Freshman Housing-Townhouse Community?

Jay1020
Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:59:11 +0000

I lived in the townhouses last semester and it was fine.

My housemates were quiet so I studied a lot and pulled off a GPA higher than I would’ve anywhere else. If you want to socialize, step out of your house and go to another. If you want to study, stay where you are–from a perspective it has an advantage over a regular dorm because I feel pressured to socialize when everyone is so close. This didn’t happen at the townhouses.

Your experience will LARGELY depend on who you live with. There’s a set of girls in Townhouse A who love each other, setup their house really nice, and seemed like a great bunch. I didn’t get too close to mine, but I was too focused on studying to care.

A huge positive that you don’t get from the other dorms: the bus pulls up right in front of the townhouses and drops you off to class every 10 minutes so I never had to walk. RPCC is right across the street and is arguably one of the best dining halls on campus. Private bathroom is a plus.

For a freshman I think I would prefer a dorm only because everyone wants to socialize and get to know one another and the best way to do that is through one of the larger dorms, but it depends on who you are.

I live in a single in Carl Becker House on West Campus, I think one of the better dorms on campus, and I seriously think it was an even trade off. I now have to walk to class, less privacy, a little harder to study, but the social life is a lot better. I know of a freshman living in the townhouses now who just joined a sorority and seems really happy.

I really wouldn’t worry about it; this is coming from a transfer student who lived in both during his first year.