[susan314]

Originally Posted by tld221

i'm imagining Annie - i bet all the sisters break out in song before bedtime in their nightgowns? lol jokes jokes.

i guess its a good way to bond but man those chicks must go at it all the time! i bet it is a hard sell to PNMs in that situation. i'm guessing its a way to save $ and not worry about "filling the house" every rush?

You may have misunderstood my description of the set up...

(I will note here that there were multiple houses on my campus that had dormers, however I only ended up referencing it in my notes for Sideshow Bob b/c it was the first house tour I encountered it on. So, although you won't see it in my descriptions for other house tours, there were other houses that had dormers...)

In a house with a dormer, everyone still has roommates and a private room with your own closet, desks, dressers, place to sit/hang out, phone line, etc. The beds for sleeping are in one large room (called the "dormer") that is kept dark 24/7 and climate controlled. So, a person can take a nap at 2 in the afternoon in the dormer room without getting in a roommate's way who might want to be studying in or otherwise using your room. If you like to sleep in, you wouldn't have to worry about being disrupted by an early riser roommate, etc.

P.S. My comments above should not necessarily be construed as a hint that I ended up in a house with a dormer. (Or, that I didn't end up in a house with a dormer either.) I had a lot of friends in a lot of chapters, and learned plenty of details about their housing setups throughout my college years.