<p>S found out that he has been assigned a single room in Dupre hall. The dimensions of the room are 7 x 14 or so (!). The bed is lofted, with the desk/dresser underneath. Any suggestions for outfitting such a small space....storage options, etc. What a challenge!</p>
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<p>What you see in the single room photo is pretty much what you get. He will also have a reading chair like one of those pictured in the triple picture and 2 shelves mounted on the wall (you can see a hint of that in the picture of the single room, and the actual wall shelving unit and bulletin board look like the ones in the Doty Hall pics). The closet (not pictured) is actually a reasonable size, with one (or maybe two?) shelves. There is plenty of room to hang clothes.
When she had a Dupre single, my daughter unlofted the bed and placed it along the short wall of the room by the window–it literally just fit the width of the room. Although she had to store the unused lofting frame under the bed, she was also able to fit her refrigerator and some storage bins and suitcase under there. The room just looked more open and brighter after she did that. On the longer wall she had the desk, then the dresser with the bookcase on top of it.
Although the room was tiny, storage was really pretty adequate. She only had 2 extra bins under her bed.</p>
<p>Thanks Masquemom, this is very helpful!</p>
<p>My daughter was also assiged a single in Dupre. She was a bit disappointed that she would not have a roommate. Masquemom, was your daughter a Freshman when she had her single? Did she ever feel claustrophobic in that small room? Did she find it socially isolating the first few days?</p>
<p>Too bad that the questionaire didn’t ask if you would like a single. There are probably plenty of freshman out there that would have preferred a single.</p>
<p>No, she was a sophomore with a bad room draw number (and her freshman year roommate had an equally bad number so they weren’t able to continue to live together in one of the upper class dorms). They mostly socialized outside of Dupre.<br>
With the larger incoming class, I believe Dupre will be an exclusively freshman dorm, so there will be many other first years in your kids’ shoes. If they hang out in the lounges, leave their doors open, study in the library–they’ll find ways to meet others in their dorm or elsewhere.
She managed to make the room cozy, rather than claustrophobic. Go for bright colors!</p>
<p>My freshman daughter was also assigned a single. I called Res. Life to ask about it and they said that because of the larger incoming class, 80 freshmen were assigned singles. I think the woman said Dupre was not all freshmen, but that floors where freshmen were assigned would be all freshmen. (I hope my memory’s correct on that one.) At any rate, I know I’m remembering correctly that she said that 22 freshmen had singles on the floor with my daughter. Hope that little bit of information helps.</p>
<p>Thanks JEG, that is helpful information. I guess there have been plenty of posts on facebook (Macalester 2013) about the single room assignments. I think those assigned to a single are realizing they aren’t alone. Hopefully the Resident assistents will come up with ways for them all to meet and mingle.</p>
<p>Yes, I think that the Macalester 2013 facebook group is really helping the freshman class get connected before they arrive on campus. My son is on the 5th floor of Dupre and it seems that 25+ kids from the floor have checked in on facebook. That’s great! </p>
<p>At first my son was a little disappointed, but now he sees his single as a positive. While it is going to take a little more effort to stop by the single next door and say ‘hey, let’s go to lunch!’, I’m certain that the kids will handle it fine.</p>
<p>My D was was assigned a single on Dupre 5. Also a bit dissapointed about getting a single but is starting to see the positives in it. She is already loading up on candy and snacks lol and planning on keeping her door open as well. I know she has met quite a few other people in singles through faceboook so she is not feeling quite so alone.</p>
<p>She has talked of un-lofting her bed. Any idea of how difficult that is to do ? It will be just me moving her in…is it possible for just the 2 of us to do ?</p>