<p>Thanks! Much appreciated bsax and mootmom =]</p>
<p>I was hoping for 5 West over 5 East anyway xP Sorry, I was scarred by CPW...</p>
<p>To the people saying "I got put in Next House! I don't want to be there! Can I switch during Orientation?":</p>
<p>No. You're in Next House. Next House is RBA. RBA is a lock-in death trap (okay, so it's not really a death trap, just a trap). Once you're there, you can't get out until after freshman year...well, if you jump through a lot of hoops you might be able to get out second term.</p>
<p>Why did you put a dorm third that you didn't want to live in? Especially an RBA dorm?</p>
<p>To those rejoicing over their hall or whatever: Congrats, but remember, it's only temporary. You're going to have to move again. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the rundown mollie! I'm glad I'm temping in G, I want to check out all the social entries lol...</p>
<p>Also, for all the EC temps wanting to know what their temp hall is...</p>
<p>The first digit of your room number is what floor you're on. The letter before that is the section of the hall. Walcott (Wa), Bemis (B) and Goodale (G) are in the east parallel. W (Wood), M (Munroe), and H (Hayden) are in the west parallel. For instance, if you're in B515 (which you're not, because that's my room ;)), you're on 5th East.</p>
<p>Since I'm stuck in Next, does anyone know about the stereotypes of different floors (if there are any)?</p>
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<p>Just for you, I pinged one of my good friends who lived in Next House. :) Keep in mind that he's class of 2000 and things may have changed since then. Here's what he said:</p>
<p>"The odd floors were louder and more social, the east wings were louder and more social. The second floor was notoriously 'studious Asians'. 3e was spamit [a joke student group, "Stupid People at MIT"] and the really loud place. 5e was where most of the Next Act [Next House's annual theater production] performers came from. Those are very broad generalizations."</p>
<p>"Later, 3e became Puerto Rican House for the most part."</p>
<p>EC, H203. I understand this is in 2nd west, hayden.
It was apparently a single last year, does this mean it's a single again?
Also, can somebody explain the room size designations? What do A, B, and C mean, and what happens when there's something like (A) given in parenthesis?</p>
<p>for MacGregor, what are the different letters stand for?</p>
<p>jessiehl, thank you so much! I completely didn't think I'd be put into Next. Well, I guess there's always next year :)</p>
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MacGregor is divided into nine entries (A through H plus J). In A-D Entries (the high rise), an entry is three floors and houses 32 people; in E-J (the low rise), an entry is four floors and houses between 36 and 48 people.</p>
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EC, H203. I understand this is in 2nd west, hayden.
It was apparently a single last year, does this mean it's a single again?
Also, can somebody explain the room size designations? What do A, B, and C mean, and what happens when there's something like (A) given in parenthesis?
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<p>Depends on whether it's designated as a single, or whether it was a double being used as a single because of fewer people on the hall. 2nd West is usually full, so I'm guessing the former.</p>
<p>A, B, C, and D are size designations. A is the largest, D is the smallest. Doubles are usually As, and singles occasionally are too (each hall picks which two rooms are freshman doubles, and I think there's 3 or 4 As on a hall). Ds are few in number, and are very, very small (though the one on 5th East has a nice walk-in closet). The majority of people live in Bs and Cs. From frosh through junior year, I went A (a double) -> C -> B, and I'm staying in my B.</p>
<p>On average, the rooms near the center of the hall are smaller. On some halls, the center of the hall is the center of hall life, and on those halls, many people actually prefer the smaller middle-section rooms to the larger end ones. On others, the center of hall life wanders around more, and larger end rooms are considered more desirable.</p>
<p>Wow, that's quite complicated.
So if my room size is listed as (A) andlast year it had only one inhabitant, is there any way of knowing if I have a roommate?
My brain hurts, just a little.</p>
<p>Is there anyway for me to tell if my room is a single or a double? I can't find it on floorplans.mit.edu</p>
<p>impied, your temp room is not your permanent room. Don't get attached to it now, you'll be moving.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info on Next :-)
I like the dorm and I love the people in it; that's why I put it down as my 3rd choice. I'm just scared out of my wits after reading that some freshman get put into triples. I'm an only child and I know living in a double-sized room with two other people would make us all miserable... Is there any way to avoid it?</p>
<p>BC 141D</p>
<p>i guess there goes my excuse to ride the elevators up and down? i'm easily amused</p>
<p>Just as a reference for the um...two people who have mentioned BC so far (although I assume there will be more):</p>
<p>The first digit tells you the floor. Second digits of 1 or 2 designate Connerside. Second digits of 3, 4, or 5 mean Burtonside. The third digit represents which of the suites you're in. The letter tells you the specific room.</p>
<p>So 141D is on Burton 1, and 423H is on Conner 4 (which is my adopted floor, and a very cool place).</p>
<p>Also, not to contradict everyone, but I know several freshmen who moved out of Next House after first semester, although I have no idea how many hoops were jumped through in the process.</p>
<p>impied, hi! im tammy. i live on 2W. looking forward to meeting you! actually, my room used to be a double and since it was "a crowded double," we voted to turn your temp room into a double and mine into a single because your temp room is bigger than my room. (A) is bigger than an A (theres no negative letters... yet) i dont think theres a way to find out your temp roommate officially. id use facebook. thats how i found mine.</p>
<p>Baker 119 - 1st choice</p>
<p>Baker 342! first choice :) how do i know how many roommates i have?</p>