<p>which is the best dorm to live in at cornell (OVERALL)?
1. suite?
2. corridor?</p>
<p>which is the best to live in based on:
1. dining hall?
2. proximity?
3. cleanest?
4. type of people?
5. best parties?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>what are your top 5 choices..</p>
<p>First of all, since you can't choose your residence hall your first year, knowing which is the "best" won't do anything at all. Besides, they all have their own strengths and weaknesses. I know, however, that most people hoped for either Court(/Bauer) or Mews during the summer while waiting for decisions.
The suite/corridor issue is more of a matter of personal preference, but I'm pretty sure that the corridor setup is more social in nature.
On North, the high-rises, low-rises, and Donlon are the closest to RPCC, whereas Mews is closest to Appel. Balch (the all girls dorm) is closest to central campus, where almost all your classes will be. I don't know anything about the relative cleanliness of the dorms, but I know the janitorial staff is excellent, at least where I live. For the other factors, it really all depends on luck--what type of people your neighbors tend to be.</p>
<p>It's all luck. it doesn't even matter what you pick in terms of social/non social on the questionaire. That just pairs you with a roommate. some dorms are more social than others simply because of the layout. There are some halls in my dorm (all halls look identical) which are loud and others which are quiet. it all depends on the luck of the draw.</p>
<p>I recommend a single...it won't inhibit you socially, and it gives you your own space.</p>
<p>I agree, I love my single.</p>
<p>Yeah...me too. Its nice to sleep or not sleep whenever and not have to interfere with what someone else is doing.</p>
<p>balch rooms are huge</p>
<p>I'm in Dickson, I'd probably go crazy in an all girls dorm.</p>
<p>agreed, but some of the halls in balch are pretty cool, and the dorm rooms are definitiely a cut above the rest.</p>
<p>To answer your original question, in my opinion, as a friendly, social person:</p>
<p>Which is better (overall): corridor</p>
<p>Best for Dining Hall: Mews (right next to my favorite dining hall)
Proximity to campus: Balch or Risley (closest to campus and the best bus stops)
Cleanliness: Balch (it's a nicer building + full of girls)
People (I will interpret this to mean "a fun hall"): Donlon or Dickson (layout in donlon is conducive to socialness, dickson singles make everyone come out of their rooms and talk chill with each other in other rooms)
Parties: Townhouses (actual private houses/apartments, so the supervision is minimal and space is big, plus full kitchen, several bedrooms, lots of room for tv, couches, etc.; in terms of frat parties, most happen near west campus which is across the gorge and down the slope, the dorms are in effect equidistant from the parties, because the difference in their distance from the gorge is negligable relative to the full trip required.</p>
<p>I agree with sparticus, I happen to live in (and LOVE) Dickson and truly beleive it is the best dorm overall - and I just happened to luck out with a single in Dickson that is easily as large as the singles in Balch. </p>
<p>As for dining halls, Risley does have their own dining hall right in the dorm, which is always an advantage. And Balch has the Tatkon Center, which serves sandwiches and coffee. </p>
<p>Suite vs. Corridor - for freshman, the corridor is better for meeting different people and being social, but many upperclassmen I know really appreciate their suites. </p>
<p>As for cleanliness, don't automatically assume girls are cleaner...hair everywhere in the bathrooms is gross.</p>
<p>ok first of all towerpump, what makes u think im a first year student..
second of all i was asking..
which is the best corridor style dorm overall?
which is the best suite style dorm overall?</p>
<p>are there any guys in BALCH?</p>
<p>how come you dont get lonely in SINGLES?.. in other colleges if ur in a single it means u have medical problems or something.. its frowned upon to live in a single.. meaning ur anti social and stuff.. etc..</p>
<p>other than townhouses, which dorm is the biggest party dorm? </p>
<p>which dorm is the quietest?
which dining hall is mew next to? why do u like that dining hall?
which dorm is better? risley or balch?</p>
<p>can u fill out the survey somehow in order to get the dorm you want.. like trick them or something.. make it bias or something..</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>balch is better than risley...
balch is very quiet.....</p>
<p>I just assumed, since most people asking questions on this site are pre-frosh. I'm sorry if I'm wrong. But if you're a transfer, then those questions you just asked are irrelevant--you won't be staying on North (except for a few exceptions); you'll either be off-campus, on West Campus, or in Sheldon or Cascadilla in Collegetown. I have little information about any of those options; I'm sure one of the upperclassmen that frequent this site can help you with that.
