<p>S and D have both lived in new dorms at different colleges–their rooms were “triple suites” in which each student has his/her own bedroom, and there is a small shared living room and bathroom.
I think a lot of colleges are using single bedrooms in their new dorms. It is just what kids are used to these days.</p>
<p>triple rooms is a set up for disaster! triple the president of the school in his dorm room!
paying students are treated like cattle, this may have been ok circa 1925 but not today.
privacy and personal space is important for many reasons. a triple room would be a deal breaker for many folks.</p>
<p>My D is in a first-year triple and it’s been fine. She’s had to cut down on the stuff and learn to be organized and neat (or they literally cannot walk across the floor). She likes her roommates. One advantage of the triple is that there is always someone there (to eat with, hang out with etc.) Of course, the disadvantage is the same as the advantage.</p>
<p>My D is in a triple her sophomore year. It’s a large room with it’s own bathroom, but she’s getting very tired of the lack of space and privacy. She chose her roommates and they get along fine. I think triples are not ideal, but they’re okay if the room is a true triple with 3 sets of furniture. The forced triples (double rooms with 3 people) are worse.</p>
<p>I lived in a quad one quarter. It was a huge room and lots of fun.</p>
<p>My sister was assigned to a triple at an OOS flagship. She and one of the other girls ended up transferring, but 30 years later the 3 of them are still very close friends.</p>
<p>My son was in a triple freshman year. If you stood in the middle of the room with your arms outstretched you could touch both beds (bunk and loft). But he never once complained and signed up to live in one again his sophomore year. It is not the end of the world.</p>
<p>Not a fan of the forced tripling at many colleges. I understand why it happens, but IMHO they don’t discount the rent nearly enough. If you’ve got three in a room designed for two, each of those three should be paying no more than half the expected rate. Roommate troubles expand in a geometric, not linear, fashion with three people.</p>