I think that you can end up happy no matter where you end up living on campus.
I always thought that I would die if I had to live on south campus and I applied for theme housing just so I wouldn't have to, but this winter I moved into one of the on-campus apartments at Odum Village (a.k.a. the end of the world) and I absolutely love it! There's definitely something nice about riding the bus about from south campus that you don't get when you live in mid or north campus. The bus is your friend, always
I can't believe people who don't know how to use it.
And remember guys, freshmen v. rarely get what they want out of housing unless they request unpopular places. xD