living conditions

<p>princeton has really sparked my intrest and id like to know how the living conditions are there. where are the bathrooms located? are there lines for the bathroom? how is the food? which meal plan is worth gettting? how big are the rooms? are they singles? doubles? how fast is the internet in the room? is the cable good?
how long does it take to get from the dorms to your classes on average? and what times do most classes begin and how long are they? how many times per wekk does the average class meet?</p>

<p>what are other benefits? yale has free ski trips etc.
i know this is a lot but any help would be appreciated.</p>

<p>Well, your questions will get different answers for each dormitory, and for each residential college. </p>

<p>As for the internet, it usually is very fast and is rarely down, although some of the Princeton websites are being constantly updated, so some of those services are down frequently. The cable is good, TigerTV allows for a 2 or 3 different cable plans I believe, its often more economical if you live in a large suite with more than 4 people. </p>

<p>The room occupancies range from singles, to various types of quads, to large suites which have a central common room and singles/doubles adjoined. These rooms can get as large as 11 occupants total. Some residential colleges have more of certain types of rooms than others, for example, Wilson College has the most large suites on campus. </p>

<p>As for bathrooms, it completely and totally depends on the dorm. Some have men's and womens bathrooms on every floor, some have alternating floors, and some only have bathrooms on the ground floor. Also, many dorms work on the "entryway system" which means that in some dorms are broken up into sections that correspond to the number of the door on that part of the dormitory. Some dorms have entryways that are connected with a central hallway, and some do not. Some dorms have basement floor access to other entryways only. Most of the dorms that use entryways extensively are the collegiate gothic dorms, mainly the junior "slums", on the western side of campus (these are actually nice buildings, just a bad nickname), the dorms in central campus, and Holder and Mathey Quads on upper campus. </p>

<p>For walking times to classes, it often depends on what classes you are taking, but generally the closer you are to the eastern side of campus (near Washington Road), the closer you are to classes. The western side of campus is mostly dormitories. The people farthest away from classes are the denizens of Rockefeller and Forbes Colleges, with Forbes having a good length walk just to get to the rest of campus. </p>

<p>Classes begin at many times, but the most common are 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM, 1:30 PM, and various times at night for some seminars (7:00 PM around). The general trend is lectures in the morning, precepts in the afternoon. As for how many times your classes meet, language classes meet everyday, but it is entirely up to your professor(s). Most classes meet either 2 or 3 times a week, and if its a science class it will have a lab once a week. </p>

<p>Princeton had a ski trip to Killington, VT this year (I went on it). It was not free, but it was all-inclusive for a much discounted price. Princeton has a lot of benefits, too many to list here actually. One huge benefit is a number of classes, especially in the sciences, go on trips throughout the US and abroad, and they forward no additional cost to the students. In October I went to Yellowstone NP with my Astrobiology class (GEO/EEB 255). You should probably visit campus and ask an Orange Key tour guide some of your questions, especially about benefits and other such things. </p>

<p>I hope this was helpful.</p>

<p>thank you this was helpful. i look foward to visiting the campus smetime soon.</p>