<p>It is very likely that I will attend Stony in the fall. What can I do to avoid tripling...or is that not possible?</p>
<p>Nothing, is what it is. If you are going with a friend that you could room with, maybe you could request that. I don’t know. I hope you’ve read the 2 cents thread. This is the beginning of your experience with the institution, expect hard times.</p>
<p>I went to an accepted students reception a couple weeks ago, and this topic was brought up.
The admissions counselor said that they built new dorms and accepted a smaller class to greatly reduce tripling this year. He also said that “tripling” has only been declining at Stony Brook.</p>
<p>I’ve heard people don’t really mind being tripled. They become close with two people, instead of one.</p>
<p>To echo that ^, tripling is really not as bad as it may sound. I was only tripled for two weeks at the start of this year (lucky placement on the detriple lottery), and it definitely got cramped at times and we had to arrange things creatively, but everyone was considerate and reasonable about it, and there’s always someone around who’s in the same boat- especially nice during the first few weeks of freshman year.</p>
<p>Definitely not every freshman gets tripled. They only allow one tripled room per three-room suite, and since they’ve been implementing all-freshman suites, that’s two rooms of freshmen in each suite who never get tripled. Even in corridor style, it’s a toss-up- they do have to keep the bathroom/etc crowding under control- so some of the rooms on a floor would be triples, some wouldn’t. I also think they put an admissions cap this year to help decrease the issue, and there is the new building as well. </p>
<p>So, there’s a decent chance you won’t be tripled, and if you are, it’ll be tolerable.</p>
<p>Yes, streets is correct on everything he or she said.</p>
<p>Chris</p>
<p>An RA (I’m pretty sure they were) mentioned at admitted student day that 15% of those tripled actually decline to be de-tripled when the opportunity arises, so I doubt it’ll be a difficult experience.</p>
<p>Yes I’ve heard the same things about tripling as streets said. It is also likely that I will be going to stonybrook this coming fall, and I was wondering how far is it to the city? My sister lives in Queens and I would like to visit there quite often but, I will not have a car as a freshman nor do I believe it is even allowed. Is there a LIRR station near by or something? I’ve lived on Long Island (in Brentwood) but I was young and never paid much attention to transit. Thank You ! :D</p>
<p>The University has a LIRR station on-campus (LIRR Stony Brook).</p>