<p>Those who are at Cornell now, which one is better? Is it better to have a single dorm so you can study more and sleep when you want, or to have a double so you can get the full college expierence and have someone there who might be able to help you with work and also be one of your first new college friends? Just what is your general opinion/preference and why? Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Really a preference thing. I have a double and love it. I have friends in singles who love it. Donlon is all doubles, I believe. Dickson has the most singles, though there is a mix (plus it also has triples and quads). Townhouses are like condos in which you have a roommate and two other housemates, and then the rest have mixes of singles and doubles.
Also, dont think of a roommate as an instant friend. Im good friends with mine, and we're really compatible as far as living together goes, but some people just dont get along with their roommates. For the most part, the pairings work out, but nothing is guaranteed.</p>
<p>Have you found that people in singles don't make friends as easily? I think I might prefer a single simply to get more sleep, but I'm a very social person.. Are the singles integrated with doubles?</p>
<p>doubles are nice, i loved my roommate, but i just prefer a single because the room is alllllll mine. I blocked with friends so it was still great because they have singles too, we'd watch a movie in someone's room, but in the end, we all could go back to our own room. we don't have to worry about being locked out by our roommate, we can just lock our room with no worries of someone else coming in, anyone seeing our things we don't want them to see, just a lot more privacy, but still be close enough to friends to still talk whenever we wanted. i love my single, and can't really see myself ever going back to a double. great experience for freshman year though</p>
<p>Honestly, I highly doubt you'll have trouble making friends if your in a single, especially if you consider yourself a social person. People there are awesome. Laid back, easy to talk to, and down to earth. Theres a mix of all types of people, which is great, but still, people there are on the whole just nice and friendly. Also, take advantage of orientation week. Everyone is in the same situation. I know it sounds cliche, and yes, its easy to blow off, as I did myself up until about 5 months ago (jeeze, seems longer), but its true :)</p>
<p>Thanks for your insight! That's really cool that they let you block with friends after freshman year. Now that the single/double comparison is out of the way, I have to ask - Coed or all-female?</p>
<p>Heh, Balch? The rooms in Balch are really nice. Again, a preference thing. And possibly not even, because they have to fill Balch up... One of my friends requested a double in a co-ed dorm, and got a single in Balch. However, her room is REALLY big. At least as big as mine, if not bigger. She likes it. Also, for the most part, if the dorm is co-ed, you'll be in a particular area that is all female, unless you get Court of Mews, the new ones (I lucked out and got Court, the BEST dorm :-p). The way these two work is there are sets of suites on a hallway (although we recently found out that the right term is "pods"...yeah...). 5 or 6 people per suite, and each suite has its own bathroom :-D. Each suite is single sex, but you could have an opposite sex across the hall from you or in the next suite over or both or niether. On the whole, there are more guys in the co-ed dorms because they have to fill up Balch, but its fine. Everyone seems pretty happy with where they are. Also, its not like any place is really bad, and I've been to a bunch of the dorms. They really are what you make of them.</p>
<p>Thanks again! Glad to know that I won't get stuck living in a dungeon. LOL I'm so excited now, if I could start tomorrow I would. :)</p>
<p>I know!!! I feel the exact same way, Cornell2009Hotelie!</p>
<p>I prefer a single...not because I'm a introverted, it's actually quite the opposite.</p>
<p>I make friends pretty easily, so I don't feel I need a roomate to find things to do. But when it comes time to study, sleep, lock doors, etc...you can do it on your own time w/o worry about anyone else, or having to depend on them. Plus I don't like people touching my stuff, and some people are messy. I can be friends with almost anyone, but I won't live with just anyone!</p>
<p>My roomate at cornell this summer was a cool kid, I really like him. Still though, he forgot to lock the door sometimes, and left clothes and towels around occasionally. He also go irritated sometimes because I wanted to have people in the room, or stayed up late talking on the phone. </p>
<p>In short, I wouldn't mind a roomate, but I'd prefer a single...Court or Muse preferably, but I'm not too picky...</p>
<p>Edit: Oh, and about the co-ed questions....I'm completely FOR Co-ed dorms, they're just more fun!</p>
<p>Thanks for the help guys, I think I am leaning towards a single now too, from what I hear about how hard Cornell is, I want the ability to study when I want and peacefully (hopefully :)) and also have the ability to stay up late w/o bothering my roommate. There seems to be a lot of advantages towards each but I think I would like the flexibility of a single.</p>
<p>Yes, thanks a lot! I'm leaning towards a single too. It just seems like less stress with the whole transition to college. If I do end up in an all-female dorm, do they let guys visit at any point in time? Or is there a "curfew" for members of the opposite sex? LOL</p>
<p>I think you can have visitors whenever, but I'm not 100% sure...Bolch may have special rules, being an all-female dorm...</p>
<p>How do they put roomates together? Is it totally random?</p>
<p>I haven't read what Cornell does, but from some books I have read they say that some schools have the students fill out something like a dorm questionaire in which they list attributes which they possess and those that they absolutley do not like or can't stand. Then the housing people group people together who have similar attributes/interests to best make sure that they get along. However I am not sure, it might be on the Cornell housing site though.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure they have compatibility forms...with questions like "do you stay up late studying" or "do you listen to loud music" or "on a scale from 1 to 5, how neat are you" etc etc.</p>
<p>They'll do the best they can to pair you up with someone compatible, but that guaruntees nothing...I've heard some stories where roomates become lifelong best friends, but I've also heard some horror stories...</p>
<p>lol, cool...my worst fear is a cleptomaniac or someone who is really messy</p>
<p>Honestly, I don't think the compatibility forms do as much as they are hyped to. I've seen some (well many) who use them as more of a 'new years resolution'. Are you messy? 'Well at home I was but I don't plan to be at school, so no'.</p>
<p>Heck you'd prolly be able to find better (by that I mean less chance of being disappointed) here.</p>
<p>The best question that is really of any super significance is the smoker/non-smoker. Not that many people do it anymore. Maybe the drinker / non-drinker. :P</p>
<p>Yep, in the end you never really know, but I guess for the most part, the forms work well.</p>
<p>in balch, male guest's must be escorted at all times, but, ppl break it all the time. unless you get a complaint, it's not going to matter. i'm not sure if guys can use the bathrooms or if there's designated ones</p>
<p>random question...can you have a dog in a townhouse or the courts?</p>