<p>Hi I was going to fill out my housing form soon, and South/ Max P interested me. </p>
<p>They seem to be the most social dorms on campus, and for me that is a big deal (one of the things I am worried about is not having a college type experience in a place "where fun goes to die").</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me what the difference is between these two? I know about the location (Max P being in the quad, while South being a little bit away), and the fact that more jocks live in Max P, but anything else? Culture? Dining? Amenities? Fun traditions? etc... </p>
<p>Max has an interesting layout. Most of the rooms up there have two doubles that share a private bathroom (which you are responsible for stocking and cleaning). South has larger, public bathrooms on each floor in addition to a few single user ones.</p>
<p>As far as dining goes, South is about 10 steps away from its dining commons, while Max is a bit farther. The pros and cons of South and Bartlett have been discussed at length before (use the search function), so I’m not going to go into that. I’ve been happy eating at south, and can almost always find something I’d like to eat (I’d recommend the kosher and hilal stations for good food).</p>
<p>Things like culture are going to vary considerably from house to house and year to year within South or Max, especially because both of them have high turnover rates (and thus a lot of first years). Similarly each house has its own traditions, and it’d be hard to generalize to the entire dorm. In general, though, if you are concerned about having a “college type experience,” you should be fine in either (both definitely have plenty of drinking/partying if you want it).</p>
<p>I think most of the South houses are have a (fairly slight) majority of first years. Of the remainder, most are second years, and relatively few third and fourth years (not few enough that people will think you’re strange if you are still in housing then, but few enough that it’s noticeable). I’m not sure if I’d say it’s either a good or bad thing, so much as just something that happens.</p>