<p>Hey OP,</p>
<p>Personally, I didn’t mind the TMC dorms in the res halls. The only thing that bothered me was the lack of anything for the windows (nothing!) so once you open it–it’s open…unless you live on ground floor. I had a strange phobia of the window for a while (I thought I was going to slip and somehow fall out, haha).</p>
<p>They ask you several questions for housing before you get in, but it pretty much depends on luck. I lived in a double and was fortunate enough to have a roommate with similar sleeping patterns as me, so I never had a problem with her. This year (I’m in TMC apartments) I wasn’t as lucky, so I invested in some earplugs. Works quite well :)</p>
<p>From what I remember, I don’t think TMC has air conditioning… I don’t think we have air conditioning right now in apartments, either. I do know we have a heater though. But the dorms are close enough to the beach where you get a lot of cool breezes throughout the night if you leave it open.</p>
<p>Yes, you are allowed to bring over people to sleep over, especially if your roommate/suitemates don’t mind. I think legally, you’re allowed several nights, but in all honesty, it doesn’t really matter as long as nobody has a problem. My suitemate’s boyfriend pretty much lived in her single until my other suitemates has a problem with it. You get to pick if you want to live in a single, double, or triple. Apparently, I didn’t get the memo that it’s difficult to get into a double, so I signed up as a double–and got it! My other suitemates were surprised 'cause they wanted a double too, but they thought they couldn’t.</p>
<p>You can’t live in the TMC apartments yet from what I know, since you live in res halls first. TRUST ME–this is way better! In the first month when you’re there, EVERYBODY will be super nice to EVERYBODY. This is pretty much the only time in your college life where you can make a ton of friends that easily. In apartments, you live with 5 other people. In res halls, you’ll be living with 8~9 (I think; I don’t feel like counting). From what I know, you’ll most likely make friends with your suitemates first–or that’s what usually happened last year. Then you’ll come to either love’em or hate’em (or don’t care for them at all) and well–don’t be worried about it now. :)</p>
<p>I’ve seen “hardcore premeds” break already under pressure, and I’ve seen others do just fine. Some people gotta get the ball rolling before hand, but others catch on super quick and find a good balance.</p>
<p>I hope that helped!</p>
<p>Also, note that there are probably some exceptions and your experiences may vary but this was just my take at TMC res halls last year 
I didn’t become super BFFs with all the girls I lived with last year, but I am living with some of them now, and it was a pretty fun experience! 
HAVE FUN WHEN YOU GET THERE!!!</p>