<p>If you wanna party you should live in Manzanita.</p>
<p>I haven’t yet made a move on housing for asu…because Im not sure if I want to go there… but I think they put me in Hassayampa, but sent me an email asking if I wanted to switch to the Barrett Honors Complex… any opinions??</p>
<p>The Barrett dorms will open this August, and they’re supposed to be really great – but the Barrett dorms and meal plans will be the most expensive at ASU. If money is an issue, one of the other dorms is likely to be more economical. I suspect (but don’t know for sure) that the new dorms will be fully wireless, and I heard that there are a lot of single rooms.</p>
<p>I was wondering about living in Cholla in a studio-style apartment (single occupacy) and hopefully I read nice stuff in this topic about it.
So, Is it a clean place to live? Do the apartments have wi-fi or something else to connect to the web?
Is the building so old? Is it a noisy place to live?
Thanks!</p>
<p>amandabee…did you apply to Barrett Honors or did ASU just email you based on your credentials?</p>
<p>if u are a freshman then live at hassayampa. it is the best dorm hands down :)</p>
<p>yeah they sent me a letter accepting me to the program, but I never applied. I think I am going to go to ucsb or u of a though…</p>
<p>What if I choose to live in an apartment, how would they know? And what sort of punishment is expected?</p>
<p>My daughter was assigned to the FYRE San Pablo building for the 2009-2010 academic year. I understand that the dorm room doors open up to an outside court yard instead of the traditional inside hallways as most dorms. Is this good or bad? I’m concerned that this would not encourage socializing, especially during the hot days and cool nights when people may not leave their doors open. She is not from Arizona and I want to make sure she developes friendships from the beginning. Any comments?</p>
<p>What about the dorms at the downtown campus? Any info on those?</p>
<p>My daughter has been accepted in Herbergers College of Arts. She changed her residential preference from FYRE to Herbergers Residential Community so she could be with freshman who has the same interests in Fine Arts. Does anyone here know anything about this dorm and what’s it’s like?</p>
<p>@Sunset 22, San Pablo is part of the north neighborhood. ASU campus and activities and socializing take place mostly between university and apache, San Pablo is north of university it sometimes feels dead up there. However, many of the asu dorms open to the outside and that particular feature doesn’t really hinder creating friendships. However if she is pursuing a major in any of the schools which offer a residential community she should try to switch into the community.</p>
<p>@scrittyh, I’m not an expert on downtown campus, but to my knowledge there is only one dorm on the downtown campus. It’s nice in a way because all the students from all the school are in one dorm. It’s called Taylor place and its only 1-2 years old. It’s sort of industrial looking with concrete floors mostly but sort of feels like other downtown loft-like buildings. Personally I really like the dorm rooms at the downtown campus.</p>
<p>@Momzie, I’m not an expert in it, because I know mostly about Barrett, but residential communities aren’t actually dorms, they are sections of dorms which are reserved for a particular college. For example, the W.P Carey residential community is part of the Hassayampa dorms. I have no idea where Herberger is housed, sorry. But if you found out, I might be able to give some feedback on the dorm.</p>
<p>@amandabee, Barrett easily trumps UofA if your an academic-leaning student…</p>
<p>Anyone have information on Hayden? My son will be there 2009-2010. Is it quiet or a party dorm?</p>
<p>how is sonora center?</p>
<p>nauasumon, Hayden is one of the honors dorm this year. Starting Fall 2009, the honors dorms will be moved to their new complex and Hayden will be very different from the past.</p>
<p>Link to the dorm reviews:
[Arizona</a> State University Dorm Reviews](<a href=“http://www.5caps.com/college-dorms.php?dorms=1&uni_id=56&uni=Arizona%20State%20University&page=1]Arizona”>http://www.5caps.com/college-dorms.php?dorms=1&uni_id=56&uni=Arizona%20State%20University&page=1)</p>
<p>which dorm is known for partying all night and good social life?</p>
<p>tbsnmbc </p>
<p>@Momzie, I’m not an expert in it, because I know mostly about Barrett, but residential communities aren’t actually dorms, they are sections of dorms which are reserved for a particular college. For example, the W.P Carey residential community is part of the Hassayampa dorms. I have no idea where Herberger is housed, sorry. But if you found out, I might be able to give some feedback on the dorm.</p>
<p>Herbergers Residential Community just changed their name to Arcadia Residential Community for Design and the Arts. I believe it’s called BEST HALL in Center Neighborhood.</p>
<p>I recently completed my freshman year of living on campus and had a wonderful experience. </p>
