Freshman Housing-Townhouse Community?

coffeeee
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:19:02 +0000

I lived in the townhouses as a freshman (I’m a senior now). I had a great time.

When I lived there there were 4 people per townhouse, aka 2 double rooms. So it isn’t the dorm experience of having a bunch of rooms in a hallway- but I think if you make an effort you can get to know your neighbors in adjacent townhouses. And make friends outside of the dorms- like meeting people in class or in clubs.

The bus (route 81) stops right outside the townhouses, and runs every 10 minutes and takes you to main campus. It runs all day M-F. It is the furthest place on North Campus to walk from, but only on average 5 minutes longer than the walk from the rest of the dorms.

Balch seemed awful to me when I visited my friends there. I wouldn’t recommend it at all.