<p>did anyone that didn't go to transfer center or cook house make it to collegetown? </p>
<p>im in cascadilla hall 2158... can someone tell me what that means? lol</p>
<p>oh and do any returning students know the reputation for cascadilla hall?</p>
<p>I have a lot of friends living in Cascadilla next year, they are very excited... it's a very pretty building, and I know the lounges/kitchens inside are very spacious and nice.</p>
<p>what about the rep? do you think its good/bad for a new student?</p>
<p>and how about the rooms.. does anyone know how they are?</p>
<p>Hey, I'm on the 5th floor next year as a returning sophomore. </p>
<p>It's known for being pretty social, so as a new student, that's definately a good thing. </p>
<p>As a returning student, I prefer Cascadilla to all the dorms except the new houses (Cook, Beta, Becker)....but those filled up extremely fast.</p>
<p>I haven't lived there yet, but I've walked in and took a quick look around a couple months ago on my way to Collegetown Bagels. It seems to be a nice place, it's a nice looking old building (predates the university), but the inside has been renovated recently.</p>
<p>People tend to like living there...the only downside is there aren't any dining halls in the immediate area. You have to walk about 2 blocks to get to the nearest dining hall (Oakenshields). But it's still perfectly feasable to eat on campus, and the dorm is right in collegetown in the middle of a lot of nice off campus restaurants...so it's easy to mix things up a bit.</p>
<p>I stayed there a few times last year as a visitor. It's a pretty nice and it's in a perfect location right in collegetown adn right next to teh gorge. It's like a 7min walk to central campus. The building is a little shabby but everything else in the building is pretty nice. I would recommend it.</p>
<p>how do the room numberings work? im in 2158.. and im assuming there arent 21 floors lol</p>
<p>CMB, did you get an email telling you that your housing assignment was made?</p>
<p>no, i got an email that i could make a profile on the class of 2010 website. i went to it.. which is classof2010.cornell.edu (even though im class of 2009) and made a profile and got to see my housing assignment and even who my roommate was. i'm really happy, especially since i thought i made a big mistake by not requesting to be in the transfer center.</p>
<p>yeah, transfer center is nice in the since that you get to live with people that are going through the same situation as you, but the dorm is agruably one of the worst "building-wise" on campus.</p>
<p>yeah i guess i didn't choose the transfer center because i heard that. which dorms are the newest besides court and mews?</p>
<p>The new houses are Baker (only parts of it), Bete, and Becker.</p>
<p>I guess the administration likes naming new buildings with B names?</p>
<p>(haha, they just rededicated part of court "Bauer Hall" this last fall)</p>
<p>Baker isn't new... it just recently became affiliated with Becker House. And it's Bethe (prounced Beta)</p>
<p>The new houses on West Campus are the Alice Cook House (which incorporates Baker Tower, Boldt Tower [the Language Program house], and a few other Baker buildings), the Carl Becker House, and the Hans Bethe house, which is opening January 2007 (the residents will be the displaced residents of the Class of '18 and '26 dormitories, so I'm told). This is part of the West Campus Initiative, which hopes to have 5 houses total in a few years; it's based on the Yale and Harvard 'house' dormitory systems.</p>
<p>Yes, but Baker Tower the building was build in the 1920s.</p>
<p>Yes, Baker Tower and those Gothics are obviously a lot older than the newly built house, but they have been incorporated as part of the ACH.</p>
<p>Is it hard to get west campus housing, say next year, or is it pretty easy for upperclassmen?</p>
<p>Guaranteed for sophomores. Not difficult for juniors and seniors.</p>
<p>Well, considering west and collegetown are the only places available to upperclassmen (besides the program houses), your odds are pretty good...</p>
<p>well i thought i was going to be put in one of the west campus places and i was put in collegetown</p>