<p>381406: Those south side dorms will be used for sophmores next year. According to my D, they have been renovated and are in the nicest condition of any dorm at Case other than the Village 115. Yes, everyone gets a private bedroom, although it's small. In addition, the 6 suitemates get a livingroom area:</p>
<p>The Village 115 is already open and was used by upperclass students last year (FR are not placed there). </p>
<p>If you are an incoming FR, you will likely be in north side dorms with a roommate. If you truly never want to live on south side in those rooms you reference, you won't have to (you can select Clark tower in north side or live in greek housing or eventually move off campus).</p>
<p>Overall Case dorms are nicer than most schools.</p>
<p>I believe that most dorms (at least on the Case campus) are set up so that there are about 10 people per bathroom fixture (ie a floor of 40 people will share a bathroom with 4 stalls, 4 showers, and 4 sinks) so really, sharing a bathroom with 6 people is a good deal. Recently we've been having plumbing problems in my building and have been down to 1 shower and 1 stall for 18 girls, and it really has not been a problem (I am in one of the oldest dorms on northside, and I believe that they are fixing things this week during spring break).
And although the rooms look tiny, it's really not bad. I am in a single that is about the same size as the southside singles. The size and shape of the room does limit how the room can be arranged, but I have found that having the privacy and quiet of the single room to be well worth being slightly cramped.</p>
<p>To the original poster, are you kidding me? Have you visited? The dorms are AMAZING. The freshman dorms are nice, too. Surprisingly clean and very mdoern. I like the dorms and I've seen the entire spectrum. I'm seen small private school dorms (Ashtown... not so great), small public school dorms (Youngstown... old), and big ten dorms (Ohio State... not bad). Aside from a few of the Ivies, Case has some of the best dorms, in my opinion. If you get them lofted, you have so much room. My friend and I both stayed in our friend's freshman dorm even though they utilized their space very poorly (no lofting, just beds against opposite walls) and we fit both sleeping bags and our luggage and it was not bad.</p>
<p>I wouldn't call them palaces after seeing dorms at places like Wash U, but they really aren't that bad. I lived in one of the dorms on the north side for a summer program and it was great. The only huge downside was no air conditioning (which you certainly won't need in the winter). The common rooms are really nice in the freshman dorms too.</p>
<p>Well I didn't apply to Wash U. My other college is Miami (ohio) which has typical public school dorms. So yes, to me, they really are quite grand.</p>
<p>I recently stayed overnight at one of those dorm types that have 1 bathroom. Honestly, it was pretty nice because each student got their own room. The bathroom-sharing is only inconvenient if your class times coincide with the other students. But overall I'd say it's pretty roomy and not as bad as it sounds.</p>
<p>Now that we have moved my D back in, the dorms up the elephant stairs on Carlton Road (Kusch, Glaser, and Michelson) have been renovated inside. The fixed furniture has been replaced with new, movable beds, dresser, and closet (so you can arrange your room how you like). Brand new carpeting was installed, even wall-to-wall in the bedrooms. It is very nice. They even put in brand new Yamaha pianos in the music practice rooms in the basement. The layout is as:</p>
<p>The south dorms at the bottom of the hill have not been renovated, at least Alumni has not. It has the fixed furniture and is not in good shape in comparison.</p>
<p>They have also renovated Fribley dining hall.</p>
<p>For the first time I was able to go inside the new dorms at The Village. There can be no nicer dorms/apartments at any college in the country. If you get a chance to go in there, you'll know what I mean.</p>
