<p>Which are the best dorms (and why!) and can you even choose which dorms you want when applying for housing? If not, what kind of choices do they give you on the Hosuing application?</p>
<p>Number of Dorms:
11</p>
<p>Number of University-Owned Apartments:
9</p>
<p>Freshmen on Campus:
95% (A 2002 policy made it mandatory that all freshmen live on campus, with a few exceptions.)</p>
<p>Undergrads on Campus:
42%</p>
<p>Dormitories:</p>
<p>Ashton
Floors: Eight 4-story buildings
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Single, suites
Special Features: Academic support center, music practice room, MMM (Movies, Music & Moreaudiovisual center for students to rent games, music, and movies)</p>
<p>Briscoe
Floors: Two 11-story towers
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single, suites
Special Features: Academic support center, music practice rooms</p>
<p>Collins
Floors: Three 4-story buildings
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single, suites, two-room suites
Special Features: Dining hall, pottery studio, darkroom, video editing equipment, library, music practice room</p>
<p>Eigenmann
Floors: Fourteen
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single, large single, and suites
Special Features: Air-conditioning, Eigenmann Eatery, game room, library, wall-to-wall carpeting</p>
<p>Forest
Floors: Two 11-story towers
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single, large single, suites
Special Features: ATM, music practice room, academic support center, exercise room, MMM</p>
<p>Foster
Floors: Five separate residential buildings
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single
Special Features: ATM, air- conditioning, food court, wall-to-wall carpeting</p>
<p>McNutt
Floors: Six separate 4- and 5-story buildings
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single, and triple
Special Features: ATM, convenience store, air-conditioning, neighborhood advising office, music practice room</p>
<p>Read
Floors: Five
Bathrooms: Some double rooms have private half-baths, and most rooms share a half bath with another room.
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single, large double
Special Features: ATM, dance and music practice rooms, dining hall, MMM, Starbucks</p>
<p>Teter
Floors: Two 5-story buildings
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single
Special Features: ATM, air-conditioning, music practice room, neighborhood library</p>
<p>Willkie
Floors: Two separate 11-story towers
Bathrooms: Private, share with one other room
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: Air-conditioning, auditorium, library, convenience store, floor presidents in place of resident assistants, music practice rooms.</p>
<p>Wright
Floors: Eighteen connected living units
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Double, single, suites
Special Features: ATM, convenience store, food court, music practice room, visual arts studio, wall-to-wall carpeting, MMM</p>
<p>Room Types
Students are housed in single, double, or suite-style rooms. Single rooms are just thatone room for you alone. Bathrooms are communal, with at least two on each floor. Double rooms are for two students, larger than single rooms, and have the same bathroom arrangements. Suite-style rooms consist of two separate rooms (single or double) connected by a bathroom.</p>
<p>Best and Worst Dorms
Typically, the more social dorms are Briscoe, Foster, and McNutt; a lot of pre-Greek freshman live there. Collins is the eclectic dorm, sometimes known as the hippie dorm, with a variety of interesting residents. If youre looking for a quiet environment, Ashton, Eigenmann, and Forest are good choices. Read is home to a lot of music students and probably has the best location. Willkie is the newest and cleanest of the dorms and consists of single room suites, which may be the best way to go on campus.</p>
<p>Bed Type
Twin extra-long, mostly modular; otherwise, lofts are available.</p>
<p>Available for Rent
Microwaves, fridges, lofts</p>
<p>Cleaning Service?
In public areas, and in Willkie rooms for an additional fee.</p>
<p>You Get
Bed, dresser, desk, chair, window, blinds, closet, bookshelf (in some dorms), and phone and Ethernet ports. All residents get free access to IUs movie channel along with cable.</p>
<p>Also Available
Smoke-free dorms, handicapped-accessible rooms, alcohol-free dorms</p>
<p>One additional note to that very complete summary of dorms: Freshmen do not get to choose actual dorm, unless they choose a theme dorm. They only get to choose neighborhood, such as SE, NW, etc.</p>
<p>If Freshman get to choose a neighborhood, which one is the best (and why)?</p>
<p>What is a a theme dorm?</p>
<p>The information you receive when admitted should discuss various types of theme dorms. My son was in the Honors dorm freshman year; that is one type. There are dorms based on different interest areas or majors. I don’t know the list, but there should be one available somewhere, perhaps even online.</p>
<p>Which neighborhood you choose depends upon your interests. NW is the neighborhood including McNutt and is often chosen by freshmen who like to party. SE is often chosen by music majors, since it is close to the music school. You may want to look at a map and see where you expect to be taking a majority of your classes and try to get close to that area. (Business majors often try for Central or NW, I have heard.) Others can probably tell you more.</p>
<p>There was a link posted on these boards in the past ( <a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~cso/ai.html[/url]”>http://www.indiana.edu/~cso/ai.html</a> ) that contains a discription of each of the dorms. Although, for all I know, it may be a little out of date.</p>
<p>I have friends who live in all 3 neighborhoods. Northwest is the party neighborhood so if you’re into that I guess live there…but the location is terrible…it is so much walking and just an extra hassle.
Southeast like you guys said is more of the music majors/artsy types so if you’re majoring in music it’s probably a good place for you to meet people. I live in the Central neighborhood (Wright) which in my opinion is the best place to live if you are not a hardcore partier or music major just because there are all kinds of people living here, and the location is great so nothing is too far. I live in a double but if I could go back and fill out my housing app all over again I would’ve requested a single in Ashton. I have lots of friends there and despite living in a single they have still been able to meet people and what not. In fact, often times your roommate that you’re paired up with won’t even end up being one of your closest friends anyway so yeah if you’re someone who likes the least bit of privacy…I’d recommend getting a single. Also if you can’t work with a lot of distractions (ie music, people talking on the phone, other people in the room) then a single is good because you can actually study in your room. I have to resort to going to the library a lot for some peace and quiet (nothing wrong with that, just saying). But in general, the central neighborhood is a nice place to live.
Hope I could help a little!</p>