Freshman Housing-Townhouse Community?

Grommet
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:44:34 +0000

The townhouses are a little far from campus, but it’s hardly remote. As a freshman, it’s just as close as dickson or donlon or the low and high rises. It’s directly across from RPCC, and Appel is a 5 minute walk at most. Getting to Balch, which is the all women’s dorm, from the townhouses takes all of 5-6 minutes. The only reason to concern yourself with the remoteness is if you’re a transfer (as I myself am) in which case a majority of your friends will be in collegetown or on west. However, as a freshman, every housing complex is within a 5 minute walk of one another.

The townhouses are like… well… townhouses. So you get the benefit of living in a condo basically with 4 people living in total (very few of the townhouses are 6 people). It’s nice to have the kitchen as well as a bathroom and shower that only 4 people will be using. Not to mention having a dining room/living room affords you space to have people over.

Some years and some quads within the townhouses seem to be more social than others. So you might not have the running back and forth of hallmates like in another dorm, which you can make whatever you like of it. Right now i’d say only one of the quads is exceptionally social.

I think that pretty much covers it. You have all the other goodies of other places like laundry and such.