<p>We've been touring colleges for about 8 months now and I've noticed that many schools are putting students into triple rooms. The set up we toured at Chapman worked but it was very cramped. Are schools shoehorning these kids into dorms to increase their yield? </p>
<p>Our tour guide said that it worked out well because students had at least one chance of finding someone they liked. But in my experience, three isn't always a great number and I noticed the tour guide only had one roommate.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, triples have increased and the freshmen usually get stuck in them. They can be great if everyone gets along, but they can also be horrible when 2 pair up leaving the third one out of the group.</p>
<p>Three is always a crowd IMO</p>
<p>My daughter was tripled first semester as a freshman. She was de- tripled this semester. It was hard and crowded but they managed. This school is in the process of building more dorms. They based the housing on when the deposit was sent in. My daughter sent in her deposit right away, but the roommate she chose waited til the very end. The school sets up rules for triples ie sharing desks, closets, etc</p>
<p>The room on the tour would’ve driven me wild, even though it was reasonably organized and “college dorm” clean. But their clothes were crammed into the tiny closet and there was little room for anything else. The tour guide had us “walk” - more like shuffle - through the room to show us how spacious it was. It did have a tiny attached bathroom.</p>
<p>My S was in a triple his freshman year, at Clark Kerr at UC Berkeley. One of his roommates was prearranged and the other was random. Everyone got along splendidly and they had a great year!</p>
<p>I think NYU or another big name school in NYC had this. DD1’s friend ended up there and the pictures there from the dorm were beyond hilarious.</p>
<p>But triple rooming is not unusual. One of the ancient dorms in DD1’s school has humongous rooms. It was built in the dark ages as an athletes’ dorm for 3 to a room, so we’re talking huge rooms. Now they have 2 to a room but is only reserved for nursing majors.</p>
<p>Glad your kids survived the triple Twogirls and Jshain. Thinking it was probably easier for the guys as they generally don’t have a lot of stuff. Neither one of the spykids are high maintenance. DS’ room is akin to Harry Potter’s cupboard and about as big. But there’s only one of him. Can’t imagine two more. Bet they smell great after the semester gets going.</p>
<p>Ugh, I hate groups of three! I would hate to live in a triple in college, so hopefully I don’t have to deal with that issue.</p>
<p>Turbo: Why only doubles for nursing students?</p>
<p>I suppose a triple wouldn’t be that bad if it was roomy, although the three’s a crowd dynamic is still in force. Pandemic, I know some colleges allow you to have a single – for a price.</p>
<p>My S lives in a quad! Two sets of bunks beds and closet space in the bedroom area, 4 desks and chairs, micro-fridge/freezer and microwave in the study area and a bathroom for all 4 to share. I swear-the beds are so close together, they could hold hands if they wanted to.</p>
<p>Next year he is hoping for a super-double: same set up but with 2 instead of 4. He would even be happy with a triple after this year. :-)</p>
<p>Yikes, Nellie. I’m hoping college age boys smell better than their high school counterparts. How big/long are these beds? Can they accommodate tall guys?</p>
<p>The beds are the standard dorm twin XL. I haven’t heard of any complaints to the length of the beds or of any undesireable odors.</p>
<p>I have been in the room quite a few times and it has actually been ok. S just moved to a new room two weeks ago which is a whole other story. I have only been in there once and it smelled like popcorn. I think he will survive the dorm set up-took a lot of getting used to since he is an only child. He has definitely learned a lot this year in book smarts and how to live with others…</p>
<p>we have seen triples on tours, when too many kids accepted the offer to attend. Also saw lounges turned into rooms. We were usually told they should be able to detriple after the first semester, as some kids drop out. My D’s freshman dorm room had 5 girls. There was a separate room that held all five desks, and it had a full size refrigerator, but was rather crowded. I think that dorm no longer has rooms for 5 though.</p>
<p>D1 had a triple college apartment that was more crowded than most triples, D2 had a double the size of single - they both did just fine.</p>
<p>There were freshmen in triples back in my day at the dawn of time. This is hardly a new phenomenon.</p>
<p>That may be, but I think $12K and up for a triple is a bit much.</p>
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<p>I found that strange during the college tour and asked the guide; she said the dorm is right across the nursing building and in the heart of the med school of the campus so… 2 girls sharing a room originally built for 3 football players. The room is literally twice the size of the newer high rise dorm rooms…</p>
<p>I think I remember reading when kids were little that odd number play dates was bad, even number was better, because one kid would feel left out. I wonder if that still applied when they are in college. My kids were in a single and that’s an odd number. They were very happy.</p>
<p>S was in a double last year, but his roommate’s girlfriend stayed there so much that it was really 3 of them. S is SO uber easy-going that he just merrily chugged along with all of them together in one room. Through the fights and everything. We did suggest that if he was not happy he should give the roomie a talking to.</p>