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My first dorm room sounded much smaller than this - granted it was only 2 of us. All our room had space for was a bed (over a dresser), a small desk, and a tiny

My first dorm room sounded much smaller than this - granted it was only 2 of us. All our room had space for was a bed (over a dresser), a small desk, and a tiny coat closet on each side with about a 3 foot aisle in between our beds/desks.

rawgabbit 3y ago
My dorm at UT Austin was the same. Two of us crammed in a tiny room with one window and three feet separated us. The bed was narrower than a twin bed. The desk and its bookshelf would barely incorporate a modern laptop and mouse. It definitely would not have accommodated a 24” screen. It did matter back then as only a few students had PCs and they were gigantic. My son is now at a dorm at TAMU. Although the building was built in 1942, it has movable furniture which allowed him to squeeze in a 24” screen and a printer. My son wanted this because although the school is out of the pandemic, many of the classes and all communication and office hours are done via Zoom. When he entered as a freshman, the first thing they gave him was a school ID, Office 365, google workspace, and Zoom. I joked with him he is ready to go to work with me. I was kidding until one day my boss asked me if my son was willing to take on small projects. He said he was too overwhelmed with school but thank you for the offer. There are over 80k students on campus and they definitely don’t have computers work spaces for everyone.
tnecniv 3y ago
This was my freshman dorm. It was repurposed from an apartment building or a hotel (I forget which) 20-30 years before I arrived. I had the smallest unit on the floor (it was next to the lounge and you could tell they took space from my room to make the lounge bigger). It was fine for accommodating my minimal needs. Really I tried to minimize how often I spent in the room because if I wasn’t doing homework I was trying to be social and meet new people

rawgabbit 3y ago

My dorm at UT Austin was the same. Two of us crammed in a tiny room with one window and three feet separated us. The bed was narrower than a twin bed. The desk and its bookshelf would barely incorporate a modern laptop and mouse. It definitely would not have accommodated a 24” screen. It did matter back then as only a few students had PCs and they were gigantic. My son is now at a dorm at TAMU. Although the building was built in 1942, it has movable furniture which allowed him to squeeze in a 24” screen and a printer. My son wanted this because although the school is out of the pandemic, many of the classes and all communication and office hours are done via Zoom. When he entered as a freshman, the first thing they gave him was a school ID, Office 365, google workspace, and Zoom. I joked with him he is ready to go to work with me. I was kidding until one day my boss asked me if my son was willing to take on small projects. He said he was too overwhelmed with school but thank you for the offer. There are over 80k students on campus and they definitely don’t have computers work spaces for everyone.

tnecniv 3y ago

This was my freshman dorm. It was repurposed from an apartment building or a hotel (I forget which) 20-30 years before I arrived. I had the smallest unit on the floor (it was next to the lounge and you could tell they took space from my room to make the lounge bigger). It was fine for accommodating my minimal needs. Really I tried to minimize how often I spent in the room because if I wasn’t doing homework I was trying to be social and meet new people