<p>I went to Cornell a couple weeks ago for a tour but the tour did not include a visit to the dorm rooms. Can someone who goes to Cornell tell me about the dorms? Are they single/double/triple? AC or refrig allowed?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!!</p>
<p>Sincerely, Louis</p>
<p>haha like you need an AC at Cornell.. What you need is a HEATER!</p>
<p>you need an AC at times :P
yeah, I think you can bring a portable refrig, but I'm not sure about the AC</p>
<p>I'm curious about the dorms too? Are they spacious? Do they have carpeting or a floor? Are the beds bunk beds? </p>
<p>I'm not expecting my college's dorm to be really luxurious, but I was really turned off by the dinky little closet sized dorm at university of rochester...</p>
<p>I toured some of the dorms and it varies greatly by dorm building.</p>
<p>Mews and Court were very nice, 2 doubles and one single per bathroom.</p>
<p>Low Rises were OK. . . .in an awkward suite style that I didn't care for.</p>
<p>Donlon was desent, but the interior was older and probably about due for renovation. However, I heard this is a pretty fun dorm hall.</p>
<p>Townhouses are very nice, except they're more isolated than everything else. . .so I wouldn't want to live in them.</p>
<p>I did not get to see the high rises (but I've seen pictures of the lounge areas and such and it looks nice). . . .or Dickson. I hear that Balch (the all female dorms) have the nicest and biggest rooms.</p>
<p>The dorms are all nice in the sense that they're on North Campus, and are near dining halls, a student center, and gym (pool and bowling alley). . .I personally like the living set-up a lot.</p>
<p>BTW, jmarsh, I saw the rooms at Rochester too, and I thought they were nice dorms. . . .and I don't think the rooms at Cornell are substantially bigger. Rochester's were bigger than most of the schools I looked at including RPI, Union, Middlebury, and BU. Don't set your expectations TOO high. . . .</p>
<p>Rochester has ......pretty good dorms..they arent the best (gw etc) but size wise they are pretty decent, and facilities are much better than a majority of the dorms i've seen at other schools.</p>
<p>I am a Cornell Summer college alum! i loved the campus...yeah an AC...haha. the food is ok, dorms, my dorm was ridiculously small!!! i had a single and it was too small for me and i am a guy! i didnt take that much and i barely fit. then again i stayed on west campus at the bottom of the slope near baker flag pole. but your never in your dorm!</p>
<p>you need a fan, you can bring a fridge, but no microwave, though they wouldn't necessarily know...they don't do crazy dorm raids or anything.</p>
<p>haha, whats up mr. sparticus, long time no see ;)</p>
<p>DUDE!!! the dorm raids at rochester are crazy..apparently they do them like 3/4 times a year..</p>
<p>but its more safety/fire safety oriented, i dont think they go out of their way looking for other stuff or invading your privacy.</p>
<p>hmm. . . .dorm raids, never really thought about those.</p>
<p>They're probably just looking for blatant violations to fire code. . .</p>
<p>are you all serious? The dorms at SUNY Geneseo were bigger than Rochester's. If it makes a difference, I didn't see an actual dorm at Rochester, the tour guide showed us a sample dorm room made specifically for tours, and he said it was a little smaller, but seriously, it was like a little closet, I don't know...</p>
<p>yeah i know what room you are talking about...that room was really small, i agree. Its not the proper representation of the dorms tho overall at Rochester , as there are 3 freshman buildings. The one you were shown, susan b anthony hall, has the smallest rooms in the campus. lol. Gilbert and Hoeing are about 50/75% bigger, with Gilbert having better facilities/newest renovation.</p>
<p>That's really funny you mention dorm raids because one of the guys I work with got kicked out of Rochester when they found pot in his room. I thought he was exaggerating with the term "raids" but clearly not!</p>
<p>lol nope, he was not exaggerating. and..WOW that must really suck, getting kicked out of school for something stupid and so easy to avoid as that. I wonder if they are more lenient with alcohol over pot, if they found person x with pot and person y with alcohol...do you think person y would get kicked out too?</p>
<p>I am just thankful that i know about these room raids in advance, so i wont be stupid with anytihng i do in the future.</p>
<p>khAn, really? Wow, this whole time I have been wondering why everyone always says the Rochester dorms are so spacious, I was sort of worried.</p>
<p>So, the Cornell dorms are definitely better than the sample Rochester dorm?? I REALLY hope so...</p>
