This is good to hear because I thought things had changed a LOT based on the photos of those southern dorms all decorated. We had cinder block walls, a lofted bed and hardly room for a mini fridge.

Between my two, all their dorms have been very old-school. Newly built dorms definitely are a little nicer, but most of those super fancy dorms you see pics of the parents have moved or covered up the standard-issue furniture.

I love it. Living with some cinder block walls is a rite of passage 😂

We had cinder block walls with, like, a 3x3 foot square pre-installed poster board area above each bed that you could decorate and affix things using push pins.

That was the standard at my uni. But my dorm was brand new and had drywall. So fancy! By the end of the year there were so many holes in marks all over the walls. The cinder blocks were classic for a reason.