Dorms v. Residential Housing?

dfleish
Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:06:40 +0000

You need to fill out a small extended app for a res college, with some short essays. Res colleges often have themes and are considered “living/learning communities” (not really though). They have reps for being more community-oriented and tighter than dorms (sometimes true).

The biggest difference is in res colleges you earn points for doing things, like hosting/attending firesides, doing recycling, sending in pictures, hosting munchies, raising money for DM, etc. At the end of the year, the most points gets first pick for housing in that res college for next year. (If you live in a dorm, you are subject to the housing lottery which gives you a random number to determine when you get to pick your room.) So if you know you are living in the res college for 2 years, you can earn a lot of points and secure yourself a nice room.