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I lived in the dorms for 3 years, I really enjoyed it. I lived with total strangers the first 2 years, the third year was mostly repeats from the first 2 years.

My stepdaughter lived in the dorms with her high school buddy. That was a disaster. Her HS buddy ended up being boy crazy and hanging out with a bunch of slackers that were either on academic probation, thrown out for slacking when they were on AP or just quitting. She hated it and moved home and went to a different school. Her friend ended up getting kicked out for crappy grades and then got knocked up by a loser boy friend. Fortunately my stepdaughter finished with a BA in Biology. She spent part of a year out in the real world and has now gone back to school to be a Physician's Asst. so she can get a better job.

She's turned out great, but I'm still disappointed that the initial dorm experience wasn't a good one.