Where are you temped?

jessiehl
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:26:02 +0000

which floors of EC are typically louder/quieter?



This is VERY generalized, and possibly out of date (I still have a lot of undergrad friends and am on campus a fair amount, but I haven’t lived in EC for over two years).

The rule of thumb for most of my undergrad career was that the even-numbered halls in the west parallel and the odd-numbered halls in the east parallel were loud, and the others were quiet. By the end of my undergrad career, 2E had become a lot more active. Still not sure it’s considered “loud”, though, just active.

Of course, this presents loud/quiet as a binary, when it is actually a spectrum. 3E had a rep as the loudest hall (I suspect that they will not be offended by my saying that :D), and 4E or 3W as the quietest. Again, this could have changed (and also, loud/quiet is only one variable among MANY in hall culture). Explore the halls yourself.



Also, for some reason, quite a few prefrosh seem to be under the impression that telling people you really really want to live in their living group and you’re absolutely sure that you have eyes for no other place will impress the upperclassmen. It doesn’t.



Yeah, I just want to stress this. There are always incoming frosh who think that they should show their love for a living group, possibly the one they are temped in, by hanging out there ALL the time, telling anyone who suggests that they should get out more that there’s no need because they couldn’t possibly choose anywhere else. They think their devotion is endearing. It isn’t, trust me. This is, in fact, a fantastic way to get a bad reputation very quickly. Upperclassmen put a lot of effort into making sure that the administration allows dorm rush and hall rush to continue to exist, because they believe in the idea of student choice in housing. They also put a lot of effort into putting on cool rush stuff for the frosh, which is pointless if the frosh aren’t exploring, or aren’t open to moving. They don’t want you sabotaging their efforts.