<p>Here is my problem.
I am a freshman girl entering the 9th grade this fall at Milton Academy.
I was placed without any innput from me in the oldest and smallest dorm on campus. Also its location is apart from the main campus and about a 5 min walk to classes. I am not a complainer however since Milton tradition does not switch dorms you are stuck with this dorm assignment throughout your years there I think I need some fed back as to is this dorm assignment is right fro me. Is old good? Is small good?
Please give some feedback.
Greatly appreaciated.</p>
<p>read my response on the other thread you posted on. Time to move on...join a lot of clubs - you'll meet plenty of folks and won't be in your dorm too often anyway!</p>
<p>No, clearly you're not a complainer...</p>
<p>I'm at Andover Summer Session right now and my dorm only has nine people and it's really nice. I was actually hoping I'd get a small dorm because we'd get to know each other a lot better and that what we've been doing. I feel so close with these people that I've only spent three weeks with. It seems like years! </p>
<p>Also, from whatt I've heard, smaller dorms have the better common rooms. My dorm has a TV, DVD player, and a refrigerator, while other dorms only have a refrigerator - if that. Although one of the bigger dorms on campus has a pool table, but I don't know about the other amenities.</p>
<p>hey razzle, congrats on milton!!!! i am going to be a senior next year at milton and am also a girl boarding student. my biggest advice to you is not to worry about dorm assignments. i am not sure the exact process for how the dorms are assigned but i do know that there is a thorough process and that most people end up loving their dorm ( i would say about 85-90% do). although your dorm is far away and i have heard that it is uncomfortable in the winter, there is a closeness that that area of campus has that others do not. your dorm is old but it is also homey, the rooms are unique which is definately a plus (your dorm also has one of the best dorm faculty). every dorm is going to have pros and cons, and i would trust the selection that the house heads make (you can always switch if your miserable, but i doubt you will be)</p>
<p>yeh, you're definitely worrying too m,uch about that. the only thing i'm worrying about as far as dorms go is a roomate since i really want one.</p>
<p>jonathan i know i went to TIP and bonded soo much with the people in my dorm and really all 160 people i spent three weeks with, it's a great expirience.</p>
<p>Don't feel bad about being nervous for next year! It's very normal. However, as someone who just graduated from milton and who had many friends in hathaway, I thought I should tell you that everyone who I know in hathaway loves it. The fact that it's so small and separated from main campus makes it an incredibly close-knit community. The girls get to know each other very well and the faculty members become family. </p>
<p>Also, the fact that hathaway is old isn't a bad thing. It has a lot of history to it. For instance, they have this great tradition where you write a little graffiti in the closet of every room you live in, so when you move in you might find a drawing or a poem written in 1930 or something. </p>
<p>it's really a special place. you should be excited.</p>
<p>Thanks NONSPONTESEQUOR your postitive input really helped.
I am a bit nervous, happy and excited at the same time.<br>
Do you know if the rooms are big enough for me to bring a lounge chair?<br>
And can you give me any advice about milton as a graduated senior.</p>
<p>Thanks Bwmash. Your response uplifted me. Congrats to u 2, Senior. How do you like Milton? and What dorm do you live in? Also, you mentioned it gets uncomfortable in the winter in Hathaway. Would you kindly elaborate on that please? and is Hallowell or Robbins a really popular dorm?</p>
<p>My favorite part of milton is definately being in a dorm, my least favorite part has been the teaching style (it was a lot different from my old school). as for the winter, we're in new england it is going to be cold and wet so living further away forces you to spend more time in the cold and wetness. and i would not say that there was really one dorm that was more poular, people seem to be pretty loyal to the dorm that they were put in.</p>
<p>hey razzle and bwmash!
Ill see you on campus next year :) (I'm going to be an incoming junior)</p>
<p>When did you receive your dorm info, razzle?
