>
<p>If you request Upper and get a forced triple, are you able to switch over to Newton?</p>
<p>if i complete the myres forms, and i get a forced triple, can i opt out and commute?</p>
<p>You are under no obligation to live if you get a forced triple. In fact, I know people who left their dorms after the first few days of freshman year because they couldn’t stand their roommates. I think they didn’t even lose that much money, but the earlier you withdraw the less money you will lose.</p>
<p>I would rather stay on the Newton campous and commute to BC by bus every day than be in a forced triple. Those rooms are small even for two people.</p>
<p>It depend on who you are. Some people sleep like rocks and live in packs. Some people sleep lightly and need lots of alone time. </p>
<p>Plenty of people love to step a way from the intensity of college to off compus living facilities. In fact at a huge number of colleges, only a minority of students live on campus, so off campus living can’t be all that bad.</p>