Chosen where you want to live? And can current students share info/opinions? - Page 2

danielle1013 · 12-24-2007, 04:02 PM

congrats everyone!!! i'm applying RD to northwestern... i'm nervous! how like... hardcore are you guys? haha

bver100 · 12-26-2007, 10:45 PM

sargent is good if you don't like cold (since you have a dining hall downstairs and you're right across the alley from tech)

in terms of ACCI munchies, that's up to your social chair to decide. Go talk to them and ask for other stuff.

Jimmy Blue · 12-28-2007, 12:03 PM

Alright, I'm rather lost in this whole shabang. I'm really social, but not much of a party-er. I want a co-ed dorm (I'm female) where I'm ensured to meet a lot of really different people. I'm thinking I'd most prefer a suite, but I honestly don't care as long as it's not a single. I'd hate to live alone. I'm from Florida, and can't decide if I want to hide out from the cold, or totally embrace it, but I'm leaning towards the latter... so... I don't think that's a consideration either. But, yeah, I really have no idea all the things to consider and would love some guidance.

liz1628 · 12-29-2007, 03:25 PM

What about Allison? Can any current NU students offer advice on that one? (Is it coed?)

dfleish · 12-29-2007, 03:35 PM

Every dorm is coed except a few for girls (Hobart House and Rogers House, I think)...so that really shouldn't be a concern. Otherwise there are a million other CC threads about housing and searching for the name of any dorm is sure to bring up enough threads to help you make up your minds

arbiter213 · 12-29-2007, 04:08 PM

There's also Hinman-Lincoln (all boys, freshman quad) by way of single sex housing.

Liz: Allison is great and they just installed air conditioning. The "big residence hall" vibe of south campus.

Jimmy Blue: Suites can be found in ISRC (International Studies Residential College), CRC (Communications Res Col), 1835 Hinman, Jones (Performing arts residential college) for south campus, and in Slivka (Engineering Res Col) on North Campus (Also maybe CCC or Ayers/ CCI). What is your area of interest? Do you want to live in a residential college? Feel free to pm me.

liz1628 · 12-29-2007, 11:15 PM

Thanks arbiter!
I'm thinking about Allison but I don't want to be far away North campus (if I had friends up there or whatever) any thoughts?

Also, how do you get started with all this housing stuff, if you want to put your name in as early as possible and get your first choice? When does it all start happening?

juliusmonky · 12-29-2007, 11:35 PM

ED kids don't get any preference in housing. I think the app comes out in April and is due either in April/May (I'm sure an 11er can clear this up) and you list your top 5 choices. You find out in late July/early August.

arbiter213 · 12-30-2007, 12:26 AM

The housing forms come out way too late lol. You'll get your app after all your friends at other schools have already gotten their room-mate assignments. Being too far from your friends on other sides of the campus will honestly not be an issue at all. Being far from classes might be a pain in the ass, though again not insurmountable. Being far from the Frats might be a serious concern if you intend to spend alot of time at Frat parties.

Pizzagirl · 01-03-2008, 11:14 AM

"Fun fact: When the sorority quads were being built the University president had a daughter attending and ordered them to be built a mile away from the fraternity quads. Way back then, only women were primarily pursuing the humanities, while only men were pursuing science/medicine, thus the humanities/arts buildings are down south and the science buildings up north."

That's not the story I always heard. I heard it had to do with the city of Evanston insisting that living quarters of unmarried females be a mile away from living quarters of unmarried males. Think Frances Willard and WCTU and all that. I've never heard it be related to an insistence on the part of an NU president.

juliusmonky · 01-03-2008, 01:04 PM

Ah, Pizzagirl, yours makes much more logical sense and is probably historically accurate. My story is widely told among tour guides and hasn't been debunked, exactly, but I'm guessing it's just a dressed up version of your explanation.

Sometimes we still tell certain myths after they've been revealed: This summer the daughter of someone on the board of trustees was on a tour and pointed out that NU was NOT founded by a small group of methodist ministers, which is a phrase we use to start our tour. Only a few of them were ministers. Yet I still use the phrase for the sake of brevity.

Others that we don't tell--Norris was not built to be riot proof and Tech is not sinking.

oddsmaker90 · 01-05-2008, 05:01 PM

Can anyone tell me some information about PARC? I'm going to major in econ. Will it be far from my classes?

kakalittlestarz · 01-06-2008, 05:19 AM

How about..Shepard and Slvkia?
I heard Shepard's a BIG mix
and Slvkia is like quite..anti social!?!!!

aquamarinee · 01-06-2008, 01:48 PM

Shepard has a lot of music majors, since they have music practice rooms.

ridewitbd24 · 01-17-2008, 03:42 AM

im in Elder. its the shiznit. pick that as your first choice. all-freshman, great atmosphere, this is where you want to be freshman year. ACCI is not social at all, from what i've heard. Slivka, the rumors are true, nothing goes on there. Sargent would probly be my 2nd fav just b/c the location is a little better than elder. Bobb third b/c the facilities are old and ppl party and mess stuff up there too much.