<p>I can’t quite remember. There are different types of wall surfaces in the rooms. On some surfaces, those 3m strips will probably pull the paint off at the end of the year unless you’re really careful. You won’t get in trouble for it until the end of the year when you get a small fine to have it repainted. Can’t use tacks or anything cause the walls are so dense that you can’t even push tacks in.</p>
<p>There are also walls that are more porous and you can really do whatever you want with them, including stick tacks in. Paint won’t come off or anything.</p>
<p>As a rule of thumb, college students use that awful sticky tack or wall tack or whatever it’s called for most things and and can’t hang anything heavy. However, on the Commons, there’s a good chance you’ll have one of these porous walls that will let you hang up something like a canvas print.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, the dense walls tend to be on the walls that line the building. The walls between rooms tend to be porous. So if I’m correct, all the rooms have at least one wall where you can hang that kind of stuff. Don’t quote me on that. </p>
<p>Either way, you can do whatever you want with the walls, but will get fined a bit at the end of the year if you tear any paint off.</p>
<p>I just wanted him to have a little bit of home since he will be so far away. Plus he’ll be able to make his dorm mates jealous of his home town. : ) We live right near a beautiful California beach.</p>
<p>Thanks for scanning the move-in book! Very helpful for us neurotic parents who like to pre-plan the pre-planning! </p>
<p>I think I read somewhere that incoming freshmen can list their Commons house preferences. Do you happen to know if kids such as ED admits, whose paperwork probably arrives earlier in the process, might have an advantage with housing selection?</p>
<p>Also, which houses in the commons would you list as your top 3 and which might be considered the least desirable (completely from a physical layout, room size and amenities standpoint)?</p>
<p>There are no requests for Commons placements. I am sure physical handicaps will get proper care and thought if you make the residential dean staff aware. </p>
<p>Duke’s freshman dorms aren’t even air-conditioned (with a couple-three notable exceptions) and if you have allergies you get a doctors order for an A/C unit and become a very popular person on your hall.</p>
<p>Vandy has all A/C. The older Commons conversions on the Stanford White designed Lawn at the former Peabody College are not as large in room size but that lawn is mighty lovely, is a gathering place for socializing and it has a quicker access to main campus and the very nice Peabody Library for quiet study hours. Those in new Commons dorms will enjoy quick access to the dining hall in the fab Commons Hall.</p>
<p>S2, now a senior, was admitted EDII, and he was in one of the older refurbished dorms with the smallish rooms (Gillette). I’d say he had no preferential treatment, but he never complained. He went along with the 1980s slogan: “Gillette, the best a man can get.” I think he was brainwashed during orientation…He loved the Commons then and loves his Tower suite now with five roommates. Btw, his roommate in the larger double in that suite is the same guy with whom he shared Gillette 226.</p>
<p>@Lenny2–do you know what the measurement is from floor to the bottom of the bed in the set up of your daughters dorm room? Just want to continue my pre-plan of my pre planning!�� Thank you…</p>
<p>lucky1313: The Move-In Guide last year had a photo showing two chest of drawers stacked in the corner with a small television on top. My son needed the extra work surface so he didn’t attempt it. It looks like it’s definitely an option, though!</p>
<p>Momthreeboys, I’m not sure, and she’s not in that room anymore, but the desk that we put beneath it was 29 1/2 inches high, and there was a clearance of a two or three inches above that.</p>
<p>Whoa parents!!! This is your kid’s adventure - don’t get too caught up in the minor details. Let him/her figure this out. You’re done with the micro-managing! It’s time for him/her to make his/her own decisions and choices. Whatever he/she picks will be fine!!!</p>
<p>Swimmer726…that’s great in theory but it’s not my son that is going to pay $1200. for a last minute plane ticket home which is what will happen if I don’t “micro-manage.”</p>
<p>Why would he need to come home if his room isn’t set up properly? I just think it’s time for kids to sink or swim. Yes, you do fund this experience, but what he really needs to concentrate on is GOiNG to class, TURNING in assignments, and STUDYING for tests. The rest is irrelevant.</p>
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