What are dorms like at Cornell

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<p>wow, I had no idea some rooms had their own bathrooms.</p>

<p>Anyway, I'm living in Court Hall. The are pretty much a suite, but instead of a common room, all of our rooms are linked to an alcove in the hallway. Like this:</p>

<p>............|..........|
Bath<strong>| Hall |....</strong> Bath
|.........................|
/......................./ Double
|.........................|
|.........................|
/....................... / Single
|.........................|
/........................|
_____ ........ _____ Double
........|........|
........|........|</p>

<p>Eh, not fantastic, but you get the idea. </p>

<p>\ = doors (btw). . .AHH, CC formats my drawing weird, imagine the right wall pushed to the right.</p>

<p>So basically, 5 people per bathroom (2 doubles and a single) and never any problems, but if you're really in a hurry you could always ask to use the bathroom across the hall.</p>

<p>We have a study lounge and tv lounge and kitchen for every 30 people. The whole bottom floor is lounge area and our Faculty in Residence's appartment. (mostly lounge space), where we have a piano (not a steinway, but a pretty nice one), big screen TV, vending machines, huge program room (which usually pepole use it to study).</p>

<p>The layout makes it so you know people in your section really well, but I only really know my section of 30 people and the section on the 4th floor. I don't think we're as social as dickson, and our doors are annoying because I swear these things are spring loaded, you really have to ram a stopper under your door to keep it from closing. So only about half the people keep their doors open all the time. Awesome place to live though.</p>

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<p>I live in mews hall and we have suites that have a single and two doubles. These 5 people share one clean and big (I'm 6'1 and could lie down in it) shower with two sinks and a toilet. Mews and Court/Bauer are by far the cleanest and nicest (think hotel like hallways), but the rooms are certainly not the biggest. I have a single and it is pretty nice, the corner suites are actually really big as well.
If I were to choose, I would probably go for a townhouse because you have much more freedom to do what you want, and also much more space to yourself. Even though I have a single, it would be really nice to have a living room area to relax in to myself or with four friends.
If you know people going to cornell, I would suggest rooming with one of them in the townhouses and you can have a pretty good time. While you have a double, the space and freedom provided beats a single.</p>

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<p>Yeah, the townhouses are VERY nice - though the doubles are small. While they are not antisocial, if you are a shy person that tends to stay in your room/has trouble meeting people, you may do better in a hall-style dorm. That said, there are definately plenty of people to party with in the thouses.</p>