<p>I am getting ready to submit my housing application for next year as I will be a freshman in the fall. I plan on staying on south campus since it is the most fun and most freshmen live in that area. However, I was wondering which buildings on south campus are the nicest and which rooms are the biggest? I know Morrison is the newest and I've heard that is the nicest ones, but which other buildings on South campus should I put on my application in your opinion?</p>
<p>I’d like to know the same. Gotta start off on the right foot.</p>
<p>Morrison is the nicest dorm on south campus that you’re most likely to get into. However, you’re still lucky to get it. The other nice south campus dorms are Hardin, Horton, Koury, and Craige North. They’re all 4 person suites. Two rooms share a bathroom, although you have to clean the bathroom yourself. Morrison is an 8 person suite with 4 rooms and they clean the bathroom daily for you.</p>
<p>You also might want to consider mid campus dorms. Teague, Avery, Parker, and Carmichael. You’ve gotta be really lucky, but you might as well put them down. They’re still pretty close to south campus, and they’re 8 person suites with overall nicer rooms than most of south campus. And Parker is all-female btw.</p>
<p>My roommate and I put the good south and mid campus dorms and then put the rest of the north campus dorms that weren’t substance free or all female just in case. I don’t want to get stuck in Eringhaus, Craige, or HJ, but you don’t really have a say in the end. I feel like after a certain number of freshmen are assigned rooms, the rest get stuck in those three dorms because there are like 2000+ spots in the three combined.</p>
<p>Hinton James might not be as nice, but for the experience I would not trade it for the world. We have so many freshman activities that none of the other dorms have. We always get free food and have cookouts. Free food in college is like winning the lottery. And since the whole dorm is freshman, you meet more of your peers who know exactly how you are feeling. Some of the Manning East/West dorms are upperclassmen who tend to mind their own business and don’t need to go to bonding activities b/c they already have their friends. So these dorms don’t have as many events.</p>
<p>I completely understand where you are coming from though b/c I did not want HJ at first. When I saw my housing assignment, my heart sank. But it has turned out to be an amazing experience. Most of my friends live just a few floors below me (I live on the 10th floor) and I don’t even have to leave the dorm to go visit.</p>
<p>I’m in Hardin, and its a lose-lose situation. Its not as social as other south-campus dorm (read: not social at all), and its far from classes. It was clean and new though. I believe its the same for Horton and Craige North.</p>
<p>I HATE Hinton James. I cannot wait to get out of here. It’s absolutely horrible and I should’ve switched by any means necessary. </p>
<p>There is free food on campus almost everywhere. You can even sign up for the free food listserv to stalk all the events. Not a real pro, imo.</p>
<p>can someone please elaborate on the directional dorms on south campus? (koury, horton, hardin, craige north)</p>
<p>i assume they are not quite as social as the high rise dorms, but are they still fairly social? as an out of state student looking to meet a lot of people, would it be a bad choice to try to live in one of them for a nicer building/room but perhaps a less social experience, or should i just deal with the not as nice high rises but with better opportunities to meet more freshman?</p>
<p>also, roughly how many sophomores live in these directional dorms? and about how many sophomores in morrison?</p>
<p>Its not social at all.</p>
<p>Can you fill out both an on-campus and Granville housing app, and then rescind one or the other? Once you apply for on-campus housing, it’s not binding, right?</p>
<p>how are craige north and horton?</p>
<p>If you are looking at Craige North, Horton, Hardin, and Koury, I would say that the best to meet people is Horton because it has the most freshman. The rooms in these buildings are AMAZING. Huge, clean, brand new, nice bathrooms. But they can be a lot quieter, that can be a plus or a minus depending on the person.<br>
On another note, avoid Craige like the plague! It has all the downsides of a high rise with none of the benefits.</p>
<p>what about ehringhaus for freshman?</p>
<p>bump…especially since e-house is being remodeled. and is morrison social for freshmen? how would you rank these southern dorms after the re-modeling based on cleanliness and social life for freshmen?</p>
<p>Cautionary tale. My OOS student must have gotten a good lottery number because he got Morrison as a freshman. Among the south campus big dorms, it is the nicest and has the best location. Because of this, many sophomores who liked south campus as a freshmen choose Morrison for their sophomore year. Housing holds aside X number of beds for freshmen but it’s not as freshmen-centric as the other high rises. We were really surprised come August to learn that he was placed in suite with a freshman roommate but all the other suite mates were (socially-established) sophomores. Then to add to the isolation (or not, depending how you view it) all the other suites on his floor and direction were female and he had a female RA. So there he was with a really nice room and in great proximity to campus but without that freshmen “let’s go grab dinner together” energy of the other south campus high rise dorms. Now, keep in mind, he was OOS, knew no one coming in, and wasn’t part of a team or club to start. So, if you’re in state, know people, have a roommate, and will hit the social ground running, then Morrison could be ideal. And getting in there as a freshman does give you advantages should you want to stay there sophomore year. Most freshman end up in one of the other three high rise south campus dorms and while there may be some initial disappointment when hearing of such placement, there are definite social advantages.</p>
<p>the other option i was thinking of was granville and im 50/50 whether i want to go greek or not. if im in state and know only a few people, how easy is it to meet new people at granville? do most people meet each other at dorms, classes or franklin street?</p>