Housing!

kelceylein · 01-10-2009, 10:38 AM

I know it's early and EA applicants don't even know if they've been accepted yet, but if you're anything like me you've been keeping your mind occupied by devouring undergrad information on the UNC website. This invariably led to the Housing page, where I was immediately overwhelmed by the options available. Has anyone else considered where they'd like to live? I visited the campus once, but I didn't tour a dorm room or even pay much attention to the various communities. What do y'all recommend?

Carolinaheel09 · 01-10-2009, 10:56 AM

from when i visited, most freshmen live in south campus, and some come with or without air conditioning. but i know that morrison has been remodeled and they are renovating some other dorms so idk.

esidng · 01-10-2009, 11:56 AM

I think that since the majority of freshman live on south campus, that would be a good bet. I toured a dorm room last time I was down there, and the one I went in was set up kind of like a suite, where in one unit, there was a hallway which led to four double rooms and one bathroom to share. I don't know if this is true for everywhere though.

egghead9033 · 01-10-2009, 04:59 PM

Suite style is found in all middle and south campus dorms, and hall style on north campus

ns347 · 01-10-2009, 07:01 PM

south campus is the way to go for freshmen and sophomores i would say.

I did it and love it...I might even do it again as a junior

skitter0538 · 01-10-2009, 08:19 PM

i've visited A LOT(live very near chapel-hill) and I have to say that the most beautiful dorms are in north campus, which makes sense, because that's where the scholarship kids live. have friends in cobb, kenan, and they have hard wood floors, new bathrooms, nice lounges, closet space, etc. middle campus dorms (old east and west) should be gorgeous when they finish remodeling

egghead9033 · 01-10-2009, 08:22 PM

old east and old west are north campus dorms. the middle campus ones are carmichael, parker, teague, and avery

ns347 · 01-10-2009, 08:41 PM

skitter what are you talking about...scholarship kids?? You must be talking about some honors housing or theme housing. I know people with Morehead's that live in ghetto dorms. One of my good friends is also on scholarship and lives on south campus.

kelceylein · 01-11-2009, 12:09 AM

Has anyone done themed housing? I might consider doing a language dorm...

mahouse2 · 01-15-2009, 08:44 AM

Just read the acceptance letter! Themed housing that sounds very interesting. I hope the South Campus renovations are close to finished. I could stand no Ac but wouldnt like it.

A.H.

skitter0538 · 01-15-2009, 09:30 PM

ns347, yea I know that not all scholarship kids have a nice room, but I have a friend who's a sophomore, in the honors program, and lives in cobb...there are lots of other hp kids on her floor...a guy friend of mine lives in joyner (but he's not on scholarship or anything, he just signed a substance-free pledge or something) and oops! old west & east are north campus, I just always think of them as middle because they're near the old well...and I always think of the old well as the center of campus....my bad

CollegeFox · 02-02-2009, 11:10 PM

Hey, i got this big packet about Granville towers housing, and I have no idea what it is. It looks like a pretty nice place, but can anyone tell me anything about it compared to other dorms?

eadad · 02-03-2009, 01:19 PM

Do NOT consider Granville if you are OOS. There's a whole group of threads from last year detailing how unhappy one person was for selecting Granville. There is one poster whose D lived in Granville and liked it but the consensus of opinion as long as I have been on CC is for OOS students to stay away from Granville for a number of reasons.

It is filled mainly by instate students, most of whom already know each other and are looking to continue their HS experience. Additionally because it is very close to the fraternity and sorority houses it is filled with instate kids who plan to go Greek.

Granville has its own required meal plan which precludes you from having meals with other friends who live in campus unless you want to pay for the meals. Lastly, once you are in the university housing system you are essentially guaranteed housing in the future.

If you start out at Granville and don't like it, there is no assurance that you can get into university housing for sophomore year, and if you are able to do so, you would be at the bottom of the priority list and would get whatever housing is not already spoken for.

UNC bought Granville Towers last year but in reviewing the Housing website it appears that they have not yet been incorporated into the university housing system so I would anticipate that nothing has changed about the character of the towers or the profile of the students living there.

flutescorpion1 · 04-12-2009, 01:50 PM

Does anyone know which dorms have sinks in the rooms? I'm a freshman and I want to live on North Campus. I know the North Campus dorms are all hall-style, but do any have sinks in the rooms? That would be helpful information.

Thanks!

egghead9033 · 04-13-2009, 08:22 AM

The only dorm I know of that has sinks in the room is McIver in the Kenan Community.