(04-26-2018, 12:33 PM)MT1234 Wrote: Seriously, some rather insignificant policy blocks siblings (twins, at that) from rooming together? Sounds pedantic to me! I can see why someone would figure the school is more concerned about bureaucracy than being reasonable, and then choosing to go elsewhere.
If by "bureaucracy" you mean "fairness to all students," and by "being reasonable" you mean "giving athletes special treatment." A policy is a policy, and I'm not sure why they should get a special exception just because they are highly recruited athletes. Even Chelsea Clinton had a non-chosen roommate as a freshman, and she needed Secret Service protection and special dorm room locationality to enable them to cover her 24/7.
It's fair to disagree with the policy, but to be clear, then they preferred not to make the 40 year decision in order to bunk with each other for a year. I find that baffling. I'm just thankful the Collins, Lopii, and Hull twins all had the wisdom to see past such apparently intolerable (and temporary) inconvenience.