<p>Ok ok, this is why I stick my nose in these forums now and then. Because every once in a while, someone will completely misintepret a statement or decide to make up some facts on a topic they know nothing about. This, right here, is how false stereotypes get made about a place. Thus I feel it is my duty to emphatically state that at Cornell there is no such thing as a room raid or any kind of search. They simply do not do it. As a reputable institution, Cornell respects the individual's right to privacy. The only time anyone will ever look in your room is if there is a disturbance, i.e. a ton of noise, and even then they wont tear through your room. In order to get caught with something, you have to be very, very stupid about it. I would say a solid majority of freshman keep some sort of contraband in their rooms, and only a very idiotic few get caught. So, to repeat, no room searches, ever. I just wanted to get this out there because the fact that Cornell gives its students their privacy is something that I take pride in, because is shows that the school, unlike many others, actually realizes that its students are a cut above the rest and shows them the respect that they deserve.</p>
<p>unlike rochester, timbo :p heheh i'm just kidding i love your school man.</p>
<p>lol, i dont make the rules =)</p>
<p>plus i think i'm going to a really straightedge school, at least, after going to my current hs where everyone is rich and spends a lot of money on drugs and alchohol, i realized this is not the case everywhere. weird. haha</p>
<p>My friend and I are freshmen applying to room together at Cornell. We’re trying to decide how to prioritize the different types of rooms (Single, Double, Triple, Quad, Townhouse).</p>
<p>I’m trying to take a decision, but I’m not entirely sure what the rooms will be like.</p>
<p>Is a quad four students in one room, or are there two doubles connected by another room? </p>
<p>Is a triple three students in one room, or is there some other arrangement?</p>
<p>In each of the room types, where are bathrooms located etc.?</p>
<p>If anyone has any information it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>Ahaha. room raids…Unless there’s a ton of drunken laughter or the smell of weed coming from your room no RA will care. </p>
<p>To Cornell302:</p>
<p>There are different types of rooms in each dorm. You should look up old posts about the different dorms. In summary,</p>
<p>New dorms: Mews and CKB
They both are organized into 5 person suites with 2 doubles, a single and a shared bathroom among those people. </p>
<p>Big residence halls: Donlon and Dickson
These are your run-of-the-mill dorms with lots of people on each floor and common bathrooms with lots of stalls and showers. They’re generally more social. There are mostly doubles with a few triples (yes, three people in a room). There are quite a few singles in Dickson though.</p>
<p>High rises: High rise 5 and Jameson
Mostly made up of doubles with a few triples I think. I never noticed a lot of singles, someone could correct me. The numbering system is confusing IMO (most likely because I never lived there). I’m not sure about the bathroom situation but I think it’s many people to one. Although one of my aims has been to use a bathroom in every building on campus…I’ve gotten most of them covered.</p>
<p>Low rises: Most of the program houses (except ecohouse and awekon) and low rise 6 and 7
These are similar to the high rises and design structure…just shorter.</p>
<p>Townhouses:
These might be where quads arise. There aren’t any 4 students to a room. A quad here would be two doubles essentially. This is exactly like a house. There’s much less socializing since everyone is so far apart. I think each house has a bathroom or two.</p>
<p>Balch:
Ahhh, a totally different story. Being a guy, I think Balch is horribly organized and was a dumb idea. A quick history: In 1920, Cornell wanted to build an all-women’s dormitory. Mr. Frederick Ackerman submitted a basic plot and Cornell approved. Cornell then began to search for donors and Mr. and Mrs. Balch gave $1.65 million. This is on Wikipedia. However, after talking with a building maintenance person in Dickson and waiting for elevators during move-out I discovered that the original plans called for a mega-dorm with a connection between Dickson and Balch. Apparently, the original plot for this by Mr. Ackerman is in the maintenance deparment’s office. However, the Balch’s wanted the dorm to remain all-female all the time and that’s how it is today.</p>
<p>So moving onto the actual dorm. The singles can be huge. There are large bathrooms for each hall but two singles can be connected by a sink in between them. I guess girls need that sink a lot? There are some doubles too. Also, the elevator is mad old and doesn’t go up to the 5th and 6th floors. That’s mostly why the design sucks…</p>