<p>I'm going to the honors college of FAU this year and I gotta say, i think i've got the best dorms out there. ALL the dorms have an apartment style living situation, 4 bedrooms and one common room for each suite. Each bedroom comes with a mirrored closet, desk, twin bed, and your own cable/telephoen/internet connection. And a window. :D WOOOO! And only $6,780 a year and 3 miles from sunny beaches of the atlantic coast. :D YAY</p>
<p>I am in USF and the dorm I had is a suite style, as USF claimed. To be honest, it is more like a jail style... LOL But it is cheap, $1652 per semester. A suite got 4 bedrooms and share one common study area. Two suites share a bathroom with two toilets, two sinks, and two showers. It comes with twin bed, closet, desk, cable, local phone and Internet connection. Um, there is a window too, but is not allow to open, because of "security" and the "pressure" issue of the building. They have some better one but they are much more expensive and not worth for the price... Therefore, I gonna go off campus next year!!! YAY
By the way, $6780 for the whole year or just the two semesters?</p>
<p>I dunno yet, but when I went to visit the college I'm going to the dorms looked like they used to be used for a prison. O_o I was expecting rats to come out of the wall ... Until he showed me another room, much cleaner. Turns out the dude that lives their was a total pig and messed that room up pretty badly.</p>
<p>My school has several different styles of dorms...</p>
<p>First years and some second years stay in the traditional dorm style ones, with everyone getting a single or double room and a common bathroom on each floor.
Virtual tour of first year rez: <a href="http://www.housing.ubc.ca/virtual_tour/virtual_main.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.housing.ubc.ca/virtual_tour/virtual_main.htm</a></p>
<p>Some second years, third years, and fourth years live in suite style or apartment style rez if they choose to and are able to live on campus (there's a housing lottery - so you have to get in because demand is high). Some are in apartment-type towers, and a few residences are set up more like condos.</p>
<p>The nicest (and most expensive) dorms on campus are in the brand new Marine Drive towers. Basically like a nice downtown apartment with huge glass windows, views of the ocean, etc.</p>
<p>^Those freshmen dorms are pretty nice if UBC is a public university (I think it is?). </p>
<p>Freshmen dorms at my future school are crowded highrises shoved behind the stadium on the fugliest part of campus, with gross-looking tile floor, cinderblock walls, and furniture from circa 1970. They're oftentimes so cramped kids put their dressers in their closets. If you get a triple or a quad...God help you ;).</p>
<p>My mom's alma mater, Capital University, just tore down dorms that had been in use for 70+ years. I got to see them when she was up for an alum visit once...you could only imagine what 70 years of college kids does to a building. They weren't in bad shape and had obviously been refurbed to a degree, but some wear and tear just happens...plus it was 85 degrees out and they were roasting!</p>
<p>My "dorm" is my basement--I commute. It's spacious, comfortable, and is home to not only me but also a slightly decrepit 12 year old golden retriever with bad leg joints (meaning slow-moving, slow to get up dog). This dog makes an awesome roommate--never fights, never makes annoying phone calls, never brings over unwanted guests...justs asks for food and water and to go outside now and then, sometimes wants to play ball if feeling up to it.</p>
<p>the whole year. :P</p>
<p>Next year, I will be living in our brand new dorm (still under construction), and I will be in a 2 bedroom dorm room, with one person per bedroom, and a private bathroom for each bedroom. It also has a living room, balcony overlooking a courtyard, and a "kitchenette" that comes with a mini-fridge, microwave, and a sink. The bathrooms have bathtubs, the bedrooms have full beds, and everything is fully furnished with a dresser, nightstand, couch, chairs, etc. And there will be a lobby on every floor, an excercise facility, a giant outside deck for entertaining, and a large ballroom sort of thing. Each person also gets their own reserved parking spot. And not including the meal plan, its about $7k for the year. </p>
<p>This year, I was in the freshman girls dorms (which I believe were built in the 50s or 60s). All the rooms are either triples or doubles, but there's a wall dividing each person's living space. Every two rooms share a bathroom (4-5 girls). It's in a 7-story "high rise," and every floor has a different themed lobby (ours was a New York city apartment). And we have a dance floor, laundry, and two practice rooms in the basement. There's a lot of rules, like no boys after midnight or 2am on weekends, and room checks every week, but I don't mind them.</p>
<p>Rice has residential colleges, so the style of your dorm depends on which college you're placed into. My college has all suite-style rooms, with most freshman having doubles (although I have a single) and almost all other students having singles. Pretty awesome.</p>
<p>you know, i think theres something to be said for the traditional 1 room, 2 people living situation.</p>
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It's lame?</p>
<p>Everyone here at UCLA is in a triple because they're renovating some of the buildings.</p>
<p>hehe. dorianmode, i agree. :D</p>
<p>At my school all the freshman dorms are divided into suites. There are 6 suites in each dorm, and each suite has four rooms, with 2 people to a room (except for one suite per dorm which also has a single). Each suite has a bathroom with two sinks, toilets, and showers, and a common area with a table and chairs. All the rooms come with a mini-fridge and a microwave. The main lobby of each dorm has a table and chairs, a tv, and a fireplace.</p>
<p>Sophomores and up can choose to live in Towers, which I believe are set up so two rooms (with two people in each room) are connected and share a bathroom. Juniors and up can live in Lovernich, which are pretty much apartments. Each has two bedrooms (two to a room), a bathroom, a living room (with furniture), and a full kitchen.</p>