<p>I wanted to know if anyone had any experience with the Just About Music program house. I really like the idea of the environment, but I'm not sure about the condition of the building itself. Are the rooms decently sized and is the building relatively updated? I'm just not sure about it being in the low rises. Also, is there always unbearable noise of practicing instruments and bands and such? Thanks for any input!</p>
<p>Hey Muzzicman91</p>
<p>I stayed in the Just About Music house while I visited Cornell this past fall. (I’m still a senior in high school, but I just got accepted to Cornell a couple weeks ago…)</p>
<p>That program house was AWESOME! It made me wish I loved music as much as everybody there. I am not a musical person at all. I was there only because I have a friend with whom I stayed during my visit, and my friend lived in JAM, as they call it. If you like music, that’s a great starting point. But it would work for even me. I LOVED that it was such a close-knit community. Everyone was so chill there. Doors always opened, of course.</p>
<p>The building is awesome. It was built during WWII or the Cold War or something, and so it was made bomb-proof or I don’t know… Just, something crazy like that. Basically, the hallways are not standard hallways at all. They wind and take random turns, creating for cool little mini-hallways of 4 or so rooms (these clusters are what they consider their “suites”). The hallways are all painted in awesome bright colors. That building is alive.</p>
<p>While I was there, my friend was explaining to me that all the low rises are looked down upon by everybody, until they visit them. Yes, the buildings aren’t as high and they may be a bit older. However, the actual living experience inside the low rises is GREAT. They’re not crappy like people say. I don’t have another dorm size with which to compare my friend’s room, but that was a single room anyway.</p>
<p>Loud music wasn’t a problem.</p>
<p>Thanks so much BleedingBlue! I’m glad to hear that the house is extremely close-knit, and everyone is relaxed and open. It’s good to know that the low rises are nice once inside. Thanks again!</p>
<p>My best friend lived there and honestly, the building sucks. Still better than Mews, but it’s pretty bad. Dickson is the best, but then again, unless something’s changed in three years, I don’t believe you can request a non-specialty house.</p>
<p>Dickson is the best and Mews sucks?</p>
<p>What backwards planet do you live on?</p>
<p>Anyone else have input?</p>
<p>Is there enough quiet there to study or do people have to go to the library?</p>
<p>During my stay, it was pretty quiet in the room. The actual lounge and practice rooms are away / down the hall from the dorm rooms. Granted, people could always choose to play an instrument in their own room, and happen to be your next-door neighbor. However, I would assume each little cluster/suite would be different. Your group of 4 rooms may or may not be loud or quiet, depending on the people living in the rooms. However, your cluster/suite is far enough away from the areas dedicated to music playing.</p>