Where are you temped?

Star_1
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:17:12 +0000

Piper’s right, it just drives us crazy. I don’t care if you know you love a dorm, do us all a favor and CHECK OUT EVERY DORM! There might just be a dorm that you love even more, and if not, at least you’ll be sure. Nothing sucks more than getting a prefrosh who KNEW THEY LOVED THEIR TEMPT DORM, only to realize during the year that they would’ve been happier somewhere else.

Also, talking to upperclassmen is really important during this process. A lot of the dorms are slightly exaggerated during rush (for instance, EC doesn’t always have crazy parties / roller coasters in the courtyard), so just wandering around yourself is often not enough to get a good sense of a dorm. This is especially true about volume level / social level you see during rush.

A good idea is to figure out before-hand what’s important to you in a living group, and ask upperclassmen specific questions to help figure out if you’d be happy there all year. Also, just get to know people and see if you could see yourself becoming good friends with them.