<p>Is it better to live in the BC Honors housing as a freshman or not?</p>
<p>Depends on the type of person you are. A lot of honors students choose not to just because the honors program attracts a lot of…“interesting” people to put it nicely, haha.</p>
<p>That said, the people in the honors dorm seem pretty tightly knit, although that’s pretty much the case for each hall in the dorm. Honors is just a little smaller, I guess.</p>
<p>Also, about half of the honors dorm isn’t honors people. It doesn’t really seem to make a difference if you live there or not.</p>
<p>ah i was thinking of doing honors housing… i just figured it’d be good to live with the people you’ll take classes with? (the idea of being surrounded by “interesting” people is making me a little nervous though! lol)</p>
<p>Also, something else to think about, if you live in honors you are guaranteed to live on Upper, if you really don’t like Newton.</p>
<p>yeaah i was thinking of tricking the system that way tooo :)</p>
<p>Yeah good point. I know some honors students who ended up on Newton…rough!</p>
<p>But honestly, the people in the honors dorm have a good time. There are plenty of normal honors and non-honors students living there, and all those other interesting characters make it kind of a funny place hahah…</p>
<p>lol…what exactly might be meant by “interesting characters”?</p>
<p>How do the rooms compare to the other dorms? I know Medeiros is “apartment” style and there’s no A/C. Are there other dorms that are newer and nicer?</p>
<p>It’s not really apartment style, it still has the normal double rooms and common bathrooms, but they just aren’t arranged in the traditional long hallway. I don’t know the dorms on Upper really well, but I think Medeiros might be a little older because I think its one of the only dorms that has actual keys for rooms instead of a number code/keypad. I am pretty sure none of the dorms have A/C.</p>
<p>I’ve never been in Medeiros but I’m pretty sure none of the dorms on upper have AC and definitely not Medeiros. I’ve heard it’s pretty old and not very nice, which is why a lot of honors kids opt not to live in it. Fitzpatrick/Gonzaga are definitely the nicest and most convenient dorms on upper campus. They are also the biggest so there isn’t a very close knit type vibe you might find in other dorms.</p>
<p>I have heard of someone in Xavier or Loyola (can’t remember) that said they had a thermostat in their room to control the temperature.</p>
<p>Living in Mederios with some of the other honor students isn’t that bad. It’s not like there’s less partying or whatever, and like someone else said non-honors kids live there. </p>
<p>My only issue would be the fact that they don’t have keypads; you need a key to get into your door. That means bathrooms, you’ll need your key and it sucks to forget it. </p>
<p>But if you really want Upper, here is a guaranteed way to get it.</p>
<p>I couldn’t find another thread for this question, though it’s sort of related to this one.</p>
<p>In the A&S Honors Program, how much of the regular core curriculum is taken up by the honors curriculum? Half? All? All the website says is that the A&S Honors Curriculum (Western Civs, Junior Seminars, Senior Thesis) takes up part of the core, but does not specify how much, and that it takes the place of two classes which a normal BC student would take (i.e. normal student takes 5 classes, honors student takes 3 classes + Honors curriculum).</p>
<p>I too am curious about what you mean by “interesting.” :)</p>