<p>In terms of...</p>
<ul>
<li>Proximity to labs</li>
<li>Proximity to classes and library</li>
<li>Comfort (space, cleanliness, etc)</li>
</ul>
<p>what. i thought we discussed this.</p>
<p>Unless you are doing an LLC you have pretty much no choice on housing. I wouldn’t worry about it at all.</p>
<ul>
<li>Midcampus dorms</li>
<li>North campus dorms</li>
<li>All except the high rises.</li>
</ul>
<p>You don’t get a pick, trust me lol. When you get your housing, it is best advised that you just use your map and draw a mental picture of the shorter routes you wanna take to meet your schedule. I’ve heard most freshman though get stuck at carmichael…so I guess the better question would be one that evaluates the most-freshmen-packed dorms.
Even if you do the ranking system, the best ones are usually reserved for upperclassmen.</p>
<p>Hahaha all the LUCKY freshmen get stuck at Carmicheal. That’s funny. Seriously, who told you this??</p>
<p>Housing. Seriously. You get four choices: Cobb (if Honors), Granville (if you’re into that sort of thing), LLC, or South Campus (98% of the time). All the south campus freshman dorms are pretty much equally “freshman experience-y.”</p>
<p>I got “stuck” at Carmichael haha, and I can tell you that there are very few freshmen. The walk is amazing.</p>
<p>^ Stop taunting me with your tales of mid campus!! That’s just mean.</p>
<p>I would really like to know who told them Carmichael is a bad place to be. I always get a kick out of the crazy things prospective students say. :D</p>
<p>In all good faith, my bad lol. I read it from last year’s post…so if that isn’t the case then I guess that discussion was pointless. Anywho, UNC does concentrate its freshmen in specific dorms (which have been mentioned by Dea).
I promise I’ll get the residential deal pretty soon ;)</p>
<p>^ Ha, no problem, it was just a good laugh for all us who’re familiar with the South Campus walk. </p>
<p>Anyway, to answer your question, the “Big Three” for freshmen are Hinton James, Ehaus, and Craige. There are some smaller dorms like Horton, but generally, most freshmen are in those three. A few lucky freshmen manage to get into Morrison, and of course, a few make into one of the nicer, small south campus dorms, but those are definitely exceptions.</p>
<p>Do honors students get any amount of special consideration if they choose not to live in Cobb? I heard that they are slightly more likely to get placed on north campus freshman year if they want to, but is it the same for south campus? My top choices are Morrison and Hardin and Craige North just because of proximity. I visited on Friday and was unpleasantly shocked at how tiny the rooms were in Craige. I’m sure I would be fine in any of the dorms, but I would really like to live in one of the two room suites or Morrison. Also, are the bathrooms in Morrison as miserable as the rest of the high rises? The one I saw in Craige was pretty miserable…you’d think they’d choose another color besides green to make it seem a little nicer.</p>
<p>You’d be surprised at all the stuff that fits in a room in Craige. Just loft the beds and there is more room underneath. Also the storage cabinets hold a lot. Double bar the closet and there is lots of room (and I am an OOS girl!!).</p>
<p>I can’t say for sure whether this is true, but I opted out of honors housing in Cobb because I wanted to be on South Campus, and I got into Morrison, no problem. Whether that’s indicative of all honors students, I don’t know, but my hunch is yes, because every other honors student I know who didn’t live in Cobb was in a nice dorm on South (one of the directionals or Morrison).</p>
<p>I warn you though, DON’T DO IT. Cobb is the best option you have. Take it and love it. Do not go to South Campus if you can avoid it. If you’re an honors student, you’ll have a much better time in Cobb than you will on South Campus, trust me.</p>
<p>granville</p>
<p>south campus may seem like a good idea but unless you like things being extremely inconvenient it’s likely not the best choice</p>
<p>Wait, lol, you’re using South Campus’s inconvenience as a turn-off while you suggest Granville Towers?</p>
<p>Excuse me while I ROFL. Granville Towers is about the most inconvenient locale you can stay. South Campus is heavenly in comparison.</p>
<p>Even though I’d never want to live in Granville I’m gonna disagree with you. Granville is, at bare minimum, RIGHT on Franklin St. That is awesome.</p>
<p>Kenan is the best. I was in the honors program but didn’t want to be in Cobb. I just called housing and asked if I could be in Kenan. Then I was. Many of my friends on my hall had first been put on S campus so they called housing and were moved.</p>
<p>I have nothing negative to say about Kenan. It was perfect and my hall was filled with first years who I’m still great friends with. I debated living in one of nicer south campus dorms and really wondered if I had made the wrong decision. I didn’t.</p>
<p>Most important consideration: if you start out living on north campus, they’ll never move you down to south. If you live on south campus, you’ve got to fight to move to north for your second year. Everyone’s always down to live down south for their first year but by the time winter comes and you’re missing the bus and it’s cold and your walls aren’t real people house walls and you’re miserable blah blah blah you’ll be dreaming of Kenan. I promise.</p>