<p>Hey all, I went to one of Vanderbilt's Road Shows the other day and was very impressed. I wanted to find out more about the dorm situation at Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>How are the dorms? How is the dorm system set up? Is there variation? Like, are there dorms with community showers/restrooms as well as dorms in which showers/restrooms are shared by suites?</p>
<p>I'd really rather not have community showers/restrooms, and I'm always a fan of various types of housing for various desires.</p>
<p>Sorry if I'm not asking the question very well. Thanks for any help I can get.</p>
<p>Did you go to the one in CT?</p>
<p>For this sort of thing, you should look at the vanderbilt website rather than asking here. But to answer part of your question, you are almost certainly guaranteed to have community bathrooms. Why are you so opposed to sharing bathrooms? It’s going to be pretty common for dorms no matter what college during your freshman year.</p>
<p>It also seems very strange you went to a road show and they didn’t explain the commons.</p>
<p>Are you asking about Freshman dorms or all dorms in general?</p>
<p>They explained the commons; but the speaker was speaking rather quickly and I didn’t catch all of what she said.</p>
<p>It’s not that I’m opposed to sharing bathrooms, it’s more that it makes sense that if more people share a restroom/shower facility, it will get dirtier and dirtier. I’ve stayed at a few colleges with community restrooms, and maybe it’s just those colleges, but I was almost afraid to touch anything; there were many “unidentified substances” on the wall and it was pretty nasty.</p>
<p>I’m not a germophobe but I would not be happy in a dorm like that. A suite-style shower/restroom facility would be a lot better in that regard. Or maybe my logic is just messed up.</p>
<p>@kobudnik - Sorry, I did not attend the one in CT. I live halfway across the country. lol</p>
<p>@dtotheustin09 - I’m talking about any and all dorms at Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>All Freshman live in the Commons. Those dorms all have community bathrooms. They are new and very nice. The bathrooms get cleaned several times a week and don’t think you will find them nasty. </p>
<p>When you are a sophomore you will probably end up in another dorm with community bathrooms. </p>
<p>As a junior or senior you could live in an apartment style dorm - a single with a double, a double, or two doubles. You also have the option of suites - two double rooms and two single rooms. These bathrooms are cleaned weekly by the staff.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my questions! Yeah the other schools I stayed at with community restrooms didn’t have great dorms, so I’ve just been a little cautious about dorms as a whole. I need to feel at home in my dorm, or else I just won’t enjoy my year of college. So restrooms that are incredibly dirty or whatnot would not contribute to that feeling, and I will not want to come back.</p>
<p>Do you happen to know about how many people live in each dorm in the commons? Also, what are the options in the commons concerning roommates? Can you get singles, doubles, triples, etc?</p>
<p>There are 10 different residential halls for Freshman: Crawford, East, Hank Ingram, Gillette, Memorial, Murray, North, Stambaugh, Sutherland, and West. Information about them can be found [url=<a href=“Housing and Residential Experience | Vanderbilt University”>Housing and Residential Experience | Vanderbilt University]Here[/url</a>] on the bottom right portion of the screen. </p>
<p>That being said, not all dorms are 100% community-style bathrooms. However, since what house you get ‘sorted’ into is based on randomness, you don’t really have a choice but to accept what is given to you. The best way to find out about bathrooms is to wait until you are given your housing assignment (in case you do apply, are accepted, etc.) and then look it up on the housing website. Of course, you’re free to do so now and like I said before, not all 10 houses are 100% community style. (Although, from what I hear, the community style bathrooms are rather spiffy and are cleaned by someone else). To explain this further, let’s randomly compare houses. North House -one of the older houses- has private baths on first & second floors, then community style on the third through fifth floors. One of the newer houses, such as Hank Ingram, has six shared bathrooms with showers for floors 3-6.</p>
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<li>If you want to know specifically how many people are in each house, your best bet is clicking a certain house’s link and going through it. I think the range is anywhere from 80-ish to 150-ish. I don’t know what you mean by options concerning roommates, but you can request roommates on your own. You cannot request what residential house, however. Singles are possible. I don’t know in what quantity and in what demand, but there are singles. In some houses, there are singles, doubles, and triples.</li>
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<p>Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. I actually found the pages for the specific dorms shortly after posting that last post, but I still didn’t find everything you have told me, so it is much appreciated.</p>
<p>By “options concerning roommates,” I just meant the ability to request singles, doubles, triples, etc, which you have already answered for me.</p>
<p>I’m getting quite excited about Vanderbilt. Although the dorms are not what I’ve been looking for, they seem like they will be really good for different reasons. Thanks all!</p>