Lehigh University Housing

NewDivide
Wed, 17 Dec 2014 06:21:14 +0000

Freshman MechE here. First off, congrats. You’re going to love Lehigh and the engineering school. Who you room with your first year is pretty simple: you either submit a name of someone you want to room with or let administration randomly select one for you based on a short survey. Admissions will also eventually e-mail you a link to a popular Facebook app called RoomSync which allows students to find other similar kids for potential roommates, but don’t worry about that too much yet.

Where you and your new roommate live is almost entirely random if you don’t request special housing. There are all types of unique residential communities so pursue those if you find something interesting. The majority of people choose normal housing in one of the five main complexes. Most info about on-campus residences can be found here:
http://www4.lehigh.edu/housing/residencehalls/firstyear

Housing is not done by major, but by first or second year students. There are specific buildings for freshmen and sophomores, since you are guaranteed housing on campus for those years. In my experience, most of the freshman buildings are the same. There are no particular reputations and hardly any differences except for minor variance in room size, layout, and location on campus. The two main food halls, Rathbone and Lower Cort, are separate from residence halls and fairly centrally localized. There are many places to get food especially just off the edge of campus, but you’ll eat most of your meals at those two places. They are both cool buildings with plenty of meal options of desserts. You can learn all about them here: http://www4.lehigh.edu/studentlife/dining/dining.aspx