<p>Just wondering if anyone out there can give me some advice on transfer housing. According to the website, it looks like transfers can pick west campus, transfer student resident halls, program housing, or co-op housing. I'm wondering what advantages there are to each of these (i.e., where the dining halls are, where the gym is, which do and don't have communal bathrooms, etc...) Any help would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>Most transfers end up on West and Sheldon/Cascadilla. Socially, West is a little better, foodwise every West Campus dorm has a dining hall inside but the Collegetown dorms are right next to all the restaurants.</p>
<p>Noyes is the main gym on West, so really convenient, and Teagle is the main one on Central but neither are really that far from the Collegetown dorms. If you’re transferring from a city school you’ll like Sheldon/Cascadilla.</p>
<p>As for the other housing options you listed, they’re all on North, they wouldn’t be my first choice but I guess they are what you make of them</p>
<p>thanks a lot! can you elaborate on what exactly the “collegetown dorms” are?</p>
<p>The Collegetown dorms are near campus (except for one that’s closer to downtown). They’re not as new as west, but are still fairly nice to live in. </p>
<p>All upperclass dorms have real unpredictable social situations, though. It’s not like North where everyone will chat with each other early in/throughout the year. Most folks have already sunk into their social circles, but it’s not impossible to find friendly people.</p>
<p>they’re Sheldon, Cascadilla and 112 Edgemoor. What Islander said is pretty accurate…if you land in them, the only inconvenience I can think of is that your service center (where you get mail, where you go if you lose your keys) is in Cascadilla. But then, also consider that you don’t have to deal with the slope every day.</p>
<p>okay, thanks a lot…are there a lot of transfers at both of these locations? what about north campus?</p>
<p>Collegetown halls have higher percentages of transfer students and from what I know they are grouped together so your direct neighbors would also be transfer students. That makes it easier to make friends. You then can meet returning students that are on your floor too. You do have to put yourself out there since other people already have friends, but that is true everywhere, including West.</p>
<p>There are a lot of transfers on West & in Collegetown. There are few [if any] on North, unless the transfer student applied for a program house on North.</p>