Getting top housing choices

CerebralAssassin
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:07:36 +0000

I understand your concerns and discomfort, but I think its unfounded. People label dorms as “anti-social” or as “party” dorms because its easy. Many define themselves in stark terms that overexaggerate their personality. There will be NO people who drink every day of the week. Their livers and their GPAs wouldn’t make it to Halloween. There are also NO people who lock their doors and study, sleep, go to class, or eat 24/7. Most people are somewhere in the middle, but in the varying shades of gray. Those who know they want a big-dorm atmosphere and would like to drink and party will choose Bobb or Allison. Those who know they want to be with theater majors will choose Jones etc.
Regardless of your social desires, I think any student would be nuts to pass on all of the opportunities that NU and its surrounding areas have to offer. There are shows that will impress the least-theatrically inclined, football games that will excite the least-interested, and a town that will bring out even the biggest of hermits. If you go to a speaker like Sarah Silverman or Zach Braff you are likely to be sitting in between some frat boy and a small sheepish girl who would rather spend her nights doing work and talking to friends in Starbucks (apologies if I am overly stereotyping).

I totally understand your concern, but I urge you to not judge this place until you come here. There are few people who genuinely don’t like it. Most of the discontents came here with an agenda or were bitter about something and never gave it a chance.