Dorm life! [GA]

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I guess we don't have such thing in my country, like, a dorm within the campus area, I used to go to the university from home.

I didn't go to college until I was 22. I stayed in the dorm the first year and a half and I sort of "lucked" out and didn't have a room mate. The first year my assigned room mate didn't show up. You have to pay extra if you want a private room, so I went to the housing office to get assigned a new room mate. Apparently I was the odd man on campus because there wasn't one available. I was on the list for a room mate, but never got one and I still had to pay the single room fee even though I didn't want one. The next year, my assigned room mate did show up. I wasn't able to be there on the first check-in day, and when I did get there I found he moved all of his crap in, moved the extra bed out and took over the room. I was told wasn't taking classes until the 2nd semester but still was allowed to get a room and move in during the first semester. Apparently he wanted a private room because one day I come in to find all of his stuff gone and I had the place to myself, and again I got stuck paying a single-room fee because it was so late in the year there were no available room mates.

I got an "apartment" after that because it was cheaper than the what they were charging to live in the crappy dorms. I say "apartment" because it was really someone's garage converted into a single-room apartment. It was nice though.

I always thought that I miss a lot because I live with my parents and my university is in my home town.

I dormed for all 4 years of school. Freshman year I had a single room which was about as large as a prison cell. (My high school went on a field trip to prison, so I can speak from experience!)

The rest of the time I had an on campus suite. It was basically a 3/4 room apartment in a dorm building. They had two styles, ones with 2 singles and a double, or two doubles. For Junior and Senior year we had the former so it was basically like having an apartment with roommates.

I do occasionally miss the dorms... Its a lot less work than an apartment or a house...

And I forgot where I was going with this... So I'll just post.

Was in a dorm for a semester. Was fine. Good friends. No food. No job. No worries. Would never do it again.

luckily, no

Fortunately only for 2 months :P

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Lived in a dorm for one year and was in charge of two different dorm floors for a year each. Being able to walk to class/events was a big deal for me (even though I could drive, I hated spending money on gas), plus working the dorms allowed me to stay for free.

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Sharing a kitchen and showers was not my idea of fun; I got out as soon as I could.

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Only for two months aswell, too crowded for my asocial and "Ihatethemall" personality. Prefered an apartment with 1-2 roommates even if it was moldy and really small.

Thanks for GA!!! Good luck in that new phase of your life!

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