<p>I would recommend the new Barrett community for next year if it wasn’t so ridiculously expensive. If that isn’t a big concern for you then I’m sure you or your student will have a great experience there. </p>
<p>Next year I will be living in the Arcadia Residential Community (a newly formed community for students in the Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts). The Herberger Institute is brand new this upcoming year, as the College of Design and the Herberger College of the Arts merged together. </p>
<p>Here’s some information on the community:
[Athena</a> Living and Learning Community (Residential College): College of Design: ASU](<a href=“http://design.asu.edu/athena/index.shtml]Athena”>http://design.asu.edu/athena/index.shtml)</p>
<p>A new website should go up later this summer with more information about Arcadia and with information introducing each member of the Pro-Staff, Community Assistants, Student Academic Mentors, and Peer Mentors for the Arcadia Community. </p>
<p>It is exciting to see a new residential community form. Arcadia will be housed in Best Halls A, B, and C which is in the Center Neighborhood (near the Memorial Union for food, Grady Gammage Auditorium, the School of Music, W.P. Carey School of Business, pretty close to the School of Design and many other parts of campus such as the Student Recreation Center). The the dorms are some of the older ones on campus, they were still pretty good (I lived there last year). Additionally, Best Halls A and B (and perhaps C) are being heavily renovated over the summer. </p>
<p>Best Halls A and B have single sex floors (this year I believe they will be 1st floor guys, 2nd and 3rd girls) linked by a stairwell at each end. Best Hall C has five floors (it has stairs and an elevator). The mailroom, front desk, and community director housing and offices are on the first floor. Floors two through five are co-ed housing. </p>
<p>Other Halls in Our Neighborhood:
The other halls that make up our neighborhood include Hayden East (room doors open to the outside), Hayden West (room doors open to the outside), and Hayden South (rooms open to a “traditional” hallway), as well as Irish Halls A and B (for which the room doors of each open to a private courtyard for that respective hall). All these halls are in the same gated community.</p>
<p>Further up north (not in our same gated community, but still considered part of Center Neighborhood) is McClintock Hall, where the College of Design Residential Community used to be housed. Beginning Fall 2009, McClintock Hall will be upperclassmen housing. </p>
<p>The Haydens (East, South, and West) will be FYRE (First Year Residential Experience) Communities. I personally know a couple of the Community Assistants who will be placed there for 2009-10, so I would recommend Hayden. I believe Irish A and B will be for non-honors sustainability majors.</p>
<p>Other tidbits of advice/knowledge:
- Meal plans are required for all students who live on campus except for a couple of specified upperclassmen halls (they want underclassmen to eat together, particularly in the dining halls, to try and get to know eachother)
- ASU now has two Health Service Centers (one in north campus and one in south campus)
- A question was asked about whether students should bring cars with them to college. The answer for this is that everyone has difference needs and circumstances. I personally didn’t bring one because I really didn’t need one (and I saved a couple thousand dollars in parking permit fees). I had a few friends who brought cars and regretted it because they never used it (the cheapest parking is really far in north campus, and even with shuttles can be a little inconvenient to get to) and could have saved money by not bringing it. I have a couple of friends who truly felt they needed their cars to blow off pent up energy and leave ASU occasionally to relieve stress.<br>
- If you take your student ID to Transit Services in the northern part of campus you can get a free valley metro bus and lightrail pass. I just used that to ride the lightrail or bus around.
- ASU has a number of excellent libraries where you can find good places to study.
- Most places on campus have free wireless internet (you sign into the internet on your computer by using your ASURITE ID and password)</p>
<p>I hope you all are excited for college, particularly for living on campus. If you have the right attitude I’m confident that you can have a great experience anywhere on campus.</p>
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<li>TC</li>
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<p>I’m going to be a freshman at ASU this fall and I live out of state so I can’t see the dorms for a few months and I need tips on which ones are best! I’m going to be a psychology major (although im hoping to switch to political science) and I want to live somewhere fun where theres always something going on. I’ve also heard that there are a lot of “fake” people so I’d prefer living somewhere with cool, down-to-earth people. Price isn’t very important.</p>