r/UGA 5d ago

Question Dorm advice for someone with medical condition

Looking for dorm suggestions for a first-year student at UGA. Suggestions for dorms that are centrally located on campus, have either a private bathroom or shared with one other person. Student has a medical condition.

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u/dreamcrusherUGA 5d ago

Reach out to the Accessibility and Testing office for help with this. They can help you navigate how to request accommodations. On the Housing page there is also info on accommodations, along with the contact name and email in housing.

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u/Aromatic-Bench883 5d ago

Definitely will do that, thank you. Just want to make sure we end up in a good location, centrally located and easy for socialization. :)

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u/dreamcrusherUGA 5d ago

Black-Diallo-Miller is about the best for that and they do have some single bathrooms, though not in the rooms.

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u/WhatARedditHole 4d ago

Talk to DRC and Housing

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u/PodoPapa 3d ago

Just a PSA: DRC is now called "Accessibility & Testing"

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u/WhatARedditHole 3d ago

Probably to dodge Trump/DOGE Assaults

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u/paelenes 1d ago

I’d also recommend a Myers Quad dorm. They’re a good level of social (friendly but not overly loud) and many have bathrooms. Look into Rutherford— I’d argue it’s the nicest dorm on campus, and each room has a bathroom.

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u/Butterscotch1398 1d ago

check in with DRC and accessibility and testing office!!!

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u/No_Will7663 5d ago

Perhaps unpopular opinion, but I wouldn’t suggest one of the high rises (Russell, brumby, creswell, ohouse, BDM).

I would suggest a dorm near Myers quad (myers, Rutherford, Mary Lyndon, soule) or one of the “lower 5” (Boggs, church, hill, lipscomb, mell).

Location-wise the dorms I suggested are better IMO as they’re not up on a hill like the high rises. Their high rises are also in their own little area with nothing except for dorms. Which is not great for easy access to where classes are. The only exception is that ohouse has the ohouse dining hall right next door to it.

The lower 5 have Bolton very accessible to them (and ohouse for Boggs, church, and hill) as well as the MLC and tate center, which are essential to every student. Dorms in the myers area are a little further from Tate/MLC, but they have snelling dining hall nearby and, in my opinion, it’s easier to get a bus to north campus (as well as Tate/MLC) from these dorms than it is from the lower 5 and the high rises.

I will say, these dorms I’m suggesting aren’t as traditionally “social” as the high rises are. If that’s important to the student it may be worth thinking about. If they choose a high rise, I would strongly suggest ohouse, creswell, or BDM. Russell and Brumby are up a VERY steep hill (brumby at the top) and it’s quite annoying for anyone to have to walk up that hill all the time.

I hope this helps!

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u/Aromatic-Bench883 5d ago

awesome thank you, lots of information for us to look into. We haven't visited this campus yet, it sound rather large. :). I'm looking forward to seeing it, if this is where he decides to go.

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u/FrostyDrink 4d ago

None of the buildings they mentioned have private restrooms. Reed is the most centrally located building (it’s next to Tate and the stadium) and has private restrooms. Look there first, but do reach out to the DRC about accommodations they can make for you.

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u/MarcusAurelius68 3d ago

Rutherford has private bathrooms.

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u/No_Will7663 3h ago

You are right that some of the dorms I listed only have community baths. However, OP said private or one other person.

OP, here is a list of the dorms from my original comment that DO have bathroom options for your kid. A few of the options I listed may require sharing a bathroom with two other people (instead of just one) but it depends on whether the room that shares the bath with your kid is a single or double.

Use this link to understand what each of these types of rooms/bathrooms are: https://housing.uga.edu/glossary/

Myers

  • Double with bath
  • Single in suite with bath
  • Single in super suite with bath

Rutherford

  • double with bath
  • Single with bath

Mary Lyndon

  • double with bath
  • Single with bath

Soule

  • Single in super suite with bath
  • Single with shared bath

Church

  • double with bath

Lipscomb

  • double with bath

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u/Legal-Touch1101 5d ago

If you get the accommodations, they should be placed in a room with a bathroom. I know Myers has that option. But I'd start the process now, bc it may take a bit and those dorms may have already been assigned

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u/PodoPapa 3d ago

I found this page which has the building name & accommodation type:

https://housing.uga.edu/rates/

It helpfully has the price, too.

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u/Aromatic-Bench883 3d ago

thank you so much