<p>I just read some reviews that said that the freshman rooms at Quinnipiac are mostly quads. Is this suppose to continue??? I have a feeling that will turn my son off. I wouldn't want to live with three strange people.</p>
<p>We toured Q last fall when S was looking. The dorm room we saw was a quad – a very large room, but still a quad.</p>
<p>My D’s best friend lived in a quad as a freshman there. It is hard. She said she was never alone in the room- never. Plus, add in everyone’s friends dropping by and the place is just grand central station. Not easy to get enough sleep and down time- that’s for sure. And you can’t even think about doing any school work in the room.</p>
<p>On our tour last summer the room was a quad. It really turned S off and now the college is off our list.</p>
<p>We toured in Feb. Most freshmen were in quads, a few were in triples. They tried to sell it to us as a plus - “If you have 3 roommates, you’re bound to get along with at least one of them!” D and I thought, “And you’re bound to not get along with at least one of them.” IDK, 4 eighteen year old girls in a room - can you say “drama”? The rooms were large but not huge - they had ALL the beds lofted, and under each bed was a dresser and desk. Each person also had an armoire/wardrobe. The dorm buildings themselves were adorable - very new, clustered around a little courtyard, with nooks and crannies and window seats popping up in unexpected places. But 4 kids in a room was enough to take the school off D’s list.</p>
<p>We looked way back in '04 for d for the '05 admit cycle. Things were tight back then, freshmen in quads and triples. Also, I believe upperclassmen (at least seniors) were required to secure off campus housing, and it’s apparent they haven’t done anything to relieve the situation.</p>
<p>Was favorably impressed with the school and program, but the housing was definately a turnoff.</p>
<p>violadad, they have significantly improved the upperclass housing options - but some of them are at a remote campus a couple miles away. “Don’t worry, we have frequent shuttle busses.” And the frosh are still in the quads.</p>
<p>just crossed Quinnipiac off D2’s list unless someone can post a different story about housing: for the cost of Quinnipiac, this is unacceptable…</p>
<p>We just left S4 as a triple in a double room. All I say is that he’s not happy with it.</p>
<p>I can’t understand why Quinnipiac would build new dorms like this… That’s a lot of $$$ to spend to share a room with 3 other people. I now consider it off the list also. Too bad!!</p>
<p>Quinnipiac seemed to have strong programs but I got the sense that the place was definitely a “work in progress,” especially the physical plant. It is a very new school. I couldn’t get over there being only 4 undergrad academic buildings, none of which was very big, for 5000 students. All were new and state-of-the-art, but it just seemed like there should be more classrooms somewhere! They are adding a new health careers campus, but again that is several miles from the main campus. The main campus seemed to have a lot of open space, but they weren’t building there? </p>
<p>When we toured Elon, I had a sense of deja vu, until it hit me: Elon is what Quinnipiac wants to be. But I don’t think QU is there yet. IMHO.</p>