Dorm scouting

<p>Short of actually touring, what is the best way to check out the dorms of different buildings. Are there virtual tours online, or sites that have pictures of the rooms? I did a little digging on youtube and Cornell's housing site and found pretty much nothing.</p>

<p>I had the same interest in the dorms when my son was accepted by Cornell. I found a reasonable number of pix by searching Flickr and similar sites for the names of the dorms. It seems a lot of students take pictures of their new home and post them...</p>

<p>thanks, i'll check out flickr then</p>

<p>Court-Kay-Bauer and Mews are the best.</p>

<p>You can't choose your dorm. Rooms are assigned randomly without regard to when you submit your deposit. You can request (not guaranteed) a single, double or triple, but that's about it unless you have a medical condition that requires a certain environment. All of the freshman are housed on North Campus, which creates a great environment to meet people.</p>

<p>My interviewer said that it's better to have single than double because you'll sometimes regret the person you stay with in the double dorms. Something about different living habits or one staying up at night while the other isn't. There should be a lot of room for single.</p>

<p>Just FYI, Cornell charges more for a single.</p>

<p>I'm willing to pay the grand extra for a single, the trouble is I'm transferring in this spring (and haven't gotten the housing ball rolling yet), so I probably shouldn't even get my hopes up for a single right? </p>

<p>Cornellgrad - It doesn't matter to me where I room, I'm mostly just curious about what the rooms will look like. Also, I want to be sure to pack accordingly. I'm coming in a junior, so who knows, I'm just happy to be moving in next month.</p>

<p>can you request specific roommates? and if so do you always get them or are you turned down sometimes and for what reason?</p>

<p>Well these don't have pictures of the rooms, but there are descriptions of each dorm which might be helpful to you:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.rso.cornell.edu/mcsa/documents/housing.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rso.cornell.edu/mcsa/documents/housing.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Thanks for the info Cindy,</p>

<p>JAS - you can request specific roommates, I don't know if you always get them or not. It seems like if you and your friend request each other, and there is a double available there is no reason for them to turn you down</p>

<p>Beans....a lot of spring transfers are being placed in singles. This is because you will be taking over the room of a graduating senior (in most cases) and because of the way the housing lottery works...they tend to have single rooms.</p>

<p>i had a single and highly recommend it. you honestly meet just as many people as long as you are not a complete recluse, and have a much more comfortable living situation. i lived in Mews, and you are placed in suites of people that share a bathroom. the first month or so of school, every one literally introduces themselves to everyone. you will have no problem meeting people. i know so many people that had terrible roommates.</p>

<p>I have a question!</p>

<p>housing is guaranteed for all first-years at North Campus, but is it guaranteed for sophomores? I know that they can't possibly have room for all of their students to live on campus all four years, but I just want to know if they have enough for the first two.</p>

<p>Freshman and sophomores are guaranteed on campus housing.</p>

<p>I see. thank you!</p>