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As for pots and pans, it does depend on the people who used to live there and the other people who are going to be living there. I'm not sure what the kitchen comes supplied with originally, aside from the sink, fridge, and other things like that (appliances, is the word I'm looking for, I suppose). I was a freshman living in a Sontag double last year. Other than that, all I can say is, best of luck, and I look forward to meeting your daughter and all of the other Sontag frosh in the fall! Coordinate with them so you don't end up with 4 toasters but no microwave, or something silly like that. that is completely up to her and her suitemates. She just needs to make sure she gets out an socializes with everyone, as it is extremely easy to get caught up with your computer or your books or whatever and never emerge from your room except for class. If she is a social person, I'm sure this won't be a problem, but for some mudders like myself, the combination of lack of social skills and physical isolation could easily lead me to become socially isolated as well. Being in a single can lead to isolation enough being in a suite with only freshman can lead to even more.

However, I would offer some words of caution for your daughter - don't become isolated. Thus, I am not sure how this circumstance came about. Technically, all-frosh suites have been banned by one of the deans (for reasons discussed below) and are completely against DAC (Dormitory Affairs Committee) policy.

I do not know what happened to the four people planning on living there. I know for a fact, and can see in my records, that the suite in which they were placed was completely claimed during room-draw, partially by a medical-pull. Thus, two freshmen received singles in Sontag. I've learned that, in fact, your daughter and three other girls were all placed together in the suite together. Now, as for your daughter getting a single. I'm pretty sure they're not coming back, though. Last year it was an amazing biology professor (Bush) and his wife and their young daughter. I do not know who the faculty-in-residence is this coming year. (There are also 3-person suites called apartments, with an even smaller common room, but whatever.) The common room is around 2/3rds as large as a standard one, but still plenty roomy. Some suites in Sontag are known as '4-mans' - these are slightly smaller than the rest of the suites, and have only 2 singles instead of 3. The living room is good sized, with plenty of room for 2 or maybe three couches, a TV, some shelves, and plenty of leftover floor/walking space. Most suites in sontag are 3 singles, a double, and a bathroom arranged around a common room. It doesn't come with any pots or cooking utensils unless the previous residents left some stuff behind. It has an oven, a stove, a microwave, a sink, and a full-size fridge with a freezer. I honestly do not know what the kitchen comes supplied with, really.

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This means that it is coveted by upperclassmen, and consists overwhelmingly of seniors and some juniors, plus the freshmen that get placed there (it is very very hard for a sophomore to manage to get into sontag). Most importantly, every suite has a kitchen. It also has a high concentration of singles compared to other dorms. It is the newest dorm on campus, and thus often considered the 'nicest'. How well she can get to know the seniors depends on a lot of factors, but it's possible. Įach Sontag suite is composed of three (two for the two medical suites) singles and a double, so I would assume there will be two frosh in the double that your daughter can befriend, though a few of the doubles go to juniors. Professor Bush and his wife and children lived in the faculty suite last year, I don't know if they still are. The kitchens are fully furnished (microwave, refrigerator, stove, pots, pans, utensils) and there is a fairly large common area in the suite, but how it looks is determined by what was left there from the last year and what the new seniors bring in. The personality of each Sontag suite is determined by the seniors living there, so it varies from year to year. Well, I suppose the large class size may have messed up the dorm system, but an upperclassmen not taking an open Sontag single is unheard of. The only reason I can think of for it occurring is that it belongs to a junior studying abroad fall semester, but even then it wouldn't go to a frosh. A frosh getting a single, particularly in Sontag, is impossible without special medical reasons.

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