Chosen where you want to live? And can current students share info/opinions?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>There's also Hinman-Lincoln (all boys, freshman quad) by way of single sex housing. </p>

<p>Liz: Allison is great and they just installed air conditioning. The "big residence hall" vibe of south campus.</p>

<p>Jimmy Blue: Suites can be found in ISRC (International Studies Residential College), CRC (Communications Res Col), 1835 Hinman, Jones (Performing arts residential college) for south campus, and in Slivka (Engineering Res Col) on North Campus (Also maybe CCC or Ayers/ CCI). What is your area of interest? Do you want to live in a residential college? Feel free to pm me.</p>

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<p>Thanks arbiter!
I'm thinking about Allison but I don't want to be far away North campus (if I had friends up there or whatever) any thoughts?</p>

<p>Also, how do you get started with all this housing stuff, if you want to put your name in as early as possible and get your first choice? When does it all start happening?</p>

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<p>ED kids don't get any preference in housing. I think the app comes out in April and is due either in April/May (I'm sure an 11er can clear this up) and you list your top 5 choices. You find out in late July/early August.</p>

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<p>The housing forms come out way too late lol. You'll get your app after all your friends at other schools have already gotten their room-mate assignments. Being too far from your friends on other sides of the campus will honestly not be an issue at all. Being far from classes might be a pain in the ass, though again not insurmountable. Being far from the Frats might be a serious concern if you intend to spend alot of time at Frat parties.</p>

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<p>"Fun fact: When the sorority quads were being built the University president had a daughter attending and ordered them to be built a mile away from the fraternity quads. Way back then, only women were primarily pursuing the humanities, while only men were pursuing science/medicine, thus the humanities/arts buildings are down south and the science buildings up north."</p>

<p>That's not the story I always heard. I heard it had to do with the city of Evanston insisting that living quarters of unmarried females be a mile away from living quarters of unmarried males. Think Frances Willard and WCTU and all that. I've never heard it be related to an insistence on the part of an NU president.</p>

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<p>Ah, Pizzagirl, yours makes much more logical sense and is probably historically accurate. My story is widely told among tour guides and hasn't been debunked, exactly, but I'm guessing it's just a dressed up version of your explanation. </p>

<p>Sometimes we still tell certain myths after they've been revealed: This summer the daughter of someone on the board of trustees was on a tour and pointed out that NU was NOT founded by a small group of methodist ministers, which is a phrase we use to start our tour. Only a few of them were ministers. Yet I still use the phrase for the sake of brevity. </p>

<p>Others that we don't tell--Norris was not built to be riot proof and Tech is not sinking.</p>

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<p>Can anyone tell me some information about PARC? I'm going to major in econ. Will it be far from my classes?</p>

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<p>How about..Shepard and Slvkia?<br>
I heard Shepard's a BIG mix
and Slvkia is like quite..anti social!?!!!</p>

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<p>Shepard has a lot of music majors, since they have music practice rooms.</p>

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<p>im in Elder. its the shiznit. pick that as your first choice. all-freshman, great atmosphere, this is where you want to be freshman year. ACCI is not social at all, from what i've heard. Slivka, the rumors are true, nothing goes on there. Sargent would probly be my 2nd fav just b/c the location is a little better than elder. Bobb third b/c the facilities are old and ppl party and mess stuff up there too much.</p>

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<p>Current student here.</p>

<p>First, on the n/s split. I prefer living on south campus, because its really convenient to be able to go to all the stores, restaurants and bars in Evanston. You'll go north on the weekends to party (if thats your thing), but I go into Evanston a few times a week. One exception: science people will usually want to live up north because its closer to Tech. </p>

<p>Allison is a big dorm, most social south campus dorm, big rooms, wireless internet, and new air conditioners. Having a dining hall in your dorm is also clutch for when you dont want to walk outside in the winter to get food. Lots of different people/majors. Walls are thick enough so if you want to study, its never a problem. ( I live in Allison).</p>

<p>Bobb-McCulloch is the most social dorm and one of the biggest on north campus. Trade off is the smaller rooms, a little dirtier/louder, and no AC is rough in September/May/June. </p>

<p>Elder is also fun, lots of people like it. Social, but you are also with just freshman.</p>

