<p>is it better to do a double with a roommate you know or a suite? </p>
<p>my roommate and i are thinking of either doing a double in becker or a suite with a third girl but we are not really sure how the suites work?</p>
<p>i've heard the suite has 4 ppl and a shared bathroom? how do you make sure you get to room with the ppl you want?</p>
<p>do all the west houses have suites? </p>
<p>thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Isn’t it a little late for west campus housing?</p>
<p>Some suites are gender-neutral, that is, they let you mix guys and girls. Suites are typically 5 to 7 people. Basically, there’s a door, you walk in and there is a common room and a hallway with some singles, at least one double, and a bathroom. The larger 7-person suites may have two bathrooms. </p>
<p>Only the newer West houses have suites (Keeton, Bethe, Rose, Becker, and Cook). Newer houses in general are very competitive, so it takes some luck to get into those. The older ones, the Gothics, don’t have suites and are typically only doubles. However, if all you want is to live together, then you shouldn’t have much trouble finding doubles on the same floor in any of the Gothics. </p>
<p>Rooming strategy can be a little complicated if you want in on the newer buildings. If you block with a large group, you have a better chance of getting a good time slot. On the other hand, you have to keep in mind that you’ll have to find rooms for everyone on the same floor. Sometimes there won’t be enough rooms left for everyone, which might make it difficult for larger groups. </p>
<p>If you’re on your own and you get a good time slot, it’s really easy because you just log in and pick a single wherever you can find one. If you don’t get a good slot or can’t find any more singles, you’ll have to half-occupy a double and hope that you don’t get a bad roommate. </p>
<p>It’s pretty much the same deal if you’re just rooming with someone else, except there aren’t that many doubles in the newer houses. Plus, last time I went through the west campus lottery system I got screwed over because there were lots of people who half-occupied all the doubles and forced us to split up. </p>
<p>If you can’t find a place in a newer house and have to settle for the Gothics, I would go for one that is considered part of the Alice Cook house system. Because then you’ll get to participate in an early in-house lottery for next year, which would increase your chances of getting into the newer Alice Cook house building. I don’t know if the other houses (Becker, Rose, etc) have Gothic buildings associated with them, but I know for a fact that some North Baker/Baker Tower residents get lucky and get rooms in the main building the following year.</p>
<p>what do you mean time slot? you log-in and pick what’s available, is that what you’re saying?</p>
<p>does cornell not assign your exact room?</p>
<p>(im a jr trans student and so are the ppl i want to room with btw)</p>
<p>the instructions above apply to the regular housing lottery for continuing students. the transfer housing is assigned differently. I don’t know how transfer housing works, but I know it’s not the same as the regular assignments during the year.</p>
<p>ooo oh, thanks! sorry, prob should have put we are trans students in the orig. post lol</p>
<p>Oh, sorry, in that case I’m not sure everything I said applies to you. (I should’ve suspected since sophomores and juniors already had their housing selections.) For rising juniors and seniors Cornell lets you log in and pick your room from an online floor plan. I don’t know how it works for transfers, however. I remember a lot of the west campus houses had entire suites of transfer students, so maybe they’ll just assign you to a room?</p>
<p>thanks - but the suites are for like 5-7ppl, right? are they nice? would you recommend a double or suite</p>
<p>The suites are really nice. We had a 5-person suite. Our common room was the perfect place for mini-parties. The buildings are clean and new, and mine was air conditioned. So I guess I would recommend a suite. Doubles in the newer houses are nice too.</p>
<p>thanks for the info!!</p>