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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>For all those on the CC Cornel board who are currently attending Cornell, do you cook? Does the meal plan work out better? Is it healthy? Do you know people who do cook and are able to juggle that and classes?</p>

<p>I have friends at Cornell who just live off the meal plan because they have no time to cook.</p>

<p>Are any of you possibly future Cornellians going to cook? </p>

<p>I thought I might take a swerve from the normal threads abt chances, dates, times, etc. So please respond! thx ;)</p>

<p>I'd be willing to cook for myself sometimes but I think kitchen facilities are only found in the townhouses.</p>

<p>each floor in the dorms have their own kitchens equiped with stoves and other applicances if you want to cook. i however, cannot even cook eggs or mac and cheese, so you won't find me in the kitchen</p>

<p>Arp, or any other current student, does that mean you have a communal microwave, refrigerator, and/or coffee maker (that's a stretch but I'm addicted so I'll ask anyway :p)? I was just wondering what we would need to bring in the way of appliances for our dorm rooms.</p>

<p>whoa arp is a current student?</p>

<p>hotelie- my friends say that you are not allowed to bring microwaves and hot plates. they have them in the kitchen anyway.</p>

<p>how much do the meal plans cost? do they have good (and healthy) food?</p>

<p>In the low-rises and high-rises at least, there is 1 kitchen for each unit or floor. It has a big fridge, a microwave, and a stove (with no oven...very odd). The townhouses have a kitchen in each one, and i have no clue about court, mews, or donlon. I love to cook but havent really done any cooking the whole time just because 1) i dont have a car so getting to the grocery store is a problem, and 2) nothing I can cook could compare to cornell dining anyhow. As far as things for your room, you are technically only allowed a minifridge (they have specific guidelines for minifridges that practically require an ECE degree to understand...as an aside, i remember a "minifridge" thread on the ClassOf site that went like 80 posts...anyhow), or a "microfridge" (microwave and minifridge). I'd recommend a minifridge at the very least, for you will need somewhere to keep, ahem, beverages. As for other appliances, they arent allowed, but no one cares and they never check the rooms anyhow, so if you want a coffeemaker or something, i'd go for it.</p>

<p>I lived in Donlon last year and we had a kitchen unit on each floor (communal microwave and fridge). I can't remember if we had a coffee maker or an oven or not. You are allowed a minifridge in the dorm (very useful for storing drinks and such). No need to bring a microwave. I tried to use one in the dorm and managed around 14 seconds of microwaving before tripping the circuit breaker. </p>

<p>That said, through two years of living in dorms, I haven't seen anyone cook for themselves on a consistent basis. Just about everyone living on campus go the dining hall. Cereal, omelet, or occassional cookies are about the most you'll see someone make in the dorm kitchens.</p>

<p>Hotelie, </p>

<p>When are you going to have time to cook? </p>

<p>You'll be too busy watching Desperate Housewives, sipping Caramel Apple Ciders, doing your Wines 101 homework, and doing other stuff....hmmm... ;) </p>

<p>If you do cook, I better be invited. Jerseyan Hotelies stick together!</p>

<p>i'm not a current student, i've just stayed in the dorms before and i've seen the kitchens</p>

<p>can someone tell me about the townhouses</p>

<p>Haha Xaviermania, gotta love those Desperate Housewives & Starbucks!! :p</p>

<p>I stayed in the townhouses when I went on the Red Carpet trip so I can help you out, Spanks! I thought they were really cool but I don't think I would choose to live there. The suite I stayed in had 3 bedrooms upstairs, and a sitting room, giant table, and kitchen downstairs -- fit 6 people. Most of the townhouses fit 4. It was nice because they had some extra room and when one roommate wanted to go to sleep, the other could bring any work downstairs to do it. The drawbacks were that the bathroom was REALLY small... smaller than the ones I saw in the dorms, but I'm sure it varies from building to building. Also, the location wasn't as central as the dorms (it would be even more of a hike to classes) and there weren't as many people around. But that's just what I gathered from one night there, so I'm sure current students would be more useful. :)</p>

<p>in order of comfort (IE room space) i rank the dorms this way</p>

<p>balch single
townhouses
balch double
dickson double
donlon (big)/court/mews (c/m new + A/C + cable) double
high rises/low rises double
dickson/high rises single
court/mews single
low rises single</p>

<p>just my personal preference.
you are right, the townhouses are very very far from classes (especially if you are an engineer, almost garauntee a bike/bus pass) which is why i'd choose balch anyday. it's central to everywhere, and they have their own cafe, not to mention the hugest rooms available for freshmans, 2 closests, all the furniture found else PLUS a vanity mirror and desk (as well as another mirror inside a closet that has a bureau in it)...i could go on forever...i <3 gothics ^_^</p>

<p>thanks, Hotelie!</p>