10 Worst Dorms in America - Page 4

DeltaBetaBaby · #46 03-10-2011, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by irishpipes

It will be a sad day when the 6-pack is no more. It's close to IMPE and the stadium and was the fun place on campus. A lot closer to classes than PAR or FAR. Fun times.

And the cafeteria was open until 3am!!!

Also, it's pretty funny that Forbes, Weston, and Garner all made the list, because, well, THEY ARE ALL THE SAME DORM. I know they are technically different buildings, but the 6-pack is the 6-pack.

aephi alum · #47 03-11-2011, 12:54 AM

Back in the day at my school, we had dorm rush. You arrived on campus, got a temporary room somewhere in the dorms, and then went through fraternity, sorority, independent living group, and/or dorm rush. (ILGs are coed fraternities, aside from one which is all female.) Men who pledged fraternities moved into the house the second they signed... same with anyone who pledged an ILG. Women stayed in the dorms as only one sorority had a house when I rushed. So everyone went through dorm rush - women as a necessity, men as a choice (if they didn't want to go greek) or as a backup (if they did). And then the dorms had floor/entry rush on top of all that.

I ended up on a decent floor in a good dorm. We had suites with bathrooms and kitchens (very important as the cafeterias sucked - we're talking food poisoning here). We had our assholes, but what living group doesn't?

My dorm actually ranked pretty decently on the web site in question, aside from parking - although parking is almost irrelevant as you can take the T anywhere you'd want to go.

Ghostwriter · #48 03-11-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

I looked at that.. worst article ever. Every campus seems to have 'that dorm' sure, but this just sucked.

Hell just froze over. We agree on something. This whole article was a waste of time and stupid as well.

How UNC's dorms stayed off the list is beyond me.

agzg · #49 03-11-2011, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Stop crushing mah threadstarting dreamz.

Stop trying to usurp my superiority of dream crusher.

Also, we only lived in dorms for one year prior to moving into on-campus apartments as upperclassmen (off-campus Junior or Senior year, if you wanted). I can't lie - the dorms were fine. I was right close to the bathroom and my room was big (and we kept it so clean we were a regular stop on campus tours - #winning?). My roommate only sucked about 10% of the time and I made lifelong friends. In our on-campus apartment, my roommates were messier and ate my food, but it was about the same quality as living in the dorms we just had a private bathroom, living room and kitchen.

I lived in the sorority house after, which was fun but noisy, and then in an off-campus apartment that was FREAKING HUGE. I mean, it was run-down, but I have yet to ever have a bedroom as large as the one in that apartment (for $350 a month per person - absolutely incredible). We had stalls and two toilets in the bathroom. Great for parties.

lovespink88 · #50 03-11-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by irishpipes

It will be a sad day when the 6-pack is no more. It's close to IMPE and the stadium and was the fun place on campus. A lot closer to classes than PAR or FAR. Fun times.

Yes it will be. I'm not sure when they're supposed to come down, but I'm hoping they're still there by the time my brother moves in (he'll be a freshmen next year!) I want to stop in just one more time.

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

And the cafeteria was open until 3am!!!

Also, it's pretty funny that Forbes, Weston, and Garner all made the list, because, well, THEY ARE ALL THE SAME DORM. I know they are technically different buildings, but the 6-pack is the 6-pack.

WHOA! Late night was only open til midnight (and 1am on weekends) when I was there. That 3 am would have come in handy...

DeltaBetaBaby · #51 03-11-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lovespink88

Yes it will be. I'm not sure when they're supposed to come down, but I'm hoping they're still there by the time my brother moves in (he'll be a freshmen next year!) I want to stop in just one more time.

WHOA! Late night was only open til midnight (and 1am on weekends) when I was there. That 3 am would have come in handy...

Was it still called Chomps? The bars used to close at 1, so you still had time to get back and get food.

lovespink88 · #52 03-11-2011, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Was it still called Chomps? The bars used to close at 1, so you still had time to get back and get food.

I think it was officially called eChomps (don't know what was up with the "e", were they trying to be all Internet-aged??) but everyone called it Late Night.

KSUViolet06 · #53 03-11-2011, 03:16 PM

^^^It's so weird, the so-called "worst" dorm group on campus was the one with the burger/greasy afterparty food place downstairs too (that was open until 2 AM!)

sanjiyan69 · #54 03-11-2011, 11:32 PM

I didn't think my dorm was that bad. It was old, but I enjoyed the people I lived with. We had suites so I had some crazy suite-mates. I remember one day I came back to our bathroom graffiti'd with tide and black lights on the ceiling.

One of the RA worked amateur nights at the Vu occassionally and he actually invited people from the dorms to cheer him on lol

The dorm was a "meal-plan-optional" dorm so I just worked in the cafeteria and never paid for any type of meal plans (well, if you consider "free" was a choice)

I never really have any problems with bugs or mice....the only problem I had was this one chick that was really loud while having sex...Everyone down the hall could hear her and her room was kitty corner from my room.

Fun times.

victoriana · #55 03-12-2011, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

Back in my day, Walton and Putnam were the International dorms. Phelps was the male freshman dorm and Sellers was the female freshman dorm. I believe that's been reversed now? I was in Putnam and worked (and met my first husband at) DC1.

Oooh the FYC. Now it's all coed by floor. International students are all mixed in. I lived in Downing my freshman year and of course went to DC-1 all the time.

AGDee · #56 03-12-2011, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by victoriana

Oooh the FYC. Now it's all coed by floor. International students are all mixed in. I lived in Downing my freshman year and of course went to DC-1 all the time.

Oh geez, I messed that up. I worked at DC-2. My freshman year, my boyfriend (a sophomore) and my best friend from high school (his roommate, which is how I met my boyfriend) lived in Buell so I ate at DC-1 all the time. After we broke up during my sophomore year, then I started eating at DC-2. I was also a campus operator and the switchboard was in that basement tunnel between Wise and Downing.

victoriana · #57 03-12-2011, 01:31 AM

What on earth is DC-2? The place in the Walton-Putnam-Phelps-Sellers complex?

AGDee · #58 03-12-2011, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by victoriana

What on earth is DC-2? The place in the Walton-Putnam-Phelps-Sellers complex?

Yes, that's what it was called then. Above the Eastern Eateries (is that still there?)

victoriana · #59 03-12-2011, 01:40 AM

Yeah, it has two levels. The bottom floor houses part of the Holman Success Center, where students can get one on one tutoring, group tutoring, and writing help. There are also some old pianos down there... I've never been to the lower level but I ate at the Eateries a lot when I lived in the dorms. They have an Asian place, a burger/grill, a make your own pizza and pasta, a chicken place, a sandwich place, a Freshens, a salad bar, and other random food. There's also a little convenience store on the lower level.

AGDee · #60 03-12-2011, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by victoriana

Yeah, it has two levels. The bottom floor houses part of the Holman Success Center, where students can get one on one tutoring, group tutoring, and writing help. There are also some old pianos down there... I've never been to the lower level but I ate at the Eateries a lot when I lived in the dorms. They have an Asian place, a burger/grill, a make your own pizza and pasta, a chicken place, a sandwich place, a Freshens, a salad bar, and other random food. There's also a little convenience store on the lower level.

Ok, the lower level used to be the Eateries and a convenience store and the upper level was a Dining Commons. The Eateries wasn't that extensive back then, they had hamburgers, hot dogs fries and the BEST nachos ever. I only ever got nachos there... lol.