Dorm Recommendations?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Colorado
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<p>My son just got accepted to Leeds School of Business. Can anyone provide recommendations on dorm choices?</p>

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<p>First of all, congratulations to your son! My D is a CU freshman and loves it. The new Business School building should be complete by next fall - it's beautiful from the outside.</p>

<p>I went to the CU Housing website, and it appears that there is a Residential Program for Leeds Business School students. But I couldn't find out any more about it, so you may need to contact the university. In residential programs, you typically live with other students planning on majoring in something from the same school (such as the Business School) and you actually take one of your classes in your dorm with about 20 of your dorm-mates. It's a good way to meet and get close to people.</p>

<p>Here are a few things that I posted on another thread about housing:</p>

<p>"Housing - Freshmen are required to live on campus, with the usual exceptions. Housing is divided into Main Campus Housing and Williams Village Housing, which is a shuttle bus ride away. As soon as you're accepted to CU, they send you a housing preference form that requires a deposit. If you want Main Campus Housing, you need to send this in RIGHT AWAY. Because my D didn't decide until April 1st, she was assigned to Williams Village. At first, she was upset about that, especially since she was assigned to Darley North, the substance-free hall. Mind you, she's really NOT a wild child, but this was so far what she'd expected. However, she realy likes where she is now. And by "substance free", it means that the DORM is, not necessarily the inhabitant. Meaning = you can imbibe in what you want, but you can't bring it back to your room, or keep it there in the first place. And they mean it. D knows of 3 guys that are getting kicked out of the dorm at semester for having pot in their rooms.</p>

<p>The residence halls get quite a bit of $$$ from the school for activities and improvements, so they work hard to bring fun to the dorms.</p>

<p>Main Campus pros - easier trip to class and back, can go back to your dorm to hang out or study between classes.</p>

<p>Main Campus cons - while the dorms are attractive (to me) on the outside, they are NOT all that nice on the inside. No air conditioning, no sinks in the rooms, some repair needed.</p>

<p>Williams Village pros - dorms have sinks in the rooms, are air conditioned and much newer than those on Main Campus. The "WillVil" kids are a very close knit group.</p>

<p>Williams Village cons - a little more effort to get to class, can't easily run back to your dorm in-between classes. However, it DOES work for my daughter; she studies and eats lunch on main campus in between her morning and afternoon classes and feels like she comes "home" to Williams Village at the end of the day. More like apartment living in a way."</p>

<p>If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask!</p>

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<p>Posting again to add that the reason I couldn't find out anything more about the Leeds Business School's Residential Program is that it's a new one for next year. Just got a parents' newsletter yesterday and it spoke about it. It will be affiliated with the Kittridge Housing Complex.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I did find some info on the Business Residential Academic Program at <a href="http://housing.colorado.edu/housing/rap_business.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://housing.colorado.edu/housing/rap_business.cfm&lt;/a> . It is located at the Kittredge West Hall, and is limited to 40 first-year students.</p>

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<p>[B3:&lt;/a&gt; Undergraduate Residential Academic Program | Leeds](<a href=“http://leeds.colorado.edu/b3#overview]B3:”>http://leeds.colorado.edu/b3#overview)
This RAP is located in Williams Village in Darley Towers South.</p>

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<p>Is it getting to late for me to apply to housing and get my first choices??
I don’t care if i dont get my first choice but hopefully something in my top three choices. Do you think its getting to late to not have applied for housing yet and be able to get my first choices? Im not 18 so i had to send in some parent consent that i havent heard back from, hopefully ill send in my request by the end of the weekend or atleast end of next week.</p>

<p>My first choices go

  1. Baker
  2. Cheyenne
  3. Libby
  4. Sewell
  5. Farand
  6. Smith (hopefully not this one)</p>

<p>I REALLY dont want to be in Will Ville and hopefully not Kittredge either. Do you think I will get any of my choices or get stuck elsewhere because ive taken to long</p>

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<p>I don’t think you are too late to avoid Williams Village. But why not Willard Hall, which is centrally located, instead of Smith for 6th choice? My son says the rooms are very nice.</p>

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<p>Ok so i applied for the housing on the 21st i believe but then i upddated my choices on the 23rd
my choices go

  1. Baker or Libby?
    2)Baker or Libby?
    3)Cheyenne
    4)Willlard hall
  2. smith
  3. farrand</p>

<p>do think i still have a good chance at avoiding will vill, i know it was just answered but with my updated choices i dont know if it makes a difference, i dont mind kittredge as much i just really dont want to be at williams!</p>