<p>Are all the triples in unit 3 the same? What is the closet/drawer situation? Thank you! :)</p>
<p>i lived in a triple in unit 3 my frosh year. there are 2 tall half closets (top half to hang, bottom half drawers) and 2 tall full standing closets (all hang) </p>
<p>then there is a dresser with 6 shelves, then a shallow 4 shelf dresser (2x2) under the bunk bed (not under the loft bed)</p>
<p>split however you and your roommates see fit.</p>
<p>Anyone know about the closet situation in a Unit 1 triple? (Freeborn more specifically, if that makes any difference.)</p>
<p>^ Same as Unit 3. Since there are 2 tall half closet to be shared with 3 people, you wanna be that person who comes early for move-in day and take an entire closet on your own if you have a lot of clothes to store.</p>
<p>What’s better, the half-closets with the drawers or the closets without drawers? How is the fourth closet usually taken (or is it split)?</p>
<p>I preferred the half-closets since it seems to hold as many hanging clothes as the ones without, and has extra drawers in addition to that. Not sure about how others split the fourth one, but we used it as a storage for food and misc items.</p>
<p>GET THERE FIRST.</p>
<p>roommate got whole closet + best bed above desks. I got there last and got stuck with the bed above the other bed and 1/2 a closet. Did get the drawer chest though.</p>
<p>^ Wow, we had almost identical situation.</p>
<p>Got there last, got the bed above the other bed, got 1/3 of the closet, got <em>most</em> of the drawer chest = ■■■.</p>
<p>For those who are saying get there first or otherwise you’ll get the crappiest bed/drawer combo, that’s doestn’t have to be the case. If your roommate gets there before you and takes the best bed, then be assertive, and do something like a coin flip before deciding who actually gets the bed. It shouldn’t be first come first serve. And if you get pigeonholed into getting only one of the drawers or something…then your roommates are jerks and you need to be extremely assertive about getting your share of the space because that’s just unfair. Don’t let your roommates bully you around into getting all the space.</p>
<p>Also, I’m not sure what people are saying about two tall
ets, but in my Unit 3 triple, we had 3 standing closets for hanging stuff w/a drawer below each closet. This is probably I had a triple at the end of the hall, which were set up slightly differently than the triples in the middle of the hall.
And then a six part dresser next to the closets, and shallower 4 drawer combo beneath the beds, as crowslayer describes.</p>
<p>I really should’ve been assertive indeed, but I just lost that train of thought when both of them unpacked all their belongings and hung them on the closet and/or folded in the drawers. I didn’t have the guts to say pull out half of the clothes and put it somewhere else… …there was no ‘somewhere else’.</p>
<p>^^ corner triples are bigger.</p>
<p>nillawafer: actually yes my roommates were jerks and ***<strong><em>s and *</em></strong>s and some more **** words.</p>
<p>As someone else mentioned, corner triples are bigger and have three full closets for everyone in the room. Makes things a lot simpler in terms of dividing the room between your roommates.</p>
<p>And in Unit 3, there are more corner triples than non-corner triples…so your chances of getting a corner triple are higher than getting a hallway triple…at least that’s how it was arranged on my floor. There were four corner triples and two hallway triples.</p>
<p>I don’t think Freeborn’s corner triples have more space/extra closet. I lived in a corner triple in Freeborn and it was pretty much the same as my previous triple in another building in Unit 1. When I chose my corner triple (in Freeborn), the floorplan for Freeborn that was posted in the Unit 1 APR showed the same floor area for a corner triple as the other triples.</p>
<p>I arrived last in my triple but both my roommates waited for me before we decided together on how we should divide the space. Don’t be a dick and just grab whatever bed/closet you want. Your roommates will be staying with you for the rest of the year and you don’t want your relationship with them to be defined by such dickish behavior. Once the roommate information has been released, contact them and get them to agree to distribute the room space together. </p>
<p>However, if your roommates are dicks and choose their beds/closets without involving you, and you have trouble being assertive, just make sure your parents are there when you move in/unpack and get your parents to force your roommates to give up space for you. Most kids won’t try to argue with parents.</p>
<p>Be there first and set the tone for the relationship by waiting and jointly dividing the space as would the college students you all aim to become. That means EARLY - the line forms way before the official opening time and snakes a long distance outside by the time the first new students receive their room keys to head up.</p>
<p>When do we find out who are roommates are and what specific halls we’ll be in? I’m a unit 3 triple right now, so I’m anxious to find out how things will work out. Also, which bed is best to take - the loft, bottom bunk, or top bunk?</p>
<p>I got into my dorm last out of my triple. Ours was a corner room in Unit 3 Spens Black.</p>
<p>I don’t think you have to worry about being last, mine had 1 closet by itself with a bottom drawer. The first roommate took that one.</p>
<p>The other closets were the same size but these were connected. Next to them was a dresser with 6 shelves as said before along with 3 small shelves under the bunk beds. </p>
<p>That said, everyone pretty much got equal closet space and we even had extra left over to store random stuff other than clothes. I got the bottom bunk which was actually the best since I could just flop onto my bed rather than have to climb a ladder, though because of that convenience everyone always sat on my bed.</p>
<p>Why time does move in start? I know triple move in date is the 20th, but I’m not sure when is the ‘best’ time to move in yet. Any suggestions :)?</p>
<p>^ well, lots of people line up early in the morning, so it is potentially to your advantage to show up early for first dibs. I was 2nd to arrive in my triple (which had 2 closets), but the 1st girl and I were both reasonable about leaving closet/drawer space for the 3rd person so everyone got equal space to put their stuff.</p>
<p>If you’re willing to take the risks/be assertive when you need to (to get your ‘rightful share’ of closet space) etc., or if you are in a double (because it’s exactly the same on both sides of the room), then I would suggest showing up later in the afternoon so there aren’t looooong lines for the elevator.</p>
<p>I can’t believe the amount of people on here that used and/or are suggesting the use of ‘first come, first serve’ when it comes to allocation of storage space and beds in dorm rooms. I was in a Unit 1 Triple. I guess I was a little anxious about space my first year, and so was one of my roommates, and we both happened to bring up the issue of who got what bed and stuff over facebook, shortly after the three of us found out we’d be roommates and started talking. It worked out really well for us to say which bed or desk we wanted ahead of time, so we could compromise and everyone knew, coming in, what they were getting. So they didn’t need to rush.</p>
<p>This set a good tone for when it came time to figure out closet space. Even though we got there at different times, no one put stuff in their closets or on the shelf by the door until EVERYONE was present. It ended up being fair and we never had conflicts about space, and as far as I know no one harbored any secret resentment. It worked out.</p>
<p>On the other hand, one of my good friends had a triple and was the last one to arrive. She was given one third of a closet, one drawer, the worst bed, and the worst desk. Granted, one of her roommates was exceptionally selfish and took way more than her fair share of things, but that’s not all that uncommon. If you can find your roommate on facebook, talk to them about it! You’ll be so glad you did.</p>