Residential Colleges at Ole Miss

filius1
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:19:48 +0000

Nerdyparent:

My son ended up applying to the RC South for his sophomore year. I haven’t seen the place myself, but evidently it has a dining hall and computer lab in the building, both of which have been convenient for him. The requirements have not been onerous so far. They do tend to push social events and activities, and they have some kind of a “floor competition”, where the floor that participates in the most activities wins, or something like that. This may put a little bit of pressure on the students to do things that they otherwise might not care to do.

In my case I was glad, because my son is a nerdy type lacking social skills, and they have a couple of activities that were right up his alley: An Anime Club and a Japanese Language Table, where you eat dinner with other people who either speak or are studying Japanese. (They have Language Tables for other languages as well.) This at least gives him a chance to meet people while doing something that he has an interest in, and earns credit for his floor.