where do you want to live?

calgar · 01-04-2008, 04:20 PM

I've spent some time lurking through last years posts and I think I've decided I want to stay away from south campus. No AC in a lot of the dorms + longer walks puts it at the bottom of the list. I was kind of interested in carmichael, nice central location close to classes and I think its being renovated this year so it will be nice. I'm not sure if the work will be finished though. My friend stayed in Winston and enjoyed it so I'm thinking of having that community as a backup.

RLAJen07 · 01-04-2008, 04:27 PM

Carmichael is in an awesome place but I've heard it's still going to be closed next year. I wanted to live there next year myself as a Soph.

annn · 01-04-2008, 04:42 PM

As a current freshman living in Hinton James, I'm telling you: LIVE ON SOUTH CAMPUS! Sure, some of the rooms don't have AC (my entire floor has AC...) and the long walk to campus sucks (but there are buses, which I take. religiously.) but let me tell you, it's entirely worth it! There is nothing like the South Campus experience and my friends who live on middle and North campus wished they lived on South Campus as it is entirely WAY more social and gives you the opportunity to meet people and be able to hang out with other South Campus-ers all the time.

RLAJen- Really? I heard Carmichael will be open next year...

RLAJen07 · 01-04-2008, 04:48 PM

If it is open I definitely want to live there.

I've heard a good number of raving reviews for South Campus but honestly never lived there. I live in Parker on Central campus and love the location. It's basically close to anything I need and not terribly far from classes (especially since I bike)

I can't say that I enjoy living in a suite too much and wish I would have ended up in a hall style dorm but the building itself as well as the rooms are pretty awesome. Unless you're outgoing, it can be hard to meet people in a suite style dorm. I have plenty of friends around campus but the only person I know in my suite is my roommate!

heathergee · 01-04-2008, 04:49 PM

If Carmichael is open next year, it will be absolutely impossible for freshmen to get into.

Yes, South Campus can suck without AC and a long walk, but trust me, the social experience is well worth it. Although I do have a few friends who enjoy North Campus (see cloying) the South Campus dorms are mostly freshmen and are the best way to meet people in your class.

calgar · 01-04-2008, 04:53 PM

Mmmm grumble grumble you guys are making my decision harder! What year do most people usually start wanting to move to north? Is it hard to move to north? Don't you have to give up your room before you can enter the pool? Thats kinda scary..

And darn.. no chance for carmichael..

annn · 01-04-2008, 05:03 PM

Most migrate to North campus soph year. I'm fairly certain I will be living in the Kenan Community next year

cloying · 01-04-2008, 05:43 PM

The Kenan Community is, gah, I wish I could say the s word on this forum! It is boss. Wouldn't have lived anywhere else. I get the argument for South Campus but man oh man. Kenan is the bomb. As is Grimes and dorms in that community. Knowing what I know now, I'd recontract for Kenan ten times out of ten if I had to relive my freshman year. A lot of people like Cobb, too, though I haven't been there too often.

Visit and see what you like. Definitely visit some of the Kenan dorms (Alderman, McIver, Spencer (actually Spencer isn't as nice but it has the best location), and Kenan). Old West is also cool. Man. I love North Campus.

markpterson · 01-04-2008, 05:54 PM

yeah i lived in the kenan community for project uplift and my god was my dorm nice.. thats where i plan on living.

calgar · 01-04-2008, 05:58 PM

How exactly do you visit? You need a card to get in right?

annn · 01-04-2008, 06:31 PM

Yes... but you don't NEED a card to get in, if you catch my drift. Getouttabuffalo and I one night decided to go dorm shopping... Basically, our consensus was that Cobb is by far the nicest dorm on campus followed by Kenan and Old West/Old East. Everything else on North and Middle campus is just eh.

LEDad · 01-04-2008, 06:46 PM

S lives in Cobb and really loves it. Very nice after the renovation and while on the edge of Campus still very close to everything on North Campus and Franklin Street. He enjoys the hall style and while not as many Freshman as a South campus locale he seems to have meet plenty of Freshman on North Campus and still gets down to South Campus to visit friends.

avantgarden · 01-04-2008, 10:03 PM

calgar, I am SO happy you posted this thread, as I was going to take it upon myself to do so if someone hadn't already! I am positive that I will be coming to UNC and I'm so happy to be able to take the steps towards planning my future there. As soon as I got my acceptance, housing became my biggest concern (okay, I lie, I'd been cruising the residential site for ages before that).

I have been planning on living on South Campus because even though North Campus sounds wonderful in every way, coming from out of state, I feel that the social experience for freshmen on South Campus is really important and necessary for me. I'm even looking at the long walks to classes in a positive light, because hey, at least they'll do a little something to ward off the freshman 15 - and on days that I'm feeling too blah for foot travel, I can bus it.

My biggest concern with South Campus is AC. :/ I badly want air conditioning, so I'll have to cross my fingers. And after reading RLAJen's post above, my only other concern is suite style vs hall style. I had always envisioned myself in suite, because I assumed it would automatically give me a group of buddies, but who knows how things may turn out.

Would anyone be willing to break down the buildings on South Campus for us? I'm really interested in knowing the perks of each of them, along with how they are generally regarded and why. After browsing through the housing web site, I've noticed a few in particular. Carmichael (boo for a low likelihood of freshmen living there), Morrison, and Ehringhaus South/Horton all caught my eye. I actually remember seeing Ehringhaus South and Horton in person and thinking they were cute, but they seemed really far out? The maps on the web site don't really mean much to me, haha.

Thanks for any input!

calgar · 01-04-2008, 10:24 PM

Yeah I'm pretty much torn right now. I'm weird when it comes to sleeping and can't really get a good night unless its like 65 or below so I think I would be miserable all summer in anything with no AC. They would smell a little too right? lol.. Also cloying said something about people breaking out with rashes because of the heat...

As for random tidbits about dorms, for whatever they're worth: I've been in a friends room who lives in Craige, hes on the 4th? floor and has AC. I'm not much of a fan of suites, the room was alright though. Also my sister lived in Alexander for 3 years, it was kind of quiet and anti-social, people always kept doors closed, substance free might have had something to do with that.

hahathatsfunny13 · 01-04-2008, 10:35 PM

Does anyone know if you can be guaranteed a dorm room with air conditioning if you have a doctor's note for allergies or other medical conditions? I'd like to live on South, but I can't healthily live in a room without AC.