Hey all,
I'm gonna be a second year here at Einstein in the fall and I just wanted to clarify a couple of the things you guys were talkin about, which i think for the most part you know, but just in case.
You are definitely allowed to paint the walls in your apt. My new roommate and I just decided to paint the entire hallway and doors and when I got here last year, one wall in my room was painted green (pretty random i know). And whenever someone moves out of their room, housing comes in to repaint the room white before the next occupant comes.
As for the '1 bedroom' split in two, this is how that works... they take a traditional 1 bedroom apt, i.e. 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, 1 living room, and put up a wall to make the living room into a second bedroom. If you get really really unlucky, you might move into an apt where the previous tenants removed the wall for whatever reason. If this is the case, then you have to pay the 1000 dollars to put up a new one. While that definitely sucks, it's very rare. I only heard of 2 people that had to do it in my class this year.
So if youre in this 1 bedroom situation, there's nothing to worry about in regards to the size of your room. Last year I lived in the 'real' bedroom and it was plenty big, and when my 4th year roommate moved out this spring, i took over his 'living room-bedroom' cause i liked the view better and it's really big too. The only difference is that if you take the living room-bedroom your closets wont be in your room, but outside your room in the hallway, not even an inconvinience for me. The only people that luck out are people that get into a 3 bedroom situation cause they have 3 bedrooms in their apt. and a fullsize living room. While i wish we had a living room, i think our bedrooms are a little bigger than the bedrooms in the 3bdrm apts. And of course theres the studios for married couples, etc.
Oh, and I dont know if it's too late to decide already, but I would highly recommend taking the biochem course before school starts (unless you've been working all summer and have little/no time b/w work and school starting). if you want to know the reasons why i recommend it you can just pm me and ill talk to you about it. And i dont know if the 'official' orientation is two days (i.e. getting your ids, internet connection, etc.) but there's definitely a TON of more orientation activities than just 2 days. orientation was crazy fun last year. at least a week long (longer if you take the biochem course).
So yeah, im sure guys already know most of this, but i thought id just throw my 2 cents in. if you guys have any questions feel free to ask! congrats on being accepted here and i definitely think you made a great choice! the bronx is definitely not as bad as the majority of people think it is. see you guys around in a few months!
but soon i hope.
