Yet Young says that the distance never ended up bothering him.
"It's only a five-minute bike ride and a ten-minute walk. Three or four shuttles run an hour," says Young. Occasionally, Young returns to the Quad for lunch even when he only has an hour.
Are the Quad's rave reviews the product of upperclass student delusion?
"Maybe it's some form of rationalization," says Ku. "After being here, you convince yourself you like it."
However, even if residents of the Quad are a bit biased towards their home, something so many people rave about can't be that bad.
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First-years, fear not. While thoughts of the Quad may keep you awake at night, the majority of students who currently live there love it.