<p>Between sharing with one roomate or living in a quad, which would you choose and why?
From what I've heard, doubles can be a crapshoot but it's great to have a roomate freshman year. Quads are supposedly the best option- you get to interact with several people, and you have more chance of getting on with your roomate (the more the merrier) but apparently quads can get quite noisy with no privacy...</p>
<p>If there are any current Princeton students who could answer any of these questions it'd be much appreciated:
1) With the housing forms, do you usually get what you request or are there nightmare stories of people requesting a 6-man suite and getting stuck in a double with one weird roomate?
2) If you ticked "2-3 roomates" did you end up in Rocky?
3) How happy are most Ptoners with their roomates? Is the matching system good, or is it pretty much a crapshoot?
4) How are the quads at Princeton? Is it two large doubles with a common room, or is it 4 people sleeping on bunk-beds cramped up in one small room?
5) Are there any "6 people, 4 rooms" set ups - so two of you get a single within your suite?
6) How are Princeton's doubles? I've heard of doubles that are set up as one large room divided into two rooms with a door separating them, so you definitely have a roomate, but you each have your own room. Are most of Pton's doubles like this?</p>
<p>I stayed in the "kitchen suite" in wilson for prefrosh--and I slept in a chair for two nights in a row....which was a painful...but it seemed like all the guys there had a lot of fun</p>
<p>I think the best would probably be a single room in a large suite--that way you get the privacy of a single with all the benefits of living with a bunch of people....but I dont think there are two many of those on campus?</p>
<p>I was one of your hosts, as I currently live in the Kitchen Suite (I'm Tim). As far as housing goes, I would suggest asking for 3-4 roommates; in my opinion, quads are better in every way than doubles. The preferences you list, however, will have no bearing on which college you get into.</p>
<p>Yeah. Quads sounded like the better deal, but don't they get quite noisy and cramped? Tunan - are the doubles at Princeton really that bad?</p>
<p>There's an interesting breakdown of the housing system at Princeton from <a href="http://www%5B/url%5D">http://www</a>. c o l l e g e p r o w l e r .com/samplechapters/4.pdf.
It describes each of the dorm layouts in detail and the special facilities in each. Also has a few student quotes about the housing system.</p>
<p>I prefer quads to doubles because either way you'll be living in a double (virtually all quads are a common room & two doubles), and with a quad you have a common room. Non-quad doubles may be slightly larger, but not meaningfully so.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm definitely trying to get a quad. It seems to be by far the better living experience: not the ginormous 11-person suites some of the colleges have, and not the boring singles in others. C'mon, pton. Give me a quad! Give me some snake eyes!</p>
<p>1) They're great about housing and usually get more or less what you asked for. I love the way they match up roommates as well.
2) No, college placement is independent of what you request except of course one has special needs.
3) Matching system is AMAZING
4) Usually two doubles + a common. I've never heard of a room that is shared by 4 people except for one in a large suite.
5) Yes
6) No, I've never seen a Princeton doubles like that.</p>
<p>I personally love big suites/quads and would highly suggest opting for them.</p>
<p>1)You usually get what you request.
2) No.
3) Matching system is a crapshoot. I got a football player who smoked up and did no homework and was incredibly inconsiderate. I have no idea how they matched us because I hated his music, his cleanliness, his everything. Almost everyone I know in doubles end up disliking their roommates...our general consensus was that they don't match well at all.</p>
<p>I am going for a quad, i think its the best and thats my hostel experience saying, u dont want to end up with a complete weirdo if u have a couple!
till now i've heard some preety scary stories about the matching system so i hope everything works out ok!</p>
<p>1) With the housing forms, do you usually get what you request or are there nightmare stories of people requesting a 6-man suite and getting stuck in a double with one weird roomate?</p>
<p>I disagree with many posters... you don't necessarily get what you ask for. Has much to do with what kind of rooms are in short supply in your res college. I asked for a single but was put in Mathey, the land of quads. And I got a quad. Generally, except in Butler where they are prevalent, they don't like putting people in singles... afraid people will isolate themselves as freshmen or something.</p>
<p>3) How happy are most Ptoners with their roomates? Is the matching system good, or is it pretty much a crapshoot?</p>
<p>Mine was fine. I've heard of major disagreements; I also know people who have stayed roommates all four years.</p>
<p>4) How are the quads at Princeton? Is it two large doubles with a common room, or is it 4 people sleeping on bunk-beds cramped up in one small room? </p>
<p>Quads are almost all suites of three rooms, one common and two bedrooms. Some are bigger than others... you may still have to bunk. We did.</p>
<p>6) How are Princeton's doubles? I've heard of doubles that are set up as one large room divided into two rooms with a door separating them, so you definitely have a roomate, but you each have your own room. Are most of Pton's doubles like this?</p>
<p>A lot of doubles, at least the ones freshmen would be getting, are one-room.</p>
<p>Gaaaah! I marked a double, but now I regret it. Dag nabit, should have found this place earlier. <em>crosses fingers for quad or good roommate</em></p>
<p>Heh, didn't mean to be the cause of so much anxiety. I'm pretty sure they sort into residential colleges before they assign rooms. And I think doubles are the rarest of arrangements anyhow.</p>
<p>I requested a single on my housing form ... ended up in Dodge-Osborn's sub-zoo - 8 roommates - 4 bedrooms - common room -private bath. And, it was great! Most of us feel that what you request on the housing form is not even looked at and that roommate assignments, like college assignments, are totally random.</p>