<p>Breezier, I came to ask about housing deposits too. Great minds? 
Dean J, glad you answered the question- many thanks.</p>
<p>What dorm is the best?</p>
<p>It doesn’t really matter considering you get almost no choice…</p>
<p>What used to happen is that students would self-segregate based upon dorm choices - engineers would pick one set of dorms, etc. The U. decided they wanted everyone more integrated, so they assign dorms randomly (unless you are Echols or Watson Scholars who are placed together in one of the newest residence halls). You can pick you own roommate, so start socializing on facebook with other accepted students.</p>
<p>In my opinion I think old dorms are the best. You get hall style and it seems to me that hall is better because there are alot of you, as in a suite you get like 6 people. I am in Kent in old dorms and have become soo close to some of my hall mates. Plus, a lot of classes are in the chem building and if you have class at 10am in the chem building you can get out of bed at 950 and you will be there on time. However, there is no air condition. Though it has not really been a problem for me. I guess it is really up to you but I highly reccommend old dorms.</p>
<p>Everyone swears that where they lived is the best place to live.</p>
<p>It’s irrelevant. You don’t get to pick between old and new. You’ll make friends no matter where you live. :)</p>
<p>Echo Dean J… Wherever you live, you will decide it is best. I loved the old dorms, hall-style living because I did think it opened up meeting a lot more people. There were roughly 24 of us on either side of a shared bathroom area (it was plenty big). 48 people you are going to meet on one floor… Suites have other advantages. If you are open and friendly you will meet plenty of people at UVA though, without any doubt. No AC is no fun, but only for a couple of weeks, so its not a big deal. Fans are critical then though!</p>
<p>anybody know about the “early admitted student days” in february? i got an email but the days are all fridays and i don’t want to miss any school..</p>
<p>parklife - The traditional admitted students days held for students admitted through regular decision, Days on the Lawn, are held later in the spring (March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 19, & 20) and may coincide with your spring break. Check out everything there is to know about Days On the Lawn here:</p>
<p>[Days</a> on the Lawn at the University of Virginia](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/lawndays/]Days”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/lawndays/)</p>
<p>Once you pick an accepted student day, register as early as practical and make any hotel reservations right away. Some of the dates fill up and the hotels in Cville also fill up on those days. One alternative location for hotels is Waynesboro, which has many hotels about 20 minutes west along I-64. When there is heavy traffic, on some days it may be faster to drive to Waynesboro than to sit in traffic while driving back and forth to a Cville area hotel that is on Route 29 north. </p>
<p>I assume you will also receive information about overnight visits in residence halls for accepted students. Ideally, you would try to schedule that visit on the same night as an accepted student day, if you don’t want to make an extra trip. </p>
<p>(When I was at UVa, we had a high school student stay in our dorm who had a very disagreeable personality. He spent most of him time saying “No, I’m from MorrisVILLE not Morristown!” I think some people tried to convince him to pick a different college).</p>
<p>charlie - Great advise on getting a hotel early. There are links to the Monroe Society that offer the overnight visits, as well as local hotels, on the DOTL webpage.</p>
<p>thanks fellas
i’ll be sure to go to the Days on the Lawn and book a hotel the night before.
thanks again!</p>
<p>hey guys I wanted to ask about the food.</p>
<p>Whenever you eat do you have to pay in cash right after eating every time, or is the cost automatically deducted from your account or something?
and do you get to eat as much as you want in any meal? and is there variety if there’s something you don’t like?
Well these Q’s matter to me cause I eat a lot</p>
<p>As a first year student you’ll have the choice of several different meal plans (and are required to have one). They all cost the same amount. There’s an unlimited, a 15/week, and 13/week. The meal swipes can be used at any of the unlimited dining halls (O’Hill, Newcomb, Runk), or for meal exchange at a few of the specialty dining places across grounds (there’s a list of the things you can use it for online). Each plan also comes with varying amounts of 'Plus $‘s’ (more for the 13, less for the unlimited) that can be used at any of the dining places on grounds such as the Castle, the Pav, etc. to get things when you don’t want a larger meal or want variety from the all you can eat. You can add money at any time to the Plus $s, however you can also use Cav Advantage $ the same way (also loaded on your Student ID card). We added money here as Cav Advantage can be used for the laundry machines, copiers, at the bookstore, etc, but most importantly it does not expire. Your Plus $'s will roll over from fall to spring semester, however you will loose them at the end of the spring term. If you do not select a plan they will default you to 15/week, however you can change this within a certain time period. Within the semester you can always go UP, however you can not drop down. Most first year students eat a lot at O’Hill due to it’s proximity to first year dorms. This is a very basic overview. The website has menu links to all the dining options on grounds which should give you an idea of the variety of options available at the all you can eat places. Some things change day to day, but some are going to remain fairly constant. I hope this helps!! There’s also so many great options for amazing food in Charlottesville, many right on the Corner or Downtown Mall if you are having a craving for something different. :)</p>
<p>[Welcome</a> to CampusDish at University of Virginia!](<a href=“http://www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSMA/Virginia/DiningPlans/DiningPlanOptions.htm]Welcome”>http://www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSMA/Virginia/DiningPlans/DiningPlanOptions.htm)</p>
<p>The only exception to this is going to be options for varsity athletes (NCAA), which is shown online, however their coaches will probably have covered this with them.</p>
<p>Wow thanks so much! I also have to ask a bit more.
Well its about religious food I’m a Muslim and we only eat certain types of meat (similar in concept to kosher which Jews eat) and we cant have pork and a few other things. But we have no restrictions on fruits and veggies and seafood and dairy products.
So is there like a separate thing for us students, if you know, like maybe a dining hall that serves food that is lawful for us or something? I mean because it’ll be a little hard for us otherwise</p>
<p>Well the website says there is an option for kosher dining though I’m not entirely sure if I can have that either. Ill have to find out. What I’m hoping for is Halal food</p>
<p>There is a large variety at the dining halls, there is always a salad bar, sandwich station, waffle maker, etc. One of my friends kept kosher and he usually got sandwiches, that was their idea of making kosher food for him. You could contact dining services and ask them what options they have for you, but there really is a large variety. There is usually cheese pizza as well, nachos (could get with no meat), etc. There are 10-20 choices for each lunch all in stations around the dining hall, so you would not need to get something that you could not eat.</p>
<p>alright thats cool. and also what about residence, when exactly do we submit our applications for housing, and about how many students get to live with their requested roommates?</p>
<p>Housing application dates will be sent out with your welcome packet. Roommate requests are easy for them to do for first year, it’s when you have a roommate request (usually multiple roommates) and a building request (only upperclassmen can do those things) that things get tricky.</p>
<p>oh ok and what if someone gets sick, they can go to any nurses office right? what will it usually cost, and are students there required to take medical insurance, and does the financial aid package cover that?</p>
<p>lets say I was accepted and got a good financial package and plan on attending (which happens to be the case) what would my next steps be? is it necessary to attend some orientation or something or attend days on the lawn, because I amn’t in the States right now and wont be for a few months.
so what should I look at first, housing, dining, registering for classes or what?</p>