Iowa ousing Deposit?

beastman
Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:24:01 +0000

Her honors dorm option would be Daum which is not a new dorm but is centrally located and adjacent to the Blank Honors Center (which houses the honors program, its advisors and other cool resources like lounges and computer labs just for honors students).

If she’s a business student the logical LLC choice apart from the honors dorm would be BizHawks, the LLC for business students. It exists in 4 different dorms and is explained in detail here: http://housing.uiowa.edu/living-learning-communities/bizhawks. Of these I recommend Currier as it is on the side of the river where she’d have 90% of her classes. Hillcrest and Quadrangle are on the other side, and Mayflower is completely separated from the rest of campus for reasons which I cannot imagine.

Note that this LLC not only places students on the same floor in a given dorm but it also can enroll them together in a number of first-year courses, which is a huge help in making a big school like Iowa manageable for a freshman. Even if she has two classes in common with a handful of other students (who live on her floor) it is a huge leap towards her feeling comfortable and happy on campus.

As a parent like yourself I strongly recommend you look at these options. The value of hearing your kid tell you, on about Oct 1 of their freshman year, that they are having a great time and have a group of friends whom they also study with is about $1 million. On the other hand, hearing them crying that they are lonely and don’t know anyone is devastating, and at that point there will only so much you can do to help them facilitate change. Additionally, the LLC would provide a nice balance to Greek life.