<p>max and south are pretty similar, I think if you’d be happy at either one or the other</p>
<p>as far as the small distinct differences:</p>
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<li><p>as has been mentioned before, max has suites, south has doubles. however, it should also be noteworthy that you CAN get a single as a first year in south. </p></li>
<li><p>max has a bit of a more frat/jock culture. lots of athletes choose max because it’s close to ratner, plus max is closer to a lot of frat houses. South campus is closer to AEPi (jew frat) and SigEp though, since those two frats are on 61st street. In the brief 2 years that South has been functioning, it has also somehow given rise to lots of hipsters (though there are lots of hipsters in general at UoC). Most are not as pretentious and fake as the label suggests, and dem hipsters sure know how to party. </p></li>
<li><p>south seems to have a bit more of a “house lounge” culture while max’s suites are more conducive to room hopping</p></li>
<li><p>bartlett vs. south campus dining hall: it depends who you ask</p></li>
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<p>ALSO, people, consider BJ. I lived in Max my first year and am now living off campus, but I prospied in BJ and have lots of friends from there, and it’s a pretty tight place. Gorgeous architecture, full of traditions, small(ish) houses, eccentric but nice people. i feel like BJ embodies a typical uchicago kid more than snitchcock does. If you want traditions but also a social atmosphere, consider BJ and Pierce. South and Max for the more typical college experience, and Broadview/Blackstone/Breck if you want to get further from the main campus</p>