<p>having a room mate is hard enough in itself , living in a triple is crazy on so many levels and adds stress! should brandeis be removed from a high school seniors list or is brandeis so great it is worth trying to put up with?</p>
<p>People are different that way, so what is intolerable to you, only you can answer. The thing is, you never know how it’ll all turn out - sometimes a roommate is gone all the time, or is very considerate - or the opposite. If it’s a definite negative for you, I don’t know if freshmen can get a single?, but you might want to look into that.</p>
<p>^^^ I was refering to a triple, freshman are going to pretty much have a room mate. but a triple that is really pushing the limits. even if you are best of friends with your roomies it does not work, for a lot of reasons. it is true not every one agrees with me, but probably a lot more do then don’t and once somebody is put in that situation they will quickly have a wake up call (pun intended)</p>
<p>I completely agree that a triple just does not work. My dd is in a triple and is light years ahead in maturity than her two roommates who appear to be going for their MRS. degrees. The roommates bring in male dorm mates all of the time, into the room. Her roommates are more concerned with their make-up and looks vs class time. DD spends most of her time out of the room.</p>
<p>Eldest dd has been in a single room for 4 years, next door or across from triples all of the 4 years. She has heard numerous fights over the years from the triple rooms. When I go to move her out, I have heard fights about who owned what, prior to the move in that even the parents are shouting!</p>
<p>zobroward, I was referring to the triple too. Roommates will be out much of the time. That said, it’s not ideal, and it does sound like, for you, it is a deal-breaker and ought to be removed from your list. But again, if you are really interested in Brandeis otherwise, I would recommend looking into the possibility of a single.</p>
<p>Most freshman live in doubles. There are some natural triples which are almost never a problem and some lofted triples due to overcrowding, which may seem a bit cramped. Freshman housing has traditionally been on a first come/first served basis, so if you are ED1 or 2 or get your deposit in early enough, you will most likely wind up in a double. </p>
<p>[Triples</a> at Brandeis | Department of Community Living | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/studentaffairs/dcl/firstyear/triples.html]Triples”>http://www.brandeis.edu/studentaffairs/dcl/firstyear/triples.html)</p>
<p>Many schools triple freshmen. At least Brandeis tells you about the possibility ahead of time. For all you know you may take Brandeis off your list and then learn that the the school you have chosen has underestimated its acceptances and unexpectedly has to triple freshmen. It happens a lot. Note that at many colleges students are “detripled” as the year progresses–you may want to find out to what extent that happens at Brandeis. (I was supposed to be tripled at Brandeis back in 1969–yes!–but was detripled before I even arrived.) My D, at another college, was detripled a few weeks into her freshman year. But some at her school grew to like their roommates so much that they declined the opportunity to detriple when it was offered (staying also saved some money). So you never know how things will work out. My feeling is that tripling is harder on girls, since they tend to have a lot more possessions to squeeze into the room.</p>
<p>I know of a school (unnamed) that got a major bump in us news rankings back in the early 1990’s and had to triple freshman, because to many kids matriculated after the rankings came out and destroyed the ratio the school used for projections. many of the tripled students bailed , a crack down on parties later on in the year and an economic down turn and the next year the school closed an entire dorm and made many doubles into “super singles” in other dorms. wow, how fast things can change. that said brandeis has the money and could drop another dorm on campus without touching green areas or changing the look or feel of the school. (they have companies that specialize in that stuff) and dorms are not net losses for schools, they can actually be a nice profit center. just saying.</p>
<p>Zobro,</p>
<p>Many of the top universities, including the Ivy Leagues, have had issues with overcrowding, some even providing temporary housing in local hotels, etc. As MommaJ said, many schools triple freshman, but don’t necessarily advertise that fact beforehand. Living in a triple does not necessarily cause additional stress. At college, if you don’t want to spend a lot of time in your room, you don’t have to. Students hang out in friends’ rooms, hall lounges, the library, student center,etc. Part of the college experience is learning to be flexible, get along with others and resolve disputes. </p>
<p>The answer isn’t always to “drop another dorm” on campus. Loved your story of the “unnamed” school that had to later close a dorm due to tripling freshman. Reminded me of the Yogi Berra quote about a restaurant: “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded”.</p>
<p>Or, as I posted above, get your deposit in early ~if~ you are accepted and you’ll get first choice freshman housing at Brandeis. Just saying.</p>
<p>My daughter lived in a double her freshman year, several of her friends were in forced triples and it worked out okay, one friend ended up with a random single… no special requests involved. Remember it is only one year of your college life… younger d at another school was in a triple, not ideal but survivable.</p>
<p>the bottom line is brandeis is a great academic institution no question!
but, if I am going to choose between say tufts and brandeis and I am going to get housing that is a triple at brandeis…tufts wins.
not having enough proper housing and not fixing it …is saying something about the school at least on the non academic side. dorms are not money losing operations if that is the problem.</p>
<p>I’m a current freshmen at Brandeis. Very few people are in triples this year, I think it depends on how many freshmen end up enrolling (the class is about 30 people smaller, according to an article in this week’s Justice). I’m in a double but I have a few friends in forced triples. There are a few random singles scattered around. The triples are a bit tight, but actually more manageable then you’d think.</p>
<p>They say that the first people to deposit get the best housing, and that later depositors are more likely to get triples. You should confirm this with admissions, though. I got in off of the wait list, and I got a double, so either I got lucky or only people later than me on the wait list are in triples.</p>
<p>Again, it’s pretty rare. You should definitely apply to Brandeis (don’t let the possibility of a triple scare you), I really couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. Also, note that much of the freshman housing has been renovated relatively recently.</p>