<p>^^But you actually did say this–that you should get a better one because your parents are paying full tuition. Follow your own logic. Who do you think would then be in the crappy dorm?</p>
<p>In any case, you will survive. At least the cafeteria is in Sargent so you can go down to breakfast in your PJs. Even though you are from the area, you will appreciate this when it’s really cold and you are too lazy to get dressed. In that way at least, it will be just like home. :)</p>
<p>Guess what, though. At most schools - NU being no exception to the rule - there are going to be older, less up to date, more worn dorms and newer, more up to date dorms. Such is life. It’s not guaranteed to be fair.</p>
<p>I lived in South Mid Quads when I was at NU - it was the second year that it was open, so it was a brand-spanking-shiny-new-dorm. Now, of course, it’s not, and there are much newer dorms. Again, so what? You can whine about how life is unfair, or you can make the best of the situation. The NU spirit is to make the best of things (that’s how we survived football infamy all these years!) so I suggest you partake in it.</p>
<p>For those who really care about the NU dorms - Follow the link to an excellent satirical look. It might be dated (Slivka was still being built when this was written), but it still rings true, say my D the Alum, and my youngest says he really DID LOL when he read it at work. To give you a taste:</p>
<p>So you picked your housing for next year based on the propaganda; perhaps you even prospied a Day at NU to get a taste for wheres a good place to live.</p>
<p>Whatever you picked, you were wrong.</p>
<p>[Northwestern</a> Chronicle: Holding pens for the young](<a href=“http://chron.org/tools/viewart.php?artid=55]Northwestern”>http://chron.org/tools/viewart.php?artid=55)</p>
<p>Wildcat2016 ^^^^ I rest my case. And, you?</p>
<p>We did not find the undergraduate housing at NU, nor the freshman living experience (in particular), to be strong points nor commensurate with expectations. Thank God the education is good there, though. Chicago is also excellent.
We know students at many comparable universities, incidentally.</p>
<p>By all accounts our D had one of the very smallest rooms in one of the least-popular dorms on campus, yet she had an absolutely fantastic freshman experience. </p>
<p>She bonded with older kids who had suffered through the same floor plan on her very first day of moving in, as many of them arrived to volunteer to help D and her roommate move the insanely-heavy furniture into the ONLY liveable unbunked configuration, which has been passed down through generations of NU kids.</p>
<p>She bonded with fellow students trudging to cafeterias on cold days since her dorm didn’t have one.</p>
<p>Sometimes less-than-perfect situations offer the best opportunities for forming lifelong friendships.</p>
<p>It sounds Polyanna-ish, but seriously resolve to have a blast your freshman year, which will include making the best of even the bad situations life flings your way. You only get to be a college freshman once, so make the most of it!!</p>
<p>Momcares - FTW! (For The Win)!</p>
<p>Making the Best of the Bad = Good Life Lesson. I think more peoeple should write this down, or memorize it, maybe even a tatoo…</p>
<p>BTW - 18 days and counting - see you all there.</p>
<p>Very well put, MomCares! Like nugraddad said, every one should imbibe this spirit.</p>
<p>FWIW, Sargent is great – way more convenient than Elder.</p>
<p>Wow, I feel like such an idiot for taking the cons of Sargent so seriously. The furniture is old and smells but other than that I love my dorm and my roommate! No centipedes so far… at least for us… Haha.</p>
<p>@Wildcat2016 - It’s totally natural to have concerns before moving into a new environment, but I’m so very glad that you decided to live on campus and are loving your dorm and roommate. I hope your freshman year is a blast!!</p>
<p>Wildcat2016, I’m so glad that you have come to love your dorm and roommate!! What a great outcome, after all that. Maybe you were just anxious about starting college in general, and you put all that anxiety into your dorm?.. Anyway, good lesson–sometimes what seems to be a major obstacle ends up being nothing. </p>
<p>My D’s dorm room is also very plain but she’s REALLY happy 
She too loves her dorm and her floor (she is in a single, so no roommate). </p>
<p>Hope you have a great year and the Case of the Centipedes in the Smelly Old Dorm is the worst of your worries!</p>
<p>Living in a totally brand new dorm is much less fun and interesting. With dorms like Sargent, you know you have an entire history behind you.</p>