<p>Thank you, thank you Oregonian mom! We will check into it…</p>
<p>Can you request more than one roommate?</p>
<p>You can if you are going to be in an apartment. As a freshman, no, I don’t think you can. (I supposed if 3 of you wanted to VOLUNTEER to be in a triple, you could contact ResLife by phone at the beginning of the summer and ask…)</p>
<p>I was just wondering what the main freshmen dorms are for students who aren’t scholars or in the honors program. It would be much appreciated and I’m planning to major in journalism if that makes any difference on which residence hall would be best for me.</p>
<p>Can’t say I know the ‘freshmen dorms’ but the main ones consist of Easton, Denton, Elkton, Ellicott, La Plata, and Hagerstown. There are sophomores and juniors I’m sure though.</p>
<p>As for dorming while majoring in Journalism, my friend ended up in Wicomico-area.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you can request more than one roommate and they’re(reslife) more happy to hear that than just one roommate. However, not all requests are 100%. Plus, living with more than one roommate is cheaper, room’s bigger, and you meet ‘more’ people.</p>
<p>How does one get into the dorms with private bathrooms/suite styling? Do you pay more? How often are freshmen in the nicer dorms? (I noticed that most of the nicer dorms said freshmen and upperclassmen.)</p>
<p>bugaboo,</p>
<p>DS requested Queen Anne or Anne Arundel instead of Denton for a couple of reasons and was given Queen Anne with a bathroom. We do not pay more for it (he’s on scholarship). There are between 15 and 20, possibly more freshman in that dorm with upperclassmen. They are all Honors though. Talk to reslife.</p>
<p>Two questions:</p>
<p>Is LaPlata a dorm which would have a fair amount of freshman in it?</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>Do any dorms have first floor rooms, or are the first floors reserved for office space/study lounges/etc.?</p>
<p>Not sure about the first floor rooms…my guess would be yes…some do…because I have an image in my head of walking past people’s windows and thinking “must be weird to have a window this close to the ground…and loud”, but I always lived on floors 7+ 
So even my social contacts spanned only as low as 5…haha.</p>
<p>In terms of La Plata having a fair amount of freshmen in it, I would say no, it does not. La Plata is almost exclusively sophomores in my experience. Some freshmen must be put it who requested air conditioning for whatever medical reason, but my entire floor was sophomores when I lived there (as a sophomore).</p>
<p>Every dorm will have 1st floor rooms available. I know at Centreville, that is where they also had the RD (RA = floor…RD, building).</p>
<p>umcp brings a very VALID POINT…WHY? Not only may you hear vomiting every friday/saturday night out your window, but the majority of these dorms have large lounge areas on top of the fact that every student that needs to get to floors 2-8 will be on your floor. Not saying take floor 8 (TRUST ME MOVING DS INTO AND OUT OF FLOOR 7 WAS A BEEAACCHH, but I am saying it is not the best move.</p>
<p>UMCP a collegeconfidential help to make the stick out the tongue it is not colon CAPITAL P, but colon small p if you want the shocked eye eek look it is the colon sign, type eek, colon sign again —no spaces :eek:</p>
<p>B&P…for some reason son’s allergist’s letter says ground floor preferred, although she may mean just not below ground (which she also put). I have to check with her as I don’t really get why ground floor is any better than upper floor from an allergy standpoint.</p>
<p>3rd floor is the best. my 2 cents.</p>
<p>Lol old thread but thanks bullet 
for the smilie face help.</p>
<p>Also 3rd floor is totally the worst! It is kinda borderline too low to punch in the elevator when people are going to 8 haha…yet it’s also a trek up all those stairs.</p>
<p>For that reason I recommend 2 (only one flight) or 4 (more solidly socially acceptable to take the elevator).</p>
<p>Okay so I’m an incoming non-Honors freshman, and I’m completely clueless as to where to live Fall 2010. Can someone tell me what the best (fun, clean, good quality, etc.) dorms are? Thank you!</p>
<p>You most likely will be placed in one of the high rises. You really don’t get much choice as a freshman. It will probably be in a high rise and without air conditioning. Look for sales on small fans this summer. Check out this thread (it was down on page 4 of the UMD threads)</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-maryland-college-park/874989-dorms-specifically-freshman.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-maryland-college-park/874989-dorms-specifically-freshman.html</a></p>
<p>I am not sure that I want to go to UMD but I want to reserve housing in case I do go. Do I have to confirm enrollment to the school before choosing housing options?</p>
<p>There really aren’t many housing options. The roommate survey consists of: Do you smoke, would you object to a roommate who smokes, would others consider you neat, will your room be your primary place to study.
You really don’t get to choose anything as a freshman.</p>
<p>My own question, I guess it fits in here, and I don’t feel like making a thread:
Does anyone (sophomore or above I’m guessing) know how to tell on the floor layout posted whether a room is a single, double, or triple?
I’m trying to plan my room request for next year, but I’m switching units so I can’t see how you select rooms yet.
Also how’s a priority number of 850? It’s by far the best of any of my friends, but how are my chances of getting a single?</p>
<p>850 is good. If you’re trying to get a single (vs. a suite or apartment), I’d say you have a fairly good chance, based on what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>gina your priority number is awesome. mine is 2600 something lol
think I can get a single in a suite? I live in a suite right now but I’m pretty sure out I’m moving to a different building.</p>