<p>According to <a href="http://rh.uchicago.edu/hds/housing/residence_halls/profiles/index.php?building_id=bv%5B/url%5D">http://rh.uchicago.edu/hds/housing/residence_halls/profiles/index.php?building_id=bv</a> not only can Freshman get singles, but singles with their own private bathroom. Is this true, or am I being lied to?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone have any pics or links to pics of U-Chicago's campus? Thanks.</p>
<p>lol,no you are not being lied to.</p>
<p>I won't lie, this is pretty sweet. </p>
<p>yes, lots of freshmen get singles and, depending on what dorm you're in, you can get your own bathroom, too. </p>
<p>keep in mind though - if you have a single with your own bathroom, the room will be smaller than singles with community bathrooms.</p>
<p>Hell, I'd trade sleeping horizontally for a private bathroom, lol. </p>
<p>U-Chicago just jumped up like 10,000,000 places on my list :)</p>
<p>Godfatherbob: go to maps in google, look up Chicago and go to street view: you can "ride" around every street on campus. Chicago is one of about 4 cities that have this service and it's pretty thorough.</p>
<p>Wow, same here. That's a huge plus.</p>
<p>As a freshman with a private bathroom (in Broadview, the link you mentioned, in fact), I must mention a few things.</p>
<p>As a freshman, you can live in any dorm you want for the same price. After your freshman year, however, this changes, and singles become $1-2k/year more expensive. Also, I must mention that the places that offer singles are horrible location-wise, and when you get here and you have to wait for a bus in -30 degree weather, well... yeah, you won't be very happy. So lots to consider here. There are also, of course, advantages to having a roommate.</p>
<p>You can also get singles at Max P, but you have to share a bathroom. Most of these are inhabited by upperclassmen, however.</p>
<p>As mentioned before, it is definitely true that you can get singles with private bathrooms (Broadview is the resident hall you'd want to apply for). However, Broadview is one of the farthest resident halls from campus, and especially come winter, you'll realize that this is quite a big downside. The other thing I'd say is that as good as private bathrooms sound right now, it may not be the best thing that ever happens. It does not take long before bathrooms get dirty, and you'd have the extra responsibility of cleaning it, getting your own bathroom supplies, etc. I personally would look more at the halls where you can get singles but with community bathrooms, as those halls are also much closer to campus. Snell-Hitchcock is, in fact, right on campus.</p>
<p>AND Burton Judson has great singles and isn't really that far away. Yes, you have to cross the midway in the snow. Is it really that big of a deal? No. B-J is almost all singles and, even though you have to share a bathroom with 4 people or so, the bathrooms are pretty nice.</p>
<p>Anyone know the configuration of the rooms in the new res hall? Will it open for 2008?</p>
<p>"However, Broadview is one of the farthest resident halls from campus, and especially come winter, you'll realize that this is quite a big downside."</p>
<p>It's all matter of perspective. The Broadview rooms are large and comfortable. The Broadview houses also offer easy access to the Point. </p>
<p>I think that having a roommate is, all in all, a good thing to experience. However, it can add a certain level of uncertainty to the first year, and if you are concerned with having your own space, Chicago does offer several dorms where this is an option. Please be aware that Snell, that is mostly singles, is hard to get into. Especially if you are not EA, send in your form ASAP with S/H as one of your top choices.</p>
<p>"Anyone know the configuration of the rooms in the new res hall? Will it open for 2008?"</p>
<p>Not sure of the configuration of the rooms. They are looking at a 2009 opening at this point, I believe.</p>
<p>Oh god, does anyone else think all those rooms look a little.... dismal? Small? Eek!</p>
<p>The vast majority of dorm rooms are not going to be palatial ... anywhere. You can do a lot with posters and ikea bedspreads and lamps and so on to brighten things up. Some of the girl's rooms in Hitchcock and Broadview were nicely decorated (and you could see the floor). I am sure that some of the boy's rooms were nice, too, but I couldn't say so from personal experience. </p>
<p>When we were doing the college tour thing, the only dorms that appalled both my son and I were at RPI - they were cinderblock specials, and had all the charm of a detention facility.</p>
<p>"The Broadview rooms are large and comfortable." </p>
<p>Hmm, doesn't seem right to me. Having prospied in Broadview, I can tell you that the room I stayed in was smaller than the room I have in BJ, but did have its own bathroom (small, too). </p>
<p>Best thing to do, guys -- Come visit if you can, and take a look for yourselves.</p>
<p>That could easily be true - the rooms are NOT all the same size in the older buildings. Glad you like your BJ room, though.</p>
<p>Maclean is one of the lesser-known dorms. It is all singles (not huge ones, but not cubbyholes, either -- pretty comfortable), with community bathrooms, sex-segregated, shared with 5 or 6 people. </p>
<p>Don't underestimate the benefits of having University employees responsible for cleaning your bathroom and keeping it stocked with toilet paper!</p>
<p>***? This guy i know's room was ONLY a bathroom...I mean there was a dorm room attached to it, but that's where he parks his car.</p>
<p>Edit: <em>*! They edit *</em>? Thats some BS.</p>
<p>what other colleges have dorms as privileged as U chicago?
what about WUSTL?
what about HYPS?</p>