<p>I really like the way noir.stork classified first year dorms’ pros and cons! I enjoyed living in a first year dorm because it helped me meet people quickly, though in hindsight because there are so many people there you sort of accept lots of people as friends who you may later find you’re actually not so compatible with (happened to me). But it’s nice to have that network and the diversity of people (in many ways, including from wild partiers to people who abstain from all that). As a more introverted person, it was good for me to have that “instant” community, but to my surprise I actually didn’t have a problem having my own space at times.</p>