<p>There is no way to put a positive spin on this, though trying to make it sound like a quirky freshman experience is kind of interesting.</p>
<p>My D had friends who were in a triple, and the quality of life was terrible. 3 females sharing 2 closets was not fun.</p>
<p>I guess everything can be relative (I did not say fun). Rowan University this year will be housing 80% of freshman in triples. </p>
<p>It def will not improve the quality of life but this year is the highest they have ever had but it pretty much happens every year at every school… My Bff’s daughter was stuck in a triple at Towson a few years back… Now her son is headed to Rowan and as Mwallenmd said they have a huge number of triples… they are further up the creek than we are… Funny part of that was it was one of my son’s other considerations. Rowan is trying hard to get people to volunteer for triples by offering a higher ranked housing choice for next year. One of my D’s schools only were offering triples due to over housing kids. I’d much rather my kid be in a triple on campus than being housed at a local hotel with no ammenities and in need of a shuttle bus… (some schools do this) It is what it is…<br>
The kids I really feel bad for are the rising seniors who are applying… I’m guessing they will cut back a bit on their acceptances after the large influx this year. </p>
<p>I am really not sure how comparison is really useful. UofD perhaps should not guarantee housing for all year students. And they certainly have no bragging rights for offering that guarantee when they really can’t deliver. I find ironic that UofD only forces freshman to live on campus, yet those are the only year of students forced into the worst dorms with the worst arrangements. </p>
<p>They also brag how they are competitive with off-campus housings… hardly. the meal plan you have to buy with the room makes it a bad deal. </p>
<p>The more I think about it, the more irked I get. The fact that UD is collecting nearly $11,000 per semester in housing fees on each of these triples - almost $3,700 more than they would get if the room was being used how it was intended to be used - by two people! - really rubs me the wrong way. Oh wait…they’re going to take $34/week off of my bill if not detripled by Oct 1. Wow…</p>
<p>If you are irked now, wait til you see the room and the dorm. </p>
<p>Oh, I’ve seen them. I actually attended UD back in the 80’s. Even so, when we mapped out the measurements of the dorm on our family room floor it looked even worse than I remembered. I’m really afraid that after a week of living like that, she’s going to decide she’d rather commute - and so all that housing money will have been wasted. </p>
<p>This is not a new problem for UD. When I was a freshman there in 1985, I was tripled. I was one of the fortunate ones who lived in a two person room with three people. Many students were stuck living in the basement lounges, in what can only be called, army barrack conditions. UD has known this is a problem for decades, yet they fail to do anything to prevent this from happening year after year. </p>
<p>Our daughter had a similar experience her freshman year. She lives off campus now but is also paying UD. Housing because they won’t let her out of her contract. My daughter has been 5th out 45 kids that have asked to get out of their housing contract. UD keeps telling us she is 5th on the list. UD will not let her out of her contract while there is a record number of forced triples. So there is an appeal process. The number of kids asking out of contract has not changed. Apparently the process isn’t working or the criteria is unreasonable and favors UD financially over the customer. An appeal process is to manage exception cases of which some are valid in reality, but invalid in technicality. The process isn’t working in a fair, reasonable, and borderline ethical manner.</p>
<p>My daughter is not using her dorm room in Christiana Towers this 2014-2015 school year. Christiana towers are located directly next to George Reed.</p>
<p>Housing rules prevent her from dealing directly with other students regarding their housing contract so I suggest you contact housing directly using the following information:</p>
<p>UD Housing (302) 831-4663
Housing Director email - <a href=“mailto:kkerr@udel.edu”>kkerr@udel.edu</a></p>
<p>Good Luck</p>