<p>Those are the big 3.</p>

<p>Slivka's rooms are really nice, but filled with studiers and is absolutely silent on the weekends.</p>

<p>Willard is the best of the RCs. </p>

<p>Hinman has in my opinion the best dining hall, and has lots of the fun people who dont party.</p>

<p>Everything else isnt as good as the others.</p>

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<p>That last bit is generally true, though subjective. I really love ISRC, its like a family!</p>

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<p>what are some of the dorms that are close to economics classes???.....or MENU classes???</p>

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<p>Just a note about slivka (i know, i'm just pushing it cos i live there)</p>

<p>if you study a lot, it's a great place to be since theres a lot of areas where it's quiet. You live in suites, so you don't get all the noise and people moving around (depending on who you live with of course).</p>

<p>If you are a huge party animal, slivka is not for you. suppasonic is correct in saying that is is very quiet on weekends; that being said, theres been one or two occasions where people have done some crazy things here. If you're an occasional partier, or want to go to the frats once in a while, you're in a good location, since it's central in the frat quads.</p>

<p>Distance-wise, you're pretty close to tech, can walk there in about 5-10 minutes or so. Walking down to MAB takes about 20-30 mins. Keep that sort of thing in mind, if you're planning on doing stuff like acapella. Getting to norris also takes about 15-20 mins. Food wise, if you want dining hall food, sargent and elder are both really close, just 5 mins walk south or west. If you're not partial to that sort of thing, just go downstairs; lisa's cafe is in the first floor of slivka (nice thing is that theres a door from the inside of slivka to the back of lisas--don't even need to go outside for food if you dont' want!)</p>

<p>Just a couple other notes about slivka-if you like to be able to open/close your dwindows, you may want to consider a different dorm. It's ridiculously hard to do anythign with the windows (i have to step on the window to close it). We have kitchens on every floor so you can cook if you want.</p>

<p>People here are social within slivka, since theres a lot of events that promote socializing within the dorm. That's probably why people think slivka residents are antisocial (though this is true to some extent for some people). Theres also a good number of greeks living in the dorm as well, for those who are interested.</p>

<p>Anyways, thought i'd give an insider's perspective of my own dorm, let me know if you have questions.</p>

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<p>bver, aren't you an engineer? Your math and physics seem a little bit off if you think it takes 5 minutes to get to elder (or 30 to get to the MAB!)</p>

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<p>i throw number around a lot but that doesnt mean i actually have too sense of how long it takes to get places. maybe i just move slower than you do. I also have no idea how long it takes to walk to MAB area since i bike/get a ride down there these days.</p>

<p>Feel free to amend my numbers if you want</p>

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<p>oh god. I just spent 45 minutes typing up a description of every residence hall, then I accidentally hit "Back" and it all deleted...</p>

<p>ugh.</p>

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<p>I'm a journalism major with a theatre minor and I live in Elder. Elder is INCREDIBLE. Ignore the class difference of N/S. Walking to classes is not a big deal at ALL, so do not base your housing decision on class proximity. I walk south every day (or, rather, I get the shuttle). It's no biggie.</p>

<p>Also, don't live in a dorm with initials (CCI, CRC, ISRC, NMQ, SMQ, etc.). They're crap. The only socially acceptable dorms are Allison, Elder, Bobb, McCullough, Slivka, Sargent, 1835, Jones, and Willard. Everyone who isn't in these dorms just convinces themselves that they live in a good dorm, and frankly, they might have a pleasant time, but nothing compared to Allison/Elder/B-M/1835/Willard.</p>

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<p>bobby, if I may say so, your post is ridiculous. I more or less live in Elder half the time because my girlfriend lives there, and I can say pretty solidly that while its incredible, it is not vastly superior to my own ISRC. Warranted, SMQ, NMQ are not places I would wish on anyone, but anywhere with initials is not "socially acceptable"? Really? And Slivka is? </p>

<p>To all future readers: bobby's post is idiotic and biased.</p>

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<p>I was at Northwestern last summer for a five week program called the National High School Institute. We lived in Kemper Hall, which was a great dorm, especially with the beach right behind it. In contrast, I didn't like Elder to much because I found it to be rather small and pretty claustrophobic, but thats just my opinion. The dining hall downstairs though is very convient.</p>