<p>I'm super excited for my dorm for this year. It's brand new (it's still being finished!), and I will have my own room and bathroom. And my "roommate" and I will share a kitchenette, a living room with cable TV, and a balcony. We also each get our own reserved parking space. And the rooms have full beds, with a nightstand, dresser, desk, and desk chair, while the living rooms have a sofa, end table, coffee table, tv stand, and a lounge chair. The dorm also has a movie theatre, event terrace, courtyard, and an excercise facility. Here's some pics: <a href="http://www.okcu.edu/students/reslife/new_res_hall_layouts.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://www.okcu.edu/students/reslife/new_res_hall_layouts.aspx</a></p>
<p>Stanford IS in a very nice neighborhood, but once you cross that bridge to East Palo Alto, well, that's another story....</p>
<p>be a star: you are def lucky! how many roommates will u have (your apt is huge!)?</p>
<p>my room doesnt even have A/C</p>
<p>I will have 1 roommate, but we each have our own bedroom and bathroom.</p>
<p>Loyola-Maryland is supposed to have nice dorms. I think Yale's residential colleges are really nice too.</p>
<p>bowdoin has awesome suites. i stayed in one for a visit and was pretty amazed at how big the common area was. well, it was five to a suite now that i think about it, but it was still pretty big. the bedrooms were on the smaller size though it think. on the whole though very good.</p>
<p>the new amherst dorms are very nice, also.</p>
<p>My dorm at U. Oregon is about two or three times the size of my friend's dorms at different schools. I have my own private bathroom and a walk in closet. I've heard that some rooms have small patios but I haven't seen these yet. Also, if you play sports you are guaranteed the biggest dorm rooms, but that's not a big surprise. The newest dorms are only about 3 years old and are really big as well. They have large windows and new furniture, some of my friends have couches and small living room areas. The dorms have laundry rooms and study rooms on every floor as well which is really convenient.
I also have a friend who goes to Pepperdine, and they live in suites with 6 people (2 to a room) with a living room and a private bathroom. The only downside is that there is no air conditioning, and it is almost always hot in Malibu!</p>
<p>i visited gettysburg a few months ago and i thought the dorms were pretty *****ty. the ones at pomona are pretty nice, almost everyone gets a single there.. unless youre a freshman, which case, you still get a pretty nice dorm. some at harvey mudd are nice, unless you end up staying at the frat dorm, they burn things openly in the courtyard there. its sick, but i probably wouldnt want to live there</p>
<p>There's a variety of dorms at the University of Michigan, but I think it can be easily said that Martha Cook is the nicest. Victorian furniture, sit-down dinners, all real furniture (not the dorm stuff), and mostly large single rooms with walk-in closets and little room areas for sinks. It's referred to as the most beautiful women's dorm in the nation. It's a bit more traditional/pretentious that what most people want, however. Check it out for yourself: [url=<a href="http://www.housing.umich.edu/residencehalls/index.php?hall=marthacook&hallname=Martha%20Cook%20Building%5DUM">http://www.housing.umich.edu/residencehalls/index.php?hall=marthacook&hallname=Martha%20Cook%20Building]UM</a> Residence Hall Overviews<a href="no%20pictures%20of%20the%20Red%20and%20Gold%20rooms%20though...those%20are%20the%20prettiest%20rooms.%20The%20Gold%20room%20has%20a%20$1.5%20million%20Steinway%20piano.">/url</a></p>
<p>I was very impressed with the dorms at Amherst; Dartmouth's dorms are nice too.</p>
<p>UCF in Orlando. Two brandnew communities offer suite style dorm rooms for residents and also have apartment style suites as well. The newest community is situated right next to all the athletic amenities and has access to various restaurants on the bottom level of these highrises. They also have seperate parking garages with reserved spots for each resident as well.</p>
<p>herfacenhereyes--most the CSU and UC system dorms built before 1980 are the "red brick" style, designed by the same architects employed to design the California Prisons of the same time period. So, yes, they do remind one of a cell block. However, many of these same campuses have newer dorms as well that are much more attractive and functional.</p>