Are all rooms the same size? My son is in a double and I’m trying to get a sense of how large it is. Thanks!
All rooms vary greatly from dorm to dorm and often within dorms. . Usually larger doubles go to upperclassman and 9th graders get smaller rooms. What dorm is he in? PM me if you prefer, @HMom16.
I think each dorm has its own pro/con’s. And as doschicos said above, the rooms can REALLY vary. First year is a crapshoot- you get what you get. I think most students do ok regardless of location or size.
I think I’ve said this before- friendships in dorms at SPS get tight. And at least for us, our DD made friends with kids we never would have picked out in a lineup! Its a great petri dish and it works! Maybe not first couple of weeks, but definitely by the end of the winter term.
Do they stay in the same dorm they were assigned in a freshman year or change every year?
Most will change over the course of their 3-4 years at least once. By design, they make it tricky to stay in a given dorm for more than 2 years. The idea is to expose students to new community members.
Do most kids get breakfast before Chapel? Seems like a bit of a walk, depending on the dorm. My son is a big breakfast eater, wondering if I should send him with some cereal, just in case…
Also, does the school stock the dorm fridge with milk or anything?
Yes to milk in dorm fridges. Unless it’s changed, they typically have things like bagels and whole fruit in the reading room area of the Schoolhouse in the morning.
I had one kid who consistently ate breakfast including “Early Break”. They put put a good spread. A good chunk do go.
I had one kid who was sliding into chapel at the last second - or past it - who maximized every possible second of morning sleep. Doubt this kid would have made time for a bowl of dorm cereal either. Kid was perversely proud to be able to go from coma sleep state to showering and dressing to chapel seat in 5 minutes.
Do most athletes shower at the gym after practice/games? If so, do they need a toiletries bag with shampoo, etc.?
I can’t speak for SPS, but I will suggest for all students reading: please take a shower after practice. Your classmates will thank you.
In all seriousness, again, not speaking for SPS, but most athletes, if they’ve participated in the game/practice, will shower. Changing back to your “street clothes” to go to dinner is a bit icky. 
Yes. Whether the kid wants one set for the dorm and a different one for the locker room depends on the kid and how involved they are in the sport. Personally, I’ve always used 2. I think, though, that caddies are used more than bags/dopp kits, but again, it’s personal preference.
Yes to showering. 
I think whether it is done at the gym or at one’s dorm depends on where you live on campus. One benefit to showering at the gym is stripping off practice clothes/uniform to leave for laundering by the gym. With uniform, you obviously have to leave it there. The fact that the gym does athletes laundry helps keep stinky clothes out of the dorm rooms (much appreciated).
Athletes have lockers to stash their toiletries.
@HMom16, DD has done after-practice showering both ways - at the gym and at the dorm. Showering at the gym seems to save time because they could go straight to dinnner afterwards, without having to go to the dorm. They can keep toiletries at the gym or carry them in their gym bag with a change of clothes.
@HMom16, many if not most of the kids eat breakfast. I’ve been told that the breakfast food, especially the made-to-order omelets, is second only to Sunday Brunch with its eggs Benedict. Nevertheless, he should keep plenty of “fall-back” food in the dorm. My kid does a weekly trip to the store for milk and other food supplies. That said, I think she is an outlier: others seem to be shopping for food less frequently, maybe every two weeks.
Can anyone tell me about Warren? Room size, good advisors, etc.?
Also, are bed risers okay?
This is probably a silly question so late in the game, but can someone give a more detailed explanation of the dress code?
From what’s in the handbook it seems that (for boys) khakis and a sweatshirt would meet the dress code for the academic day, but all of the pictures/videos/students I’ve seen seem to be dressed more formally than that.
They must have loosened up the dress code since my kids went there. A collared shirt was required for the academic day, no sweatshirts. Some of the photos are many years old on the website. Regardless of the official dress code, many students do dress up more than was found at our local public school.
Thanks, @doschicos.
Does anyone know if students wear a dress shirt every school day? Are khaki shorts ok? Do most kids wear ties? Are more casual shoes like Sperry’s ok?
Khaki shorts are fine. Shorts in general are quite popular as long as they are a more tailored type short.
Ties aren’t very popular for classroom wear. For seated meals and events, yes.
Sperrys are fine.
Sorry for the amount of questions.
Do most kids wear dress shirts to class with a vest or three quarter zip or something? Or do they just wear collared shirts like Polos?
Depends on the season and temps. You’ll see all of the above. For my kid, seldom a vest, occasionally a 3/4 zip or sweater. Usually, it was a button down shirt, polo, or flannel shirt.