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College freshmen are living in hotels instead of dorms this year. Take a look inside one student's room.

  • As campuses reopen for the academic school year, schools are having to adapt to social-distancing guidelines.
  • At Point Park Univesity in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that means placing some students in hotel rooms to lower dorm populations.
  • Jordan Komisarski, a freshman who had plans to move into a dorm with a roommate, is now living by herself in a room at the Hilton Garden Inn.

When Jordan Komisarski steps inside her residential building at Point Park University, she isn't greeted by an RA, there aren't bulletin boards teeming with flyers of campus events, or students hanging out in the communal area.

When she steps inside her building, she's met with a hotel receptionist, travelers rolling suitcases, and a colorful lobby.

Komisarski's first dorm experience looks slightly different than the typical freshman year. In an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, moved nearly 150 students into a Hilton hotel — and Komisarski was one of them.

While it's different than what she imagined, she said she doesn't mind.

"I feel pretty lucky in the hotel room," she told Insider. "But I definitely wouldn't mind being in a dorm since that's the whole college experience."

Take a look inside the freshman's unconventional dorm room.

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