<p>Okay, before someone says there’s a thread with literally the same question, I’ve read it, but instead of reviving an old one, I’d rather just start a fresh one. Anyway, I was accepted to CAS Honors, giving me priority at the Medeiros (honors) dorms. I noticed a decent amount of people on CC got accepted to Honors, so my question for anyone that may know, are the honors kids in the honors dorms a tad bit isolated from the majority of the campus? I’ve heard they are really tight knit community, but do a good amount of the kids go out looking for a party? I’ve read of honors kids happy that they stayed out of Medeiros and kids that say Medeiros can be just as open. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Personal opinion will vary just like it will for most everything else. But, Medeiros is not social suicide and is completely integrated physically and socially with the rest of the freshman dorms in Upper. You WILL find a relatively more academically driven group of students living there, however.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you. As much as people I’ve talked to have said it doesn’t reaally make a difference, I got a different impression when I visited. The regular dorms are traditionally built, aka a long hall with 30 rooms. At medeiros it’s like a townhouse: up a floor, two rooms, up a floor, two rooms. By structure alone I would say normal dorms have a much more social environment. However, it’s easy to see how the medeiros kids are so tightly knit because there’s only 4 kids per floor. Also, when I visited, the girls in the normal dorms were MUCH friendlier than honors…but that was just a single impression.</p>
<p>I think I’m leaning towards normal dorms right now, even if I get stuck on newton.</p>
<p>I have a few thoughts. No, I don’t think Medeiros is “social suicide”, but if you live there, you will become closer friends with the other people living there because that’s just how it works wherever you live. Not everyone living in Medeiros is even in Honors. I’m sure if you live in Medeiros, most of your friends (*initially…it’s very common for your “first friends” to change because you realize that just because you live by someone doesn’t mean you have much in common!) will most likely tend to be in honors; if that bothers you, then don’t live there. </p>
<p>Honestly, the honors kids aren’t like nerds or anything. You’re just as likely to find “nerds” or “geeks” or whatever you want to call them in the non-honors population. It’s not as if the non-honors students are UMiami students and the honors kids are MIT students, if you get what I’m trying to say…After all, almost all BC students were “honors students” in high school. </p>
<p>Also, I disagree about finding more academically driven students in Medeiros. Who at BC isn’t academically driven? I know non-honors students who are more academically driven and outperform honors students in classes. But I digress…the point is, you can’t go wrong in choosing honors housing or not.</p>
<p>My son is deciding about the honors dorm also. He does not have the option listed on his res life form even though he is in the honors program. Is honors dorms listed right now on your res life form?</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback everyone. Beach17, I don’t think I got a res life form actually…Was it supposed to come with the acceptance packet?</p>
<p>Well, that is probably true on a person by person basis. But, it is undeniable that Medeiros residents spend more times in the books as a whole. I happen to know quite a few Honors kids.</p>
<p>The res life form is in your agora portal. There are many tabs and one is the res life form which is what you fill out for your housing choices. My sons does not have honors housing listed in the special interest housing section even though he is in the honors program. No one can really give me a straight answer to why this is. Just curious if you have that in your form.</p>
<p>I’m actually a junior at Cornell right now but I transferred out of BC after my freshman year. I was in the honors program and decided to live in Medeiros (big mistake and one of the main reasons why I decided to transfer). Medeiros is definitely risky - you live with a dozen or so students in each block of the building and this can be hit or miss. It’s probably easier to become close with a few students (unless you don’t like those living in your block) but it was hard (for me at least) to branch out and meet other freshmen living in regular housing. I didn’t like my freshman year at BC because I felt socially restricted due to my living situation (everything else was great). I also know that I wasn’t the only student who felt this way - my best friend at BC hated living in Medeiros and I know four other Medeiros students who ended up transferring out of BC partially because they weren’t happy socially. BC is a great place, but I definitely wouldn’t recommend honors housing. Obviously, some people love it but it isn’t for everyone…</p>
<p>Wow, thanks very much for the insight nesh. I’ll definitely take that into consideration.</p>