<p>which is the best non substance and smoking free dorm in the choates?</p>
<p>are all the freshmen dorms substance free?</p>
<p>i am looking for a dorm with bigger rooms etc.. in the choate, but i do no want the dorm to be substance free.. i dont mind about smoking, but prefer non smoking</p>
<p>No one really smokes inside and all the choates are pretty much the same...</p>
<p>i thought i heard 2 dorms were undergoing renovation in the choate cluster? so those are probably nicer ?</p>
<p>I beleive that all of the dorms are now smoke free. The renovation of choates is happening over the summer. will most likely include, painting carpeting and new furniture.</p>
<p>Choates floor plan</p>
<p>I think Little just got renovated. They have ethernet phones too!</p>
<p>Everyone in the Choates gets those phones.</p>
<p>hey which other dorms get those ethernet phones..</p>
<p>No dorm in the Choates is really nicer than the other.</p>
<p>I'm working on first year housing right now. :)</p>
<p>cool thanks.. hopefully i get a good dorm.. but really what i care more about is getting a good roommate.. do u think its better to be in an all freshmen dorm the first year? i think it would be better for me to get to know more people but i dont know.. and i like the choates better than the rivers</p>
<p>Well at this point hopefully you turned in your application. :) I'm working on assigning roommates right now, and if you haven't turned it in you are missing out on getting the best possible match!</p>
<p>I was in mixed-class housing, and I preferred it, but that's because I'm not much for the fluffy, "community" stuff. I preferred just doing my own thing and meeting people in clubs and activities. But if you like doing things in big groups as a floor, first year is the way to go.</p>
<p>yea i def turned it in..long time ago..before the deadline.. yea i think i want to get to know the 09 pretty well etc.. but if that means being in the rivers haha i dont know if it is worth it cause it is pretty far.. yea i am an international student so my main concern was that i wanted to get an american so that i can practice my english etc.i am sure that u must work hard doing the matches.. that looks like kinda hard. thanks. j</p>
<p>hi do you know when they mail out your room assignments etc? thanks. j</p>
<p>They are mailed out in August</p>
<p>are most 09s placed in freshman dorms? is this done randomly or according to requests?</p>
<p>It's about half and half. We try to honor requests, but if you didn't specify it is random.</p>
<p>Would the same go for roommates in terms of trying to honor requests?</p>
<p>Yeah, although roommate requests are a bit trickier. A lot of factors come into play there.</p>
<p>You mean like whether what we filled out on our forms indicated a match? Or what kind of factors. Sorry, I know I'll find out soon enough, but I'm impatient/curious.</p>
<p>Is the housing office sending out the assignments the first week of august or just generally the beginning of august</p>