<p>I was assigned to a single in court (I'm a female) even though I requested a double. At first, I was a little sad because I wanted that college-roommate experience, but so far everyone has told me that at Cornell, unless you handpick your roommate, it's a bad experience.</p>
<p>How true is that statement?</p>
<p>Also, what are the singles like in Court/CKB?
How are the floors set up?
Are floors coed? I know the building is. What about the bathrooms?
I know if I put in effort, I will make friends, but how social is the dorm? On the weekends can I expect noise well into the wee hours of the morning?
Are there any traditions specific to CKB/Court? I love that kind of stuff.
How big are the rooms?</p>
<p>If there are any students who were in CKB or even Mews, tell me about your freshman year if it was influenced by your dorm.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Can't help much, but I'm also an incoming freshmen with a single in Court Hall.</p>
<p>All I know is that you get AC and newer rooms.</p>
<p>So way back when I was a wee lass, I lived in Court 352C. That was, of course, when the entire building was named Court Hall, not just a third of it.</p>
<p>It was brand new when we moved, but decidedly broken in by the time we moved out.</p>
<p>The singles are around 130 square feet, plus a closet. Very spacious and plenty of different ways to set up the bed/desk, especially once you take lofting into consideration. I set my room up a couple of different ways, including a couple that were probably fire hazards.</p>
<p>The floors are set up in 'pods'. Each section of the building (e.g. C, K, B) has three pods, in which ten people live in each -- four doubles and two singles. Each 'half' of the pod shares a bathroom, and each 'half' is a single-sex. But otherwise, boys and girls are interspersed on the floor. </p>
<p>It will be very easy to make friends, but both Court and Mews probably aren't as social as Dickson and Donlon. I enjoyed lots of late-night antics in the study rooms, of which there are six on each floor. Generally speaking, noise will not be a problem as it is in Donlon.</p>
<p>As for traditions, there are a couple. Way back when we created a rivalry with Mews (the other new dorm) and hosted a lot of frisbee and volleyball tournaments with Mews. We also hosted a big banner onto the Court Bridge proudly proclaiming the 'Top Three Reasons Why Mews Sucks'. (1. Their name is Mews 2. Their name isn't Court. 3. They just suck.) A rock between Court, Donlon, and Mews has also been painted. Not sure if that is still happening. And every spring graduating seniors return to Court to meet with freshmen and have their picture taken.</p>
<p>I had a single in mews 3 years ago.. it is set up the same. While I am sure many people will disagree, for the most part people I talked to were only really happy in a double if they selected their roommate themselves. It probably isn't best to live with your best friend, but few people I know selected people they met at Cornell days, or through family friends etc and were happy. Overall, you have to assume in a double you will have privacy issues and it is never the best experience, but I think many people are happy they had that experience once in their lives. If you end up joining a sorority you will get a chance to live in double. </p>
<p>I personally think singles are the best because in mews/court you have your little "pod" (two doubles and a single share a bathroom) so you aren't secluded. Also, every one is so overly friendly the first few weeks because they really want to find friends, that all you have to do is say hello to people and poke your head into peoples rooms the first few days. Its so easy to meet people, and unless you are a recluse, you should be absolutely fine in a single (and happy once you hear every one elses horror stories). </p>
<p>You are going to be walking around in packs of 20 people for the first few weeks, just walk around and if you see some one with a poster you like or looks like your friends from home or whatev just say hello.</p>
<p>I don't know about the roommate statement. I request a quiet, studious roomie and when I was assigned the smallest double on my floor and a sorority girl from USC/Southern California I was upset.</p>
<p>She's now my best friend and we wouldn't have made it through Cornell without each other. I'm going to Cali to visit her next month :-)</p>
<p>Hey, don't knock USC!</p>
<p>I didn't knock USC</p>