5th Choice Freshmam Housing..

anon123456789
Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:30:01 +0000

I lived in Beaumont my freshman year, so I know all about traditional dorms. I am not going to lie, Lee is an old dorm. Lee, Rubelmann, and Beaumont are pretty much the oldest dorms on campus. That’s not to say that people living in Lee Beau don’t absolutely love it though.

I requested traditional, but I knew plenty of people who got ‘stuck’ in traditional and loved it. What you get in traditional dorms vs modern is a very close, tightly knit community instead of just a freshman floor. All freshman floors get close, but nobody else has quite the same bond as traditional kids.

The furniture is all new and your mattress will be tempur pedic, which is an advantage that traditional dorms have over most modern dorms. On top of that, Lee has a pretty good location on the South 40. It’s not far from main campus, not far from bears den, right next to where the campus circulator picks up. The Lee-Beau res college computer lab is in the basement of Lee, which is convenient.

The rooms vary in size a bit depending on where you are located, so I am not sure about your beds. I know people that did bunk in their triple and people that didn’t. There is a floor plan of Lee hall here if you want to see your room [url=Residential Life - Students]Floorplans[/url]

My sophomore year I got lucky with the housing lottery and ended up in the South 40 House, a brand new modern dorm. As someone who has experienced both modern and traditional, I can honestly say that I preferred traditional. They are perfectly good dorms, and your experience in the dorm will be driven more by the people you meet than the walls around you anyway.

I am sorry that you got your 5th choice. You probably feel like you got screwed, but you are luckier than you realize. Once school starts hopefully you will see what I mean.