<p>What are the dorms at Columbia like?</p>
<p>If someone could break it down, that would be great.</p>
<p>I'm assuming freshmen dorms? I don't go there, so most of this is based on my impressions/recollections.</p>
<p>You have four main options as a frosh: Carman, John Jay, Furnald, and the LLC (Hartley and Wallach).</p>
<p>Carman - the social/party dorm. I believe almost all of the rooms are doubles. All freshmen.
John Jay - social, but not quite as much as Carman. Almost all singles. All freshmen. It's in the same building as the dining hall. (And I think there's a grand piano downstairs.)
Furnald - the quietest of the dorms, but with the biggest rooms. Singles and doubles. Mix of frosh and sophomores.
LLC - Suite-style with a kitchen in each suite. Singles. Mixed between all years.</p>
<p>ooohshinyobject is mostly correct except:</p>
<p>furnald rooms are no bigger than john jay rooms, the big rooms that are there are not for freshman and are occupied by sophomores. Any room in the 120-140 sq ft. range is a sophomore room.</p>
<p>LLC has doubles which are occupied by freshmen i believe but there arent many of them and there is a piano in Wallach as well. Also both LLC dorms are connected to each other and to John Jay. </p>
<p>Now for some opinion. </p>
<p>When it comes to choice between single or double it just depends on preference. The LLC blows. Furnald is terrible as a freshman...i lived there as a sophomore after living in John Jay and felt really bad for the freshmen on my floor since there was practically no socializing and even if there is there are fewer people to socialize with and at least half of the sophomores will never even talk to you. IMO your first choice should be either Carman or John Jay unless you are really antisocial anyway then pick furnald first since it definately has the nicest amenities (kitchen, spacious bathrooms, new look)</p>
<p>I'm a freshman living in the LLC right now and I love it. It's the only dorm with a suite layout open to freshmen.</p>
<p>explain the suite style living? and shraf, explain how llc blows.</p>
<p>i thought john jay was not social.</p>
<p>John Jay is extremly social....if you like going out, there are people on your floor that do that, if you like having hall parties, there will be those also, and if you just like to sit back and watch movies, you can find people to do that in the lounge with you</p>
<p>the suite living style is pretty much u share a kitchen, bathroom and common area with 6 or 7 other people but you have your own room within the suite. Its nice except that in the LLC you dont know anyone in your suite....suites usually work better when its a group of friends living together because then its easier to cooperate but LLC suites are really hit or miss when it comes to liking the people around you. Also, you dont get the typical exposure to freshman since you are living with only like 3 other freshmen and a bunch of upperclassmen. As for the upperclassmen who are there....the sophomores are usually just people who wanted singles and its the safest route to go since you avoid the lottery. The juniors and seniors who are there are usually not the coolest people but will probably be very friendly. Also they do alot of ******** community building activities which i find ridiculously annoying. That's just my two cents about the LLC....i know a few people who love it though so this is only one side.</p>
<p>As for JJ, its what you make it....i lived there freshman year and my floor was extremely social and i interacted with probably about 80% of them on a regular basis and am still friends with about half the people from my floor (the floor consists of 45 people i think). So its totally up to you what you want to get out of it. Of course its very easy to just lock urself in your room and not be social but if you want to socialize there will be people more than willing to do so.</p>
<p>What's your best bet if you're a freshman who wants a very social environment (I'm using "social" as a euphemism for something, if you catch my drift...), but also a single? I've got weird sleeping patterns (well, more like totally normal sleeping patterns: I love to get ****ed up on the weekends, but during the week, I'd like to get to bed by 10 if possible), and the idea of a roommate sounds utterly abhorrent. As for the bathroom situation, I'd like a more private bathroom, but it's not really that important.</p>
<p>Edit: I looked it up and answered my own question John Jay seems to be the most social dorm for freshmen, and it's almost exclusively singles. Perfect!</p>
<p>Does anyone else find it weird that the university with perhaps the highest housing costs (economic, not accounting, costs, for anyone who's taken econ) offers so many singles to freshmen, despite the fact that most schools put singles out of the question until you're a sophomore or junior?</p>
<p>Columbia uses singles to lure in Freshman...then as Sophmores you realize that Columbia has "horrible" housing</p>
<p>eh i mean sophomore housing ain't pretty but jr and sr year have some pretty sweet deals. i have a single in carman. the roommate moved out. its FABULOUS. probably the biggest space i'll ever have to myself in the city.</p>
<p>nah, junior housing isn't that great either; seniors have it the best.</p>