<p>hey…
what would be the best dorms for a poli sci major? (as in close to the department to avoid long walks in the wind across campus)</p>
<p>South Campus</p>
<p>Dorms don’t matter unless you’re theater, Medill, or music, and even then it’s not the biggest deal. Classes are generally scattered except for those majors. Odds are most poli sci classes will be down south but you will still have OTHER classes to consider, as well as discussion sections and classes that will be in Tech and Annenberg. This shouldn’t be a driving factor in your decision.</p>
<p>Why do you say dorms don’t matter unless you are theatre? What do you suggest for theatre major (assuming we don’t want Jones)?</p>
<p>I only say that because theater classes are almost exclusively south campus, and because most theater majors live down south in dorms like Jones and Chapin. Again, not the biggest deal, just a trend.</p>
<p>Oh I undesrtand. I thought you meant because it was something about the actual dorms…
Could you by any chance tell me how this list sounds for a theatre major?
1)Willard
2/3) Shepard/Allison (not sure which one I will preference higher
4)?
5) Jones</p>
<p>I mean, they’re all south and plenty of theater majors live in those, so I’d say you’re fine. Make sure you want Jones if you put it though because you’re probably most likely to get that one. I don’t know if this still true, but my freshman year I know 3 people who lived there who had it ranked as #5.</p>
<p>dfleish, what’s a good dorm for a SESP student? I am not opposed to drinking although I am not interested in it myself. I am very social and like to laugh and have fun. </p>
<p>I think SESP is the perfect fit for me in terms of my interests and personality-type. You said you are in SESP so maybe you’d have some particular insights when it comes to the dorms.</p>
<p>I haven’t decided about a suite or a single roommate (that’s what I’ve pictured, but am open). I don’t think I’m interested in a res. situation, but I don’t know why. </p>
<p>I have no idea what to list and figure Annenberg isn’t really “near” any dorms so I want to find the best fit for the kind of person I am. I want to meet a lot of nice people and have a great time in meaningful ways if you can follow that. I’d appreciate your thoughts (or anyone’s).</p>
<p>When do we have to give our list of preferences to NU anyway?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>thanks…i had no idea about the info behind housing so this helps.</p>
<p>SESP has no correlation with dorms. Most classes are in Annenberg which is decidedly mid-campus, and you will take enough variety of classes that campus location and the types people around you will not matter very much.</p>
<p>Rooming is done in a while, like over the summer- don’t worry, you’ll be notified. A lot of the dorms with suite setups still have roommates (like 6 rooms in a suite, each room with 2 people) so don’t consider those things mutually exclusive. The most social dorms, drinking and otherwise, are Allison, Willard, Bobb, and Elder, I think.</p>
<p>Sargent is a pretty social dorm as well. Almost all the dorms on North Campus (Elder, Bobb, Sargent, etc.) are social/party dorms mainly because it’s right next to the frats. the closest dorm to annenberg would be the foster-walker complex, but very few, if any freshman are allowed to live there because it only has singles. there’s more about housing on the nu website and you’ll get packets and forms over the summer. make sure you do your housing form though if you want to live in a residential college (ie willard, isrc, crc, slivka, etc.) because you’ll be in another dorm if you don’t do it.</p>
<p>i haven’t read all the responses but generally think about this:</p>
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<li>northwestern has a large core requirement, many of your classes are going to be scattered around campus, especially in the first year, however most of them will be on south campus, so a dorm down there would help you avoid more, longer walks</li>
<li>living on south campus will be an impediment to you if you are considering joining a fraternity. Most people tour fraternities with kids from their floor and the majority of the fratty types, who would be interested in this kind of thing, live on north campus. It’s also much easier access to the fraternities if you live on north campus; it’s not a long walk.</li>
<li>The food is much better/more available on south campus but i suppose this doesn’t really matter a whole lot</li>
<li>if you are very social and like to drink/go out/hang out a lot you will find many more like-minded people on north campus.</li>
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