<p>Is there a website somewhere with an overview of the “atmosphere” of each dorm? I can go to the NU website to see amentities and whatever, but I’d like an brief, honest rundown of what each dorm is like. In my limited research so far, it seems like Bobb is a party dorm, Foster-Walker is boring, and Allison is a nice midpoint between these two. What about the others?</p>
<p>Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>You can’t live in Foster-Walker next year. </p>
<p>See any of the other million dorm threads for a run-down!</p>
<p>Here’s a link for the ASG dorm testimonials and evaluations from 2002-03</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.asg.northwestern.edu/services/dtecs/browse.php[/url]”>http://www.asg.northwestern.edu/services/dtecs/browse.php</a></p>
<p>Thanks, great site.</p>
<p>the room testimonials are highly inaccurate. i was told that last year as an entering freshman, and this year I can personally vouch for their inaccuracy.</p>
<p>my opinion is that if you purely listen to rumors, gross generalizations, and outdated testimonials, you’re really going to missing out on what might actually be really great dorms. also, each type of dorm is not for everybody - what some see as boring, others might see as peaceful and quiet…and others still might disagree completely. however, i do understand your position, not knowing how dorms are. just try the best you can to get a well-rounded view of each dorm…not all the things you hear about them are completely true, but indeed, they may have some truth behind them.</p>
<p>neom3x11 is 100% right!</p>
<p>what exactly is a suite, like the ones at kemper, and can freshman get them?</p>
<p>A suite is when there are a bunch of rooms “connected” by a commonroom. Maybe 6 or 7 rooms in close proximity- sometimes singles, sometimes doubles, that all open up into a commonroom with a sitting area, often one bathoom per suite, that kinda thing. So you go through a door to get to the commonroom and then there are a bunch of doors into the individual rooms. CRC is suite-style and lots of freshmen live there. I believe 1835 Hinman is as well. Kemper is not open to freshmen.</p>
<p>can a biological sciences major get a room at communications residential coll?</p>
<p>Does anyone know whether it’s true that they have problems with mice in Allison?</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Anyone can get a room anywhere. The only restrictions are dorms reserved for upperclassmen (Kemper, Plex) and freshmen (Elder), plus the all-girls dorms (Rogers House). </p></li>
<li><p>Not true.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>great. thanks. with that, i was wondering what people think/thought of CRC and whether the singles in the suites are too small.</p>
<p>i don’t need much room, but a closet sized dorm like the one i stayed in at cornell last summer with decaying furniture (desk) will not cut it. I’m fairly social and looking for a good time but needing a quiet space to study most of the time is my main requisite. i want a room that i can always operate in any hour of the day- i am bothered by noise, especially loud drunkeness/screaming/etc (which, i guess from what i’ve read on here, rules out Bobb). </p>
<p>IF anyone has any advice, that would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>Everyone I know in CRC loves it- probably one of the tightest dorm communities on campus- but dang, they’re probably some of the smallest rooms, too. My friend from CRC was blown away when she saw a Willard room in comparison. It’s a bit of a trade off, do with it what you will!</p>
<p>PS: if you want to be able to study IN YOUR ROOM, ANY TIME OF DAY you feel like it, live in Slivka or PARC or something. I mean, dorms are dorms, and it’s simply hard to get work done in any of the moderately social dorms. I’ve studied in CRC, in Willard, in Allison, in Bobb- it’s noisy. Many college students live there and want to have fun. Willard has a study lounge that works well, I think many dorms do, but in your ROOM? Probably not. You should rethink this if you want a “social” dorm.</p>
<p>I’ve almost never had trouble studying in my room (in Willard) because of noise. Usually when it’s really noisy it’s at a time when I wouldn’t be studying anyway. It is, however, hard for me to study in a social dorm because all my friends are around, and I’d much rather hang out with them.</p>
<p>the problem is i really prefer (or require) a single. i’ve heard that singles are hard to come by for freshmen, and that suites provide singles (albeit VERY small ones), but my greatest concern above all else is that i want a single. I’m friendly and social but living with someone is not an option really- being a neat freak and nearly obsessive about organization is an issue as well— even a poster on a wall bugs me! </p>
<p>socially, i like to have fun but being a converted muslim, i’m disallowed from the use of alcohol and drugs as well as from the act of premarital sex, etc, and so this kind of social atmosphere is not a criteria in my own personal dorm life anyways. </p>
<p>i would like some advice as to how i can be assured that i will get a single- on the main premise of privacy, personal living style, study habits, and preference, and on the other important premise of religion. thanks.</p>
<p>dfleish, are you saying if I am in my room studying like 70% of the time and I live in a “social” dorm I will be perceived as a nerd and anti-social?</p>
<p>I am considering Slivkah and Shepard right now as my top choices, but I am not sure about Slivkah because sometimes I hear people think you’re anti-social if you live there. Also, I was leaning towards shepard until now when you said it is hard to study in my room. I know I definitely want to live in a residential college because of the community…It’s just hard choosing.</p>
<p>I will be majoring in chemistry with a minor in the humantiies. Do you have any suggestions?</p>
<p>It’s not too bad studying in Shepard (that’s where I live currently)… it’s a social dorm but not a party-scene dorm, if you know what i mean.</p>
<p>As for studying, people do study groups in here pretty often. Heck, just last night, even though we’re mostly liberal-arts students in here, a bunch of the engineers got together here on the first floor and went through their problem sets together to get it done (apparently it was a pretty hard one).</p>
<p>Slivka, due to the enclosed-suite-style layout, generally inhibits social activities more so than a normal dorm or an open-suite layout (e.g. 1835 Hinman’s suites, where it’s basically like a normal dorm except with common rooms). Slivka’s suites all have doors, which are not allowed to be propped open due to fire hazards, so other than the three or four other people in your suite, you don’t see others that often. The most social people in Slivka (although I realize the redundancy of this statement as I type it) choose often to go outside of Slivka’s mainly engineering population to find friends to hang out with…</p>
<p>Shepard’s got a relatively small science-based major population, but it’s huge compared to Slivka’s puny humanities-major population. In any event, I’m friends with all the people who are going to be CAs in Shepard and Slivka… they’re really cool people. =D</p>
<p>Alright man this sounds pretty good. If I’m going to be hanging out with 4 people that is pretty lame. I think I will apply for Shepard as #1.</p>