Crowding the Dorms

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<p>I first caught whiff of this at my own college of choice, when rooms that were listed as 2-person rooms magically gained bunked beds and became 3- or 4-person rooms. I thought maybe it was just my school (it is a HUGE school, afterall).</p>

<p>After some searching, it turns out it's NOT just me.</p>

<p>Mississippi is struggling with finding dorms for all:
Colleges</a> see more demand for dorms - State - SunHerald.com</p>

<p>And Akron in Ohio is quite crowded:
Ohio.com</a> - Not enough rooms to go around</p>

<p>And then up North, in Massachusetts (this one is a little more sensational):
Campus</a> housing options scarce - The Boston Globe</p>

<p>Anyone else out there notice new-appearing bunked beds or other odd assignments due to crowding of dorms?</p>

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<p>Rutgers - Main Campus - tripling some rooms that were doubles. Turning lounges into dorm rooms, and even housing students at a local hotel (Crown Plaza).</p>

<p>Rutgers - Camden: 9 people to a suite that is made for 6. </p>

<p>This will all make for a very interesting freshmen year!</p>

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<p>To be fair, after pointing out all these other universities and asking if there are yet more with this crowding problem, I should say that my own college is Ohio State University.</p>

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<p>my school overenrolled this year and another school i was waitlisted at is too. the reason for this epidemic of sorts is that a lot of top schools got tons of apps and rejected or waitlisted many. this made second choice and sometimes lower tier schools receive more deposits.</p>

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<p>This happened at my college, too- University of Connecticut. They anticipate a freshman class of about 3,200 every year, and this year, they got roughly 3,500. As a result, they seriously delayed giving out housing assignments to freshmen (they waited until just 9 days before we were scheduled to move in to tell us) so that they could work out how to fit everyone in, and there are certainly a few forced triples and quads. They were talking about converting lounges to rooms, according to the rumor mill, but I haven't heard of anyone who actually got assigned to a lounge.</p>

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<p>At my college, they had to reopen some dorms they were planning on renovating, and had to cut a deal with two apartment complexes for more housing.</p>

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<p>If I find out my room gets turned into a triple I'm not going down without a fight.</p>

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<p>My school turned a bunch of doubles into triples and triples into quads. I was in a temporary triple but one of my roommates withdrew so it's a normal double now (yay!),</p>

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<p>Hey - as you know, I go to OSU also. I noticed that they are fitting a lot more people into Lincoln than were there last year. Pretty surprising - they didn't expect so many people to accept, maybe? Just more applicants and pressure to accept every good one, that being the purpose of a state school?</p>

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<p>I heard my state school got trailers to accommodate a bunch of extra students a few years ago.</p>

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<p>I was at Rutgers for wrestling camp and they put 4 of us in a double on College Ave. I was talking to some of the students that were there for the summer and they said that a lot of the doubles would turn into triples this upcoming school year.</p>

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<p>Damn. Trailers have to absolutely suck.</p>

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<p>I'm in this situation at my school aswell. I am coming this spring, instead of fall and was assigned a double, no problem, liked my roommate, she'd already paid to have it private until semester, and then got assigned a new roommate. Currently they do not have any open dorms and it's looking like i won't even get one, They're talking about going to triples in the very small dorms that i was assigned. It's ridiculous.</p>

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<p>There's a huge thread on this in the parents' forum. Seems like it is happening at a lot of schools.</p>

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<p>I also think it has a lot to do with the unexpected college admissions this year. When kids apply to top private schools, they realize when admissions come out that not everyone gets in. In fact a lot of kids don't. Therefore they must go to their match schools rather than their dream schools. Also, when top schools don't give enough money, one may have to go to their top state school instead.</p>

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<p>This isn't a new issue; you just haven't been paying attention until now.</p>

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<p>I'm going to Rutgers and I have to stay in a lounge that was converted into a dorm until they can find me a room.</p>

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<p>theyre increasing the number of forced triples by alot this year at BC. upperclassmen housing is also short which puts some unlucky sophmores on the top floor of freshman dorms. in BC's case, its cause a rediculous percentage of students want to live on campus. most only move off for junior year, if at all.</p>

<p>and this isnt just recent. 8 years ago when my brother was a freshman at UMass, a bunch of freshman were placed in a howard johnson hotel close-by. they acutally loved it because of the maid service and the private bathrooms</p>

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<p>Forced triples are the worst especially if you're on the top bunk. Hopefully, for anyone in that situation, your university SHOULD reimburse you for the inconvenience. When I was in a triple at BC, I received a refund.</p>

<p>Dorming should be a highlight of someone's experience, not an unpleasant memory.</p>