<p>Freshman year your housing is pretty much random. The dorms are better than they were when I was a freshman, but I lived in two of the ‘bad’ ones back then and I liked it pretty well. Not having AC is a little rough the first month or so but after that it isn’t a problem, and more and more of the dorms have AC now.</p>
<p>After freshman year if you decide to stay on campus (quite a few students do for sophomore year, pretty much everyone is tired of having someone sleep in the same room as them by Junior year) you get put in a lottery. You pick what dorm you want (you can even pick the room) and if they don’t fill up before you get to your number you’re in.</p>
<p>What dorm is the ‘party dorm’ kind of changes every year based on who the RAs are and the students there. My freshman year it was Barringer and the year after it was Pritchard (back when it was all-male.) Partying in the dorms is a bad idea anyway because you can get in way more trouble getting a party with alcohol busted in the dorms than if you’re off campus. Having a couple friends pregaming is one thing but if it gets to the point where anyone can hear you from the hall things could go south quickly. Just do your partying off campus and save yourself a lot of headache.</p>