I haven't received anything except for the billing and course selections (which I have already sent in a while ago)!</p>
<p>Razzle, you might have really lucked out. Smaller dorms tend to be very cosy and close-knit. You really get to know the other people in your dorm and your masters. Also, I think there's a greater effort by everyone to get along with each other since it's hard to split up into cliques if the dorm is really small.</p>
<p>Also, I wouldn't worry too much about the dorm being old. Sometimes older dorms have really neat and quirky features that you're not going to find in a more modern cookie cutter dorm. Also, by far the most important thing about a dorm is the people in it. You will find that you're much happier living in a dump with a group of people you really like and have fun with than living in a palace and feeling excluded and ostracized by the other people in your house.</p>
<p>Finally, because I'm a parent, I can't help myself - I have to give you a small piece of unsolicited advice. You have the chance to create your own utopia. In a small dorm each person has the opportunity to significantly effect the vibe of the house. If you make an effort to be friendly, non-judgmental, supportive, and encourage others to do the same you can make your dorm the best place to live on campus.</p>
<p>Thanks for the great advice prpdd.
MSU I got my dorm assignment on Monday but I didn't recieve a room assignment yet. I think we are suppose to fill out forms as to what our likes and dislikes are and then we will be put into a single or double, I think. Not 2 sure on how this works, just a freshman who is new to bs. However I did read the student book and this is what it said on how room assignment are made. Not 2 sure if I want a single or double yet. Hope they send the forms soon.</p>
<p>Well the thing at milton is that most of the dorms are the same size.. give or take 40 students in each dorm. And by the sounds of it razzle, u got assigned Hathaway house.. which actually isnt the oldest dorm on campus, cause Robbins house in the oldest dorm. And what prpdd said is true, the older the dorm, the better the dorm traditions are. </p>
<p>Like, for example, Center house is the newest girls dorm at milton- it looks like a hotel, has elevators, even airconditioning (two features that none of the older dorms have)... but no offense to center girls, but their dorm doesnt have an identity (yet), there's hardly any traditions, and little dorm pride... aka no personality. And trust me, dorm pride is HUGE at milton. </p>
<p>Because they're not on main campus, goodwin house and hathaway house have their own tennis court, basketball court, a quad (where they usually have slip and slides in the summer).. its really nice. So i think you'd find Hathaway House more agreeable than u think. ;)</p>
<p>You'll be fine in a small dorm. Usually in a smaller dorm you become better friends with your prefects (they aren't just "disciplinarians") and closer to your dormmates. As someone said earlier, the rooms are unique and will foster a happy, homey environment - something that will be nice when you're far away from home.</p>
<p>You probably don't recall the original film version of the Poseidon Adventure and I'm too old to have bothered to check out the remake, but the *Poseidon Adventure<a href="along%20with%20the%20original%20%5Bi%5DRollerball%5B/i%5D">/i</a> are two of the top films in my book for socially relevant commentary.</p>
<p>This relates to your question because I am a big believer in this thing that I call the "Poseidon Adventure Syndrome" (or PAS). PAS occurs when you throw together a random assortment of people with very little in common to suffer together through common crises. The result of PAS -- almost invariably -- is the creation of extraordinary relationships that are reinforced by the incredibly strong bonds forged by mutually surviving (and even thriving) through that experience. </p>
<p>Your Milton experience seems like it will be such a classic PAS experience. Smallest. Oldest. Remotest. And -- best of all -- Randomest (that is, without any input from you by which you, who knows relatively little about human relationships might try to engineer a compatibility outcome.</p>
<p>Now, if you prefer the highly anonymous, cookie-cutter existence of living in a high-rise dorm with people you are guaranteed to get along with famously right in the center of campus where you do as little walking (and, thus, as little interacting) as possible, that's understandable. This is Wal*Mart Nation after all.</p>
<p>But, just from what you chose to tell us, I think you should call Milton and ask if there's an extra surcharge for this assignment or see if it is just a mistake that they made in your favor. I bet there are people who live in other dorms who don't understand why the people in your dorm are so close-knit. They might even mistakenly regard you as elitist or cliquish. They just can't understand unless they've walked in your shoes (or watched the original Poseidon Adventure).</p>
<p>(NOTE: Look for the debut of "randomest" in the 2008 edition of Merriam-Webster.)</p>
<p>I love that comparison, D'yer!</p>
<p>I always wanted to see that movie. I had a dream about it.</p>