<p>What dorm has the best facilities and non-communal washrooms.</p>
<p>shoreland is the best by far in many people's opinion for everything except location. it is a renovated luxury hotel that has an array of room sizes (mostly very nice n big) and private baths and amenities etc. looks over lake michigan. seriously, this is the place to be if you dont care about location or want to be a little separated from the campus.</p>
<p>i've heard that the shoreland rooms are very spacious and nice - most (but not all) rooms even have a kitchen. the view should be pretty nice as well...but keep in mind you have to wait outside for the bus in freezing weather! max p's very close to campus, which is convenient. unfortunately max p only has community kitchens, which is inconvenient if you want to cook your own food once in awhile. in max p four people share two bathrooms - one with a toilet&sink, the other has a shower&sink.</p>
<p>On the subject of dorms, I am somwhat of an amatuer pianist. (not even worthy enough to list this as an EC) However, I like to unwind and hack out some of my favorite tunes. Can I do this easily at Chicago? Are there places for me to go and play for fun in practice rooms? Just curious.</p>
<p>I know there's a piano in the main lounge at Max P East, where you should feel free to play the piano. There's also a music room in the basement of Max P Central, but I've never actually been in there, so I'm not sure if there's a piano in there... I know a guy who goes down there to record music on his guitar though.</p>
<p>I've heard Hitchcock is very good.</p>
<p>I live in Max Central, and there is a piano in the music room in the basement. My roommate uses it all the time. As far as where to live...the rooms in Shoreland are definitely big, but they aren't all that nice. Chicago hasn't spent a tremendous amount of money maintaining the rooms, so don't expect luxury. That being said it is nice to be off campus, and I am happy that I have friends there, but I am glad that I don't live there. We just had a big snowstorm a few days ago, and the buses were running erratically forcing Shoreland residents to walk a mile and a half, or wait for a long time in ten degree weather. Max P is new, nice and we eat at Bartlett. A good thing. Plus in the winter the unusual architecture is actually quite cheery.</p>
<p>Hey augiemarch--I'm in the middle of The Adventures of Augie March right now! Loving it too. I'm a huge Saul Bellow fan. Guess I'm heading to the right place...</p>
<p>Shoreland is slated for closure in a few years. U. Chicago sold it to a developer for conversion into condos, but leased it back until it can build a new dorm and dining facility down by B-J. </p>
<p>Chicago's medium term goal is to build new housing close to the campus to enhance the sense of campus community. </p>
<p>BTW, Max P is well enough liked by the frosh (pardon, first year) that most of them get kicked out at the end of first year - they limit the number of returning students to make space for the newcomers.</p>