Which dorm would you choose?

RoxSox
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:38:31 +0000

I think the whole social = partying thing is specific to certain kinds of schools. I go to UW-Madison, as does baumann. Here, the word “social” DOES mean partying. It’s a literal euphemism. You kind of do have to decide between party dorms and antisocial dorms. For our school, baumann is completely right. This may not be the case at your school, and that’s fine. I think you can generalize that if you don’t go to a party school there will be dorms that are social but not partying. Here, it’s kind of polarized in all honesty, which bothers some people but not others.

And while the whole “no one will judge you if you don’t party/drink/do drugs/etc” thing is mostly true, the culture in which you start college will influence what you try, unless you are extremely committed not to try anything. Who you hang out with will have some bearing on what you think is okay. The degree of influence will of course depend on the person, but it’s a real thing.

I personally would have gone for Dorm 2. I love having a dining hall connected to the dorm. It’s so ridiculously convenient, especially if you get snow or anything…I had one that wasn’t connected first semester and I like this a lot better. And a good location is key.