<p>The school my son is planning on attending has a residential community for his chosen field of Computer Science. It’s located in a certain residence hall and my son wants to be in a different residence hall (because of amenities, etc.)</p>
<p>If he chooses not to be in the CS learning community, will he feel left out of all the computer science activities? Will he miss out on forming relationships with the other CS majors? Do most people choose the learning communities when available?</p>
<p>Learning communities can be really beneficial. Last year I was in a dorm that was completely comprised of different learning communities which were organized by floor. I was on a floor that was designated for honors students of any major, so I didn’t get any major perks from that, but the kids who were on the engineering floors were always in the lounge doing their homework together and helping each other out. The same went for the people on the architecture floor. So I would say that they’re great for specific majors if you want to meet people who are interested in the same field of study as you and can help you do your homework, study, work on projects, etc. But I can’t imagine that there would be any huge drawbacks if he decided not to join the community. Not everyone in the major is going to be in the community and he can still interact with them in major-specific classes when he gets to that point.</p>
<p>It might actually expand his social opportunities. He’ll become friendly with the people in his own dorm, and because of shared classes in his major, will no doubt end up visiting and getting to know all the people on the CS floor as well. There’s probably some sort of club offered by the CS department that he should join for networking purposes as well.</p>