There’s no way you can say that this essay was not convincing, she had some very strong views. For instance, her opinion on the size of the room and personalizing the room to your likeness was indeed a major fallacy included in the brochure. Sure you can personalize your stuff in your dorm room, but you have no control over what your roommate brings into the room, whether you like in or not. You can also say goodbye to personal space because you and your roommate will have to share that. There is also truth in the fact that it doesn’t matter where you live, whether it be on or off campus, you are still going to have to do a ton of walking. In my opinion this campus is a pretty big campus and the buildings are scattered throughout it, you can’t live near every building. When it comes to living in dorms, I support the fact that living in dorms does not reduce the amount of walking you will have to go through.
However, I think McCormick could have extended the fallacy of sharing one bathroom between some thirty girls on your dorm floor. This is one of the more major reasons as to why upperclassmen decide to live off campus. There is hair everywhere, you have to carry all your bath stuff with you as opposed to leaving it in the shower, and you have nasty cheap curtains separating the showers. Also, another one of her “fallacies” I was disappointed with was the dining hall foods, I particularly like the food here, and think that they give you plenty of options. If you lived off campus you would have to cook or make all your meals, which time consuming and is a lot of work as well. Lastly, I would just like to mention the fact that she also didn’t mention the fact that you have to carry all of your laundry and detergents all the way to the basement (which is especially a pain if you live on the third floor) just to do your laundry. These are just some of the ideas I think Kelley McCormick could have went into more detail on to make her essay stronger.
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