Housing Selection

<p>For those accepted students who got a packet in the mail to rank their housing preferences, we were wondering if the modern triple room is really bigger than the model double room (or are they just putting more people in it)? Does anyone have any photos of the types of rooms that they could share?</p>

<p>The triple is bigger. From the photos I have seen, quite enough room. You can see them on the WUSTL Class of 2013 facebook group or Bear Buddies group.</p>

<p>Also, what are the differences between modern and traditional rooms?</p>

<p>modern=new,
tradtional=old.</p>

<p>For freshmen dorms-</p>

<p>modern: ~two rooms per suite. Each suite has a bathroom.<br>
traditional: regular rooms, hallway style bathrooms for everyone on the floor</p>

<p>Not sure if I’m going here yet, but I would be quite torn between modern/old housing. From what I’ve heard, old housing means a more social atmosphere, and you will become family with the people on your floor. However, there are communal bathrooms. On the other hand, the moderns have one bathroom for every two doubles, and they are newer, obviously. I would probably go old dorms just to get to know people more, even though I am more of an introvert.</p>

<p>are the bathrooms in modern dorms still cleaned by the college??</p>

<p>that’s a pretty big deciding factor for me…</p>

<p>From what I’ve heard, yes, they are cleaned twice a week.</p>

<p>Yeah, bathrooms in modern dorms are cleaned twice a week by housekeeping staff, which is awesome. I’m sure if you turn back a few pages in the forum there are quite a few threads on how “modern” and “traditional” dorms compare. Either way you should do pretty well - WashU has nice housing. The whole social thing probably depends more on the people in your floor than on the style of housing you choose… I’m on a subfree modern floor and the floor dynamic is still pretty good. A triple room will be large enough for three people (larger than a double for sure) so I wouldn’t worry too much about that, although don’t forget you’re not guaranteed what you request - triples and singles (and eventually traditional dorms, given construction) are pretty scarce.</p>

<p>While I absolutely love my modern dorm (my freshman floor is VERY social, even though it’s modern), you really don’t hear anything about people disliking their dorm.</p>

<p>If you choose to go to WashU, you can pretty much count on completely loving your floor (with some exceptions, like being on subfree and not wanting to be, or vice versa).</p>