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RE: dorms
I live in Olin now, and am moving out into the CWE in May. About 12-15 of the MS1s are staying on in Olin, out of about 35. I like living in Olin a lot -- it's not noisy like an undergrad dorm, and it's actually pretty clean (at least on the 10th floor). I like that someone else cleans the bathrooms/kitchens, takes out my trash and vacuums my rugs. I love rolling out of bed and making it to class in under 5 mins. As Good Eats said, the transition at the beginning of first year is a lot easier living in Olin. Quite a few of my friends have mentioned that if they could do it over they would have stayed in Olin just for the first year. My main beef with the place is not having kitchens on every floor. I also just don't like sharing kitchens. Also, you can't use Skype in Olin. Other than that, I love living here -- it's great coming back between classes to take a nap, and in the spring and fall, one of my favourite things to do is hang my hammock in the rooftop area and laze about in the sun.
Also, while cost of living is cheap here, nothing beats Olin rates. I pay less than $350/mo right now, and the only apartment building nearby that comes CLOSE to matching that (once you factor in utilities) is the most depressing place I've ever seen. A decent apartment, with a roommate, in the CWE... will still run you at least about $450 a month all in. Still cheap, just not AS cheap.
I live in Olin now, and am moving out into the CWE in May. About 12-15 of the MS1s are staying on in Olin, out of about 35. I like living in Olin a lot -- it's not noisy like an undergrad dorm, and it's actually pretty clean (at least on the 10th floor). I like that someone else cleans the bathrooms/kitchens, takes out my trash and vacuums my rugs. I love rolling out of bed and making it to class in under 5 mins. As Good Eats said, the transition at the beginning of first year is a lot easier living in Olin. Quite a few of my friends have mentioned that if they could do it over they would have stayed in Olin just for the first year. My main beef with the place is not having kitchens on every floor. I also just don't like sharing kitchens. Also, you can't use Skype in Olin. Other than that, I love living here -- it's great coming back between classes to take a nap, and in the spring and fall, one of my favourite things to do is hang my hammock in the rooftop area and laze about in the sun.
Also, while cost of living is cheap here, nothing beats Olin rates. I pay less than $350/mo right now, and the only apartment building nearby that comes CLOSE to matching that (once you factor in utilities) is the most depressing place I've ever seen. A decent apartment, with a roommate, in the CWE... will still run you at least about $450 a month all in. Still cheap, just not AS cheap.
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. I was all set to go, then I got called off the wait list. After a tortuous few days, I decided to reject the offer, but then I decided to try using it for some good. My friend was also on the waitlist and hadn't yet heard anything, so I called up Wash U and said that knowing whether or not she was going could affect my decision, since I could possibly room with her, and asked if there was any way to speed up the process.
