<p>Do guys and girls share same bathroom in BoCo’s dorms? Anyone know???</p>
<p>NO!!! Never.</p>
<p>How many share the bathrooms,I also heard theres a rodent problem in the dorms?</p>
<p>This thread is so helpful! But I don’t fully understand about how you get which room/bed/who’s first in line/etc. I’m enrolling tonight or tomorrow morning, so does that mean I’m not going to get a good room? Also, someone said that one dorm is all Musical Theatre, then someone else said that they aren’t doing that anymore? What is happening next year? Also, we can get bed risers, but can we bring actual furniture in, like a small dresser? And is it one small closet for 5 GIRLS? It sounds like theres not a lot of room for clothes! Haha.
Thank you soooo much for all the helpful info!</p>
<p>zoerphl - Not sure how it was done this year or what they will do next year. In 2008/09 my S was in a room with 3 other boys and they shared a bathroom attached to their room. There were 2 small closets the 4 boys shared for hanging clothes and each one had their own 4-drawer chest of drawers. There were 3 desks and chairs (2 agreed to share 1 desk). Beds had to be bunked because of space and bins could be placed under the bottom bunk for storage. They all brought personal desk items, pictures, desk lamps and dirty clothes hamper. They had one tower fan, a floor lamp, a TV, DVD/VCR and dorm-size refrigerator. There was no room for additional furniture. If you all agreed to do without the desk and chairs, then there would be room for other things. In my S’s room there were Musical Theatre, Vocal Perfomance, Strings, and Piano majors, so all of the MTs were not grouped together. It was a very tight fit, but none of them spent a great deal of time in the room that year.</p>
<p>typecast - there was one rodent (a very small mouse) caught in my S’s room that year. As stated, 4 boys shared the attached bathroom. The other room on the same floor had 5 boys sharing the hall bathroom. Each dorm/floor/room is different so it is the luck of the draw.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>You get a bed, dresser and desk sometimes an occasional bookshelf. My daughter now a junior had her roommates decided long before September. She was in a quad and shared a bathroom with someone else (twosome) on the same floor. She was in a all girl building. The first to line up get’s the first choice. Second goes second, etc. All dorms are typically crowded but you adjust. We brought all of our stuff up stacked it on the bed then went to Bed, Bath and Beyond. You can pre-order everything and pick it up at the Boston store or just go shopping when you get there. Do not overpack, pack small. You can always add or have your parents bring additional stuff on parents weekend about 6 weeks later.</p>
<p>Yes there are occasion rodents (mice only). This is very typical off the Back Bay area in October. BOCO has a contract with an exterminating service and they react very quickly.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info…</p>
<p>My daughter just finished her last class at Boston Conservatory yesterday. She’s been out of the dorms since Freshman year, but her room that year was fabulous. She was on the second floor of a brownstone and her room must have originally been a huge sitting room/library with an attached large closet/room. At least one wall of the room was filled with glass front bookcases (deep enough to put clothes and all your knicknacks, books, music, etc. in). There was storage underneath them as well. The other closet/room was big enough, believe it or not, to squeeze a bed in. Towards the end of the year, my daughter wasn’t really hitting it off with one of her roommates and actually moved into the small closet! </p>
<p>At that time, and I think it’s the same now, roommates are mixed (vocal performance major, dance major, musical theatre major) unless you choose roommates before you are assigned. The only problem with that (at least in my daughter’s case) was that dancers are so exhausted after dancing all day, they tend to go to sleep early. Musical Theatre people are, well, much more late night sorts with rehearsals running late at night, etc. </p>
<p>To be clear, you have a building and room number before you get to school. You just might hang around early outside on the day of move in to get the best bed in that particular room. By winter break, students are already hounding their parents for $ to put deposits on apartments for the next year. There’s always this unfounded fear that all the good apartments will be taken! Good luck to all of you who are about to embark on your college years at Boston Conservatory!</p>
<p>Thank you! That answers the question about move in day. We basically aren’t going to know anything about our room until we get there? Also I’m assuming we can request roommates?</p>
<p>YES you can!!!</p>
<p>You will get your building and room number before you get there. My daughter knew (probably from Facebook or something) sort of what her room was going to look like before she got there I think. And, yes you can request roommates.</p>
<p>Bring a hammer…you can use it to un-bunk the beds, if that’s what the roomies decide to do. You’ll want to do that straight away, before you start moving things in. TRUST ME.</p>
<p>My daughter is an entering freshman in MT this fall, and I’m wondering if those of you who already have children there can comment on the safety aspect of the area, esp. coming back from classes/rehearsals after dark. I’m sure I’m worrying unnecessarily, but we come from a smallish town and I’m a little concerned about how city-savvy she needs to be. In particular, I’m wondering whether the kids always walk to Northeastern together for dinner and whether they walk back to the dorms together from evening classes/rehearsals. I didn’t really see where all the classrooms were when we visited or how close the new theatre facility is. Any help or advice form other parents is much appreciated!!</p>
<p>My daughter is will be a senior next year and has never had a problem or has heard of anyone having a problem. We were told to avoid the park across the street but other than that it is common sense. When coming home late at night chances are she will see a lot of the 200,000 student body of Boston. It is also wise to avoid the back alley late at night unless you are with someone. But again there has not been a problem. Overall I think Boston is a very safe city especially where BOCO is located.</p>
<p>Safety has never been a big concern for me there,</p>
<p>Thank you for the feedback!</p>
<p>Safety is a concern whereever you go to school, especially in a city. There have been incidents where a dorm may have been broken into, or an apartment, but you’d find that at any school. As beenthere wrote, you’re told during orientation to stay away from the park after dark, don’t walk the alleys alone and just stay with a partner during the evening hours. We had a father who was a police officer (in Chicago maybe?) during the orientation who was obviously very concered about safety and stated at the end of the few days of meeting that he had thoroughly looked over the safety issues at BoCo and was very comfortable with the system they had in place. That certainly made me feel better.</p>
<p>Sorry to mix up other questions on this thread, but we’re trying to settle on a meal plan. Do the kids tend to eat at Northeastern (esp in their freshman year) or do they eat at the cafe on campus or at nearby restaurants a lot?</p>
<p>Both. Northeastern more in their freshman year than off campus. My daughter in still on the minimum meal plan even though she is a junior who lives in an apartment.</p>
<p>Regarding safety: what everyone else said. Don’t walk through the Fens at night. Be aware of your surroundings. Walk with friends. My D will call me to chat if she has to walk by herself after dark. I think freshmen are ripe for being robbed (in the dorms) because everyone knows they are coming to school with a lot of new electronics, and kids are really bad about locking up. When your kids go to apartments next year, you will pay a premium for proximity. My D’s apartment is across the street from the school…very safe and well lit…and it is very expensive.</p>
<p>I’d suggest the 10-meal plan, supplemented with cash for the cafe, Starbucks, Spike’s, etc. They just don’t have time to get to the caf for every meal.</p>