heathergee

Ehaus South and Horton are now considered the Manning community. They all have AC and are pretty nice (I have a lot of friends in Horton) and have a lot of athletes and scholarship (like the Robertson) students.

Some rooms in Ehaus/Craig/Hojo have AC. At least one room per suite is supposed to have it, so hopefully those people will be nice and leave their door open if you don't have AC. Unless you are unlucky like me and happen to be in the only suite in the entire building that has no AC (although we got one installed about a month into the year). Yes, having no AC sucks, but just get a lot of fans and it's bearable. Never had to deal with anything smelling (except the time we forgot about milk in the fridge but that's another story) and never got acne because of the heat.

I personally like the suite style, but I got really lucky with my suite. We are all very different but all get along very nicely. You would think having 8 girls share 1 toilet/shower would be a problem, but it's really not a big deal at all. I know people that are best friends with everyone in their suite, others that don't really talk to anyone in their suite at all.

phonyreal98

South Campus somewhere probably...how loud is it....ie how hard is it to study in your dorm room there?

heathergee

I mean it can be loud sometimes on weekends. I personally don't suggest studying in your dorm room no matter where you live (this is something I've learned this semester) because there are so many distractions. If you're in your room, you'll want to lay down and take a nap, or watch TV, etc.

Maybe I'll share my secret studying places that are close to South Campus when you guys get closer to actually being at the Hill haha

cloying

It's ironic. I thought that I wouldn't like being in an all girls, hall style dorm, but it turned out that I liked both elements. I've made a lot of friends through ECs but my core group is from my hall. I also think that hall style bathrooms are awesome because it means that if one toilet is messed up you have four more to choose from (same goes for showers). That was very nice. And somehow I have never ever competed with another girl for a shower during the busy times. In fact, I wonder if anyone else in my dorm showers because no one else is ever in there when I am.

The one complaint I've heard about Cobb is that the doors are so heavy that it's hard to prop them open, which can hamper you socially in those first few weeks. Having an open door policy is actually pretty important so I can see what people are saying - a few people have told me they actually would break their doors to get past this, even though I have no idea exactly what they mean by that.

If I had to pick again, I'd put Kenan as my number one choice (always), and then it's tied between the Old West and Mangum communities, then probably Cobb. Cobb is pretty nice, I just don't like its location. There are actually three rooms on our hall with junior girls who have been there for three years in a row now. If you go for north campus, definitely, definitely consider the Kenan community! I don't know much about south campus in terms of the difference between Craige and Ehaus, but it really is a different Carolina experience - and not one to dismiss, I'd say.

Listen to annn. I don't want to explicitly say to wait for people to swipe their flex pass and then follow them into the dorm because you won't be able to get in if you knock and ask the person working at the front desk, so, I'll just end my sentence there, shall I? I will not ever say something like that, because then there will be murders in Kenan and I'll feel pretty guilty. I know when I start giving tours this spring I'll offer people to see my dorm room... they're okay with tour guides doing that, so you can always ask a tour guide, too.

slapstick

I'm a freshman currently in Ehringhaus right now and I would only recommend South Campus if a) you consider yourself exceptionally social and outgoing or b) you can secure a room in one of the Manning communities (Ehringhaus South, Horton, Hardin, Craige North).

Just some things to consider:
1. Location is important. You may not mind the walk, but you might mind the morning time crunch that only gets worse if you're fifteen minutes away from your first class. The buses get really crowded anytime it's hot, cold, or rainy.
2. It may seem like the suite-style bathroom would be more private, but if you're sharing with seven other people, it's not. Even among the men, bathroom time competition is fierce.
3. You're forced to interact with suitemates, but in suite-style, RLAJen is right: "unless you're outgoing, it can be hard to meet people in a suite-style dorm."
4. Air conditioning is important. Central air is even better.
5. The eight-person suites have built-in furniture that can't be moved. If you're not bunking or lofting, this can be a huge pain.

Now, if I could only convince my friends that they should live with me on north campus next year and not in Morrison...

annn

hahathat'sfunny- That's how I got my AC dorm room! There is some type of form your doctor has to fill out that you have to request.
Hinton James is considered the worst dorm on campus, but I will say that is far from the truth. I've seen rooms in Ehaus and Craige and say those rooms are farrrr worst and just looks downright OLD. I actually like my room in HoJo and think (besides the mess that my roommate and I have accumulated) it's pretty nice!

cloying

I agree with annn. My brother was in HJ his first year and it had kind of a neat feeling to it. If I were to pick between the three I'd want that one. Plus it's so legendary.

hahathatsfunny13

So from what I'm seeing here Freshmen should live on South Campus but they should also not live in suite style dorms. Are there even any hall style dorms on South?

GetOuttaBuffalo

annn your post cracked me up...as always. yes, we did go dorm shopping. haha

i got "lucky" and wound up in horton freshman year...its big, air-conditioned, new, and nice...and awfully quiet. :-\ i personally dont like it, but it was worth it when considering my alternative was no a/c. basically the best thing to get is what annn got: HJ with a/c.

im gonna go with morrison next year as a soph...the big dorms are so much fun and morrison has a/c...yay!

cloying

North Campus, man! North Campus! Don't worry about there not being first years up in the nawf, either. There are tons of us and in the beginning they have a lot of north campus freshmen things to get everyone together. It's also very convenient to Franklin, Carrboro, and classes. You don't realize how nice that is until you're here and it starts getting cold. I've also noticed that the RAs are more relaxed on north campus, and I think it's because their expectations are geared towards upper classmen. There's less babysitting going on. Maybe not something I'd brag about on a forum that parents frequent, but, hey, it is objective and useful information?

On that note, UNC is a dry campus!

markpterson

hahahahaha.. dry campus

avantgarden

cloying, you've definitely swayed me. I'm thinking a nice hall style dorm on North Campus now.

It's such a tough decision!

calgar

Well I'll probably change my mind a million times between now and when I send in my housing app but I'm liking connor community right now. On the housing site it says whitehead is in the community.. but its completely isolated and on the other side of all the other north dorms. I'm worried that I would get stuck there :| Can you be more specific than the community on the form?

peachgirldb

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

ninja.of.love

This thread has been very helpful, especially since I didn't get to see dorms on either of my tours. How much of an edge does knowing who you want to room with give you in the housing process? I read that they give you a preference but does anyone have better information? Thanks for all the advice.