Honors Housing vs. Non-Honors Housing

chesterton
Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:56:29 +0000

No need to worry. Honors housing will not guarantee that you will feel a part of the Honors College. The Honors College is so huge at Alabama, very unlike the honors programs at other schools that limit their honors colleges to a much smaller cohort of students creating a tighter community. In addition, the Honors Housing does not offer anything special to Honors College students (like quiet hours, for example, that other colleges offer in honors housing.) There is no great sense of community in the honors housing either - you will probably never get to know many of your neighbors on your same floor. So choose the housing you like best. The floorplans at Pres Village 2 and Ridgecrest South/North are very similar (Pres Village 2 is just newer.) Ridgecrest West/East have much more spacious suites. And, in addition to your friend, make sure to find the best roommates you can. It won’t matter which housing you choose if you end up with nightmares for roommates. Best of luck.