Actually, Oak is ground zero for the Coronavirus.Part of the drop in numbers has to do with Trump's anti immigrant stance and constant bashing of China. Also doesn't help having racist notes and messages out there.
Actually, Oak is ground zero for the Coronavirus.Part of the drop in numbers has to do with Trump's anti immigrant stance and constant bashing of China. Also doesn't help having racist notes and messages out there.
If dorms were ever cheap, it hasn’t been in the last 20 years....
My freshman year was the same. It was like having 50 brothers. I recommend the dorms for freshmen, but after that I think its good to move around, unless you have a strong core of friends returning for the sophomore year.I wouldn't trade my experience in Friley for any of the "nicer" dorms/apartments. Damn kids
College enrollment is down across the Midwest. Numbers of available students keeps decreasing in the Midwest. A drop of 3k seems big, but most schools in the state are seeing similar percentages drops. As for wanting to live there...students today are spoiled and only want the best living quarters. Apartment style dorms or a new apartment. They need all the amenities their parents have worked a lifetime for before they even finish school.
Although it's way beyond 20 years, they were cheap at one time-- 1974 cost was $990 per year.
I wouldn't trade my experience in Friley for any of the "nicer" dorms/apartments. Damn kids
Adjusted for inflation, that's about $5,200 in 2019.
Rates 2019-20 for most dorms in RCA except Maple and Friley/Helser (for double or triple room) is around $4,800. So actually, it's slightly cheaper now vs. mid-70s.
Department of Residence Housing Rates 2019-20
The $990/yr 1974 cost was room and board, not just housing.
As long as haverkamp is there it will be.Are Ames housing prices still heroic?
Does ISU Housing still operate a bunch of apartments south of Mortenson across from the Middle School?
It’s probably not the right place for this opinion but I always think that this is one of the dumbest arguments for dorm living. My transition to Iowa State was rough partly because of bad roommates both of my first two years.This. I think this is part of the whole college experience. It forces you to get out more, and you get the chance to get to know a lot more people on a deeper level when forced out to meet your floor mates. When I was in school people that lived in the suites pretty much all stayed to themselves, mainly hanging with high school friends.
If I had the suites option and it wasn't that much more expensive than say Friley, I would probably pick suites as it seems safer when you don't know what you are getting into. I'm so glad though I was forced to do so many things based solely on living in an environment like Friley.
Does this mean I don't have to return my overdue book to the Oak library? They used to have a little library and lobby area at the main entrance. Back in the days of house mothers and visits in gals rooms had to be with an open door. Book is only 50 years overdue.
Part of the drop in numbers has to do with Trump's anti immigrant stance and constant bashing of China. Also doesn't help having racist notes and messages out there.
It’s probably not the right place for this opinion but I always think that this is one of the dumbest arguments for dorm living. My transition to Iowa State was rough partly because of bad roommates both of my first two years.
As a result I never fully integrated into the community while at school. I absolutely hated being at school my freshmen year. It was better being in Freddy my sophomore year but still not great.
If I would have been able to stay in Ames more and actually make friends because I had a place to live where I was comfortable my experience would have been better.
I don’t understand why the discussion on housing always devolves into a traditional dorm vs apartment/suite dorms. We should have been looking for some sort of hybrid style dorm.
Didn't go to ISU, but lived in a dorm for my first year of college. Hated my roommate and prayed to God he would leave or one of us would get transferred. I would've loved having that whole room to myself. But yeah, I was way too antisocial and stoned to have made 50 brothers as well.My roommate freshman year was 21. When you're 18 that is a huge age gap. I ended up being a raging drunk because of the easy access to alcohol, we didn't get along and he moved out without telling me, and so I was in a double room by myself for a semester. It sucked but I blamed the initial set up by the Housing Dept and my own choices for it. I definitely missed out on the "made 50 brothers" aspect to dorm living that was alluded to before. I honestly can't remember the name of a single male from my dorm floor. Females, yeah (wink).