<p>Can someone tell me more about this program beyond the bio on the website?</p>
<p>As a freshman, would it be wiser to go for the traditional freshman experience than a program house like that?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>i'm not entirely sure about this, but i've heard that Metcalf kids don't really attend the lectures or whatever. they like living there, though, a lot are applying to live there again next year.</p>
<p>i think you'll be happy anywhere. besides, there are tons of lectures every day. my friend who's a political junkie attended a lecture given by the chairman of the Democratic National Committee today and was RAVING about it.</p>
<p>I lived in Metcalf freshman year. You can go to the lectures or not; it's not a big deal. The location is fan-tabulous - best location on campus, close to everything, dorm isn't huge, either. However, be wary:</p>
<p>There are 2 sides. One has HUGE rooms (the biggest on campus), carpets (albeit semi-weird-looking) and the kitchen. The other side has the smallest rooms I've seen on campus. BELIEVE me, you do NOT want to end up in the small side, and you have a 50% chance if you check the box. I'd live there again if it was on the east (big) side, but there are dorms that are much newer and cleaner. The big rooms are REALLY big and great, but the small rooms can really hinder the situation, I think. It sucked living in the small room first semester. There was not enough room in the room to place the furniture in a normal way (like, drawers on the dresser wouldn't open cause it was so close to the bed). Not good. </p>
<p>Many people liked living there because it's a nicer "community" than the other dorms. Personally, I'm quite skeptical about the whole "community" thing, but I liked my second semester there (in the big room). :)</p>
<p>There's also this chick, scholar in residence or something like that. Kim Hebert is her name (its french). She's pretty chill and she leads the discussions. She also holds friday night movie nights at midnight for those who would dont want to spend the night getting getting wasted.</p>
<p>One of my friends lives in Metcalf and i think she likes it there. It depends on what "traditional freshman experience" means to you. If you mean big dorms and all freshman then, its really based on your goals. Bigger dorms give u more opportunities to make lots of new friends, but smaller dorms like metcalf allow you to learn about a select group of people very well.</p>
<p>This is just my outlook on things. I know that Nays group is very tight even tho they're in a large dorm (which happens to be my dorm). I just feel like sometimes i dont know everyone as much as i could than if i lived with them in a smaller setting</p>
<p>haha awww, yes Tim Li we are tight and you're one of us :-D.</p>
<p>I think that South COULD be more social, given the right encouragement. The thing is, I'm a pretty social person and I know a PRETTY large amount of people in my dorm - kids in every section of the 3rd and 4th floors, and 2 of the 2nd floor (which basically means I can crash all their hall snacks, lol), from freshmen to seniors. If I get chosen to be an Orientation Leader next year (and i'm told it's not competitive), I get to move in early, even before the freshmen, so I'm going to like buy a bunch of doorstops and give them to all the freshmen on my hall, make friends with them, and make South 380s a party hall again haha</p>