Housing

<p>yeah, the cost for dorms is your "room", and the "board" is your mealplan. with that you get 24-hour security, and 2 square meals a day, respectively. oh, and no utility bills (besides cable) and a cleaning service.</p>

<p>Do a lot of people have small tvs in their dorm rooms? Or do people just mainly use the ones in the lounges?</p>

<p>is no air conditioning in JJ a nuisance?</p>

<p>^People complain a bit in the summer, but it's not that hot for that long while we're here. The A/C in Carman literally freezes you out so people rarely use it. I'd say just get a fan regardless of where you live.</p>

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Do a lot of people have small tvs in their dorm rooms? Or do people just mainly use the ones in the lounges?

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Depends. I find it kind of hard to fit one in Carman - there's no place to put it except on someone's desk or the fridge. My friend has a flatscreen in his room though because it fits on his desk. I'd say more freshman don't have TVs.</p>

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oh, and no utility bills (besides cable) and a cleaning service.

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<p>neither of which are necessary of course</p>

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Do a lot of people have small tvs in their dorm rooms?

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<p>if you are in carman a tv in your room might be fun....especially if you hook up video games to it and/or pay for cable. a tv in a single (jj/furnald) is expensive and unnecessary. from what i remember the only people who had cable freshman year were the super anti-social ones. besides back in the day (2003) it was hard to get tv shows online and now you can basically get every single show you'd want to watch online.</p>

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is no air conditioning in JJ a nuisance?

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<p>answered recently in another thread...short answer is no</p>

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only difference i can think of is that the wallach entrance is closed at night so you'd have to walk through john jay or hartley to get to your room. either way if you rank them the last two (as i did) there is a very very slim chance you'll end up there

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<p>The floorplans are different. The suites in the buildings are divided into A,B, and C. In HArtley, the one suite takes up a third of the floor horizontally and a third of the floor above or below, connected by a staircase. In Wallach, the suites are continuous on one floor.</p>

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I'm not really into the whole LLC concept and coed bathrooms, so I'm going to rank them lower on my list... but I'm not sure whether I should put Hartley before Wallach or Wallach before Hartley.

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<p>You'll be singing a different tune in sophomore housing.</p>

<p>^LoL, yup people scramble to the LLC in soph year, some even latch on to it junior year because it's nicer than some of the junior options.</p>

<p>these were my housing preferences:</p>

<p>1 Carman double
2 JJ Double
3 Carman single
4 JJ single
5 Furnald double</p>

<p>haha okayā€¦nice to know.</p>

<p>bumping this thread so ppl can see the housing info posted by denzeraā€¦ first page 5th postā€¦ anyone else hate their freaking room assignmetns like me?</p>

<p>okay. I was giving Hartley which I donā€™t even think was my 3rd choice. I did however get a double like I wanted to though. Reading through these posts a lot is said about JJ and Carman(which was my 1st choice) and some things about the LLC stuff but how is the buiding itself? How are the rooms, bathrooms, closets, kitchens, internet, etc. Iā€™m on the 7th floor if that helps.</p>

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<p>I lived in hartley, the double are decent, similar to the doubles elsewhere, the bathrooms also are decent, not as nice as carman because they are private in carman, but better than john jay, which are down the floor and shared by everyone on the floor. On Hartley 7 you will share a bathroom between 4-5 people, really quite bearable. The floor itself sucks because you are either in the 6 or the 8 suite. It is a duplex and the bigger common area is on 6 and 8. the closets are normal, not as much as space as carman. The internet is fine, you can often get campus wireless. The kitchens are probably going to be a fcking mess, you have to push people to clean their ā– ā– ā–  up. Your residential experience will obviously depend on whom youā€™re around, but in general most people just love it. The reason is that it is the only freshman dorm with a suite set up, so you walk out of your room into a common area and are naturally forced to meet those around you, the RAs also put in a ton of effort to program so you make a community first with your roomy, then with your suite (this is very tight) then with the floor by the end of the year and youā€™ll meet many people from other suites in the building. </p>

<p>Itā€™s what a lot of kids in JJ and Carman who donā€™t go crazy partying really wish they had. itā€™s social unless your really unlucky and youā€™ll definitely make some of the best friends youā€™ll have in college. On occasion you have people who have a terrible experience because they didnā€™t get along with those around them (Columbia2002 is one of them). Itā€™s got an apartment like feel and you have upperclassmen whom you should use as a resource, they can really help you learn the ropes very quickly, tell you where to go, what to take and how to carry yourself, it can really give you an advantage in fitting in before other frosh.</p>

<p>I got a hartley double too.
anyone know anything about the 2nd floor?</p>

<p>JJ 12!!</p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>nice! my old stomping ground. if youā€™re in a room facing campus youā€™ll likely have a spectacular view like i did.</p>

<p>In fact I am. 1231 if iā€™m correct</p>

<p>John Jay, 14th.
Je suis contente. :)</p>

<p>Hahaā€¦ Iā€™m on Hartley 7th floor in a double as well. I looked at the floor plan (Iā€™m in an 8 suite) ā€¦ and it does kind of suck.</p>

<p>Would it be possible for someone to get a double room in JJ alone? The floor plan says my room is a double room while my housing assignment says itā€™s a single.</p>

<p>Mmm. Iā€™m John Jay, too. 14th.</p>

<p>Very thrilled. First choice.</p>