<p>But lineup for new luxury dorms at high prices</p>
<p>Out</a> with old UW dorm, in with the new, plus private bathrooms | Local News | The Seattle Times</p>
<p>My youngest went to a college where we could pay more to get him into a larger and nicer dorm space; my other kids did not have such a choice. College is a great chance to meet people from other backgrounds and that’s hard to do when the rich kids are in the luxury dorms and the scholarship kids are in the slum dorms.</p>
<p>Dorm living is overrated.</p>
<p>Personally, I’m not a fan of the mega-dorm/supersuite concept. I understand it’s popular at a lot of schools. I think there’s something to be said for living in a boxy, no-frills, room with a roommate, on a hall your first year, sharing a bath. There’s a lot of bonding that goes on in that shared experience. In a super suite it’s far too easy to stay in that space, not venturing out to meet new people, or at least leaving your door open while your there so people can talk to you (first-year 101). It puts less pressure on that roommate relationship, the suite mates, if you don’t get along or aren’t fast friends. In a hall it’s easier to just peacefully coexist with a roommate because your relationship isn’t compared with those in the suite (no one is odd-man out if everyone else is clicking), and there are 50 other kids on the hall to be friends with.</p>
<p>At S2s school most first year dorms are hall-style, all randomly assigned. DH and I were crossing our fingers that he would be assigned to a hall-styled dorm. He’s quiet by nature and we knew that the more group, community nature would be a better experience for him. It was a tiny, dingy, cinderblock box, bugs, and a couple of bats on the hall over the year. He had a blast and can’t imagine it any other way. He and his roommate (a random assignment) continue to be good friends, now in their third year. It really was the best environment to get acclimated to college life, meet people, break out of your comfort zone, and be integrated into the college community.</p>
<p>Everyone decides what’s right for them. I know a lot of people really enjoy the super-suites and have great experiences in them.</p>
<p>Even at those high prices at UW, the cost is less than 2/3 of what we paid for our D’s freshman dorm at NYU, and that was ten years ago!</p>
<p>Is NYU not known for being expensive, less than generous in aid and value services, and one of the worst return on cost? Something on par with … New York in General.</p>
<p>DS and DD both lived in hall style dorms for two years. Both of their college campuses had very nice apartment style upperclass housing. Both opted to live off campus.</p>
<p>The difference is, NYU is a private institution, not a public flagship, charged with providing the state’s residents with an affordable education. I wonder how many of the inhabitants of the new residence halls are super wealthy Californians that the school is trying to market itself to, so as to stay financially viable. These people tend to be much less price sensitive and often much more amenities concious than the people for whom UW was designed to serve.</p>
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<p>Pleasant, as always, xiggi.</p>
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<p>Yes, I understand the difference but the stark contrast in numbers over ten years jumped out at me. 
I suppose it would be more of a problem if all UW students had to pay that much but it appears that they have less expensive options. </p>
<p>Only one of my five Ds lived in a dorm for more than two years. The all opted to eventually move into apartments with friends.</p>
<p>The truth is often unpleasant, Alwaysmom. Are you really saying that NYU offers a great value in terms of dorms to its students? I made the point that New York is in general a very expensive city considering the relative value of the service purchased. </p>
<p>It seems that this has been a refrain for people moving there after or before graduation.</p>
<p>My nephew and his wife moved to NYC after they graduated from college. They loved it for a few years, but are now “done” with it and plan to move to Seattle.</p>
<p>Same thing is happening with dining. Gone are the warmed over cassaroles from yesterday, replaced with chipotle and Leeann Chin.</p>
<p>I remember the mystery meat specials. We never heard of gluten (free or not) and almost no one had food allergies.</p>
<p>Back in the day, you could go to state college and pay for your tuition, books and a cheap apartment with the money you earned in the summer plus a part-time job during the school year.</p>
<p>It’s hard to argue with xiggi on this one, alwaysamom. NYU and NYC are both notoriously expensive.</p>
<p>I agree with those who think luxury dorms are a bad idea. Apart from setting up a have/have-not dichotomy among students, I think they also give kids false ideas about what they might have to look forward to post-college. If I had had such swank accommodations as a student it would have been much harder to accept the move to my first run-down apartment in a sketchy neighborhood when I got my first job.</p>
<p>^Well, maybe mommy and daddy are planning on subsidizing their little darlings so they don’t have to live in a run-down apartment! ;)</p>
<p>Those prices don’t seem out of line with other urban flagship schools.
At least if students don’t want to pay it, there are all kinds of alternative housing options.
My D moved off campus sophomore year, to a shared apt and the last few years she has been living in a house.</p>
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There is something to be said about it: I hated it. I tried it, and didn’t like it. I’m not down for the whole “rougin’ it” college lifestyle. I switched into a large suite and am loving it. </p>
<p>I read the article and the price of the dorms aren’t bad and is definitely not out of the ordinary. </p>
<p>These super, great accommodations may “spoil” kids, but that is not to say that they won’t know what they’re money can (or more likely can’t) buy them.</p>
<p>My kids knew what different lodging around campus was like and the various costs. On our dime, they chose mostly older, neat places near campus. There were much nicer places but They told us they didn’t need the extra at higher costs.</p>
<p>The WW (wonderful wife) worked in Manhattan for 20+years, in the Ad world. Prior to getting married she lived in Hoboken, just when gentrification began. At thatvgime youbneeded to be very careful where you walked after dark as not every neighborhood was comfortable for walking by a single female </p>
<p>Fast forward to last summer when the DD was at field hockey camp at Stevens Institute. Much different feel & much safer though parking has gotten even worse</p>