My housing at BU for SMG

Hanita
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:33:53 +0000

I would recommend you apply for SMG specialty housing. While it is very unlikely you would get placed in the SMG House or on the Shelton floor, you can easily apply for the SMG floor in Warren. I lived there as a freshman and it was a great experience. At first I was worried about being stuck with all-SMG kids and not meeting other people, but you’ll have plenty opportunities to make friends from other schools. What I loved about the SMG floor is that we were all in the same classes and we always did homework and test reviews together - I think it really helped me academically. You’ll get to meet tons of other SMG freshmen because they like to come and hang out on the SMG floor. Basically everyone in the freshmen class in SMG will become a friend-of-a-friend to you.

Concerning your other choices - 595 has private bathrooms, but the rooms are triples with lofted beds, which I think kind of sucks and I never liked the layout of these rooms. The elevator in that building freaks me out. But it will be right next to the new dining hall, which is pretty cool.

Shelton - not good if you’re looking for a ‘freshman experience’ since most of the people in Shelton are older. There will be some freshmen too, but you won’t generally get to know that many people on your floor.

Brownstones - depends which one you get. Some are not renovated and they’re gross. Other are super nice. If you don’t mind the ‘isolation,’ it’s a pretty sweet place to live.

Towers are kind of best of both worlds, not that loud and messy, but still pretty social.