For the survey, past experiences say that putting stuff on the survey has no effect on what dorm you'll get, except for whether you'll get a single/double/triple etc.</p>
<p>are there any BOYS in balch? or is it an ALL GIRLS dorm? is balch corridor?
which is the best corridor style dorm overall?
which is the best suite style dorm overall?</p>
<p>i am a transfering SOPHMORE, tower, not UPPERCLASSMAN</p>
<p>There are boys in Balch, they just don't live there.</p>
<p>I used to think Balch is the worst place that a girl can be stuck in, but I have since revised my view. The rooms are big. It's generally quiet and clean. There are a lot of support services for just about everything from relationships to academics. They have parties/get togethers for every little thing. Personally, I think Balch is probably one of the better dorms someone can live in.</p>
<p>balch rocks....i didnt think so before i came to cornell....but it does....
its really quiet...guys are allowed in......there are as norcalguy said lots of parties for every single thing.......and well.....personally i find it awesome during prelim time....cant get a better study spot then the lounge....</p>
<p>to be a non-freshman living on north, you'd have to be an RA or be in one of the program houses (Risley, HILC, eco house, JAM, LLC, Ujamaa, McCLU) or else you'll be on West campus or Collegetown (sheldon, cascadilla). i believe that the transfer center halfway through next yr will be adios, and will have residents move into one of the dorms currently being built (that ugly place next to McFaddin that has all the construction), and that's where most transfers end up, and I believe most of them like it only because they are surrounded by transfer, although the opinion of the dorm itself might make a lot to be desired (hence it's inevitable destruction in the not too distant future). I would suggest Alice Cook House (the new wing) or Carl Becker House since it NEW, however, you are required to be on a 2K/semester meal plan (unlimited in two dining halls, 50 at the others) so if you can't afford a meal plan, stick to the other gothics or collegetown. There is libe slope to trek up on, but since you will be a transfer, i believe you'll get a free bus pass. </p>
<p>for more info go to housing.cornell.edu </p>
<p>~ Quynh ~</p>
<p>sexy123, I never said you were an upperclassman; I just told you they would be the ones who would have the information you need (as quynh2007 has provided). I may be misreading your tone, but it seems as if you are rather peeved by my responses; I'm only trying to help.</p>
<p>Tower: you're not alone, even if she didn't intend it, i certainly get a ****ed off tone from the posts. Crap now i'm making assumptions that sexy is a girl...in case you're a guy sexy, i'm sorry! :p</p>
<p>To the world and sexy in part: yeah, in towers defense, not only are the majority of the non-informing posters on this site prospective freshmen, but in terms of dorm questions it's almost always freshmen asking. Anyone who posts on here with a "what is cornell like" type question is considered by default, a freshman. For some questions like "should I take Econ 101 or 313 next semester" it's obvious it's a current student" and for "transfer center or college town" it's pretty obvious it's a trans. Don't get peeved over the mistake. You should really be thanking him and the other posters on here who dedicate a significant chunk of time to answer peoples questions with information that really can't be gotten any other way. He is giving you truthful statements. you can't really pick your res hall if it's not a program house. RE-lax.</p>
<p>To trasi86: I'm not saying girls are cleaner. I know how messy they can be! haha.</p>
<p>To sexy, again: I just think balch (physically, viz. appearance, not overall environment) is a better atmosphere than the new Ct, bauer, and Mews dorms, it is clean looking, brightly lit, and has a warm, lived in feeling. The halls of Ct, bbauer, and Mews feel dim and sterile to me.</p>
<p>Best Corridor style dorms are probably dickson and donlon in no particular order in terms of a "fun hall."</p>
<p>Ct, Mews, & Bauer are the nicest and (only?) suite style dorms on north campus: (2 doubles+1 single)/1 bathroom.</p>
<p>No guys in balch "without an escort." That doesn't mean there are no guys in the building. But guys can't really hang out there on their own, and none live there.</p>
<p>People don't get lonely in singles (at least in corridor halls, I don't know about suite singles) because of the social nature of the halls. If almost everyone in the hall is in a single, as is the case with dickson (over 500 residents, total), everyone comes out to hang out and talk. Dont argue, haha, singles in dickson= very social! :) Singles are very prevalent at cornell, and some years there is more supply than demand and people get "stuck" in them. They usually learn to love them it would seem. They are not frowned upon here. You may think living with someone else is way better, but it's nice to have your own place, schedule, hours, privacy, noise level, cleanliness, rules, etc. Unless you get along perfectly with your roomate (pure luck/chance) I feel a singles corridor is better...it's like having 50 roommates each with his own little space.</p>
<p>Dorms aren't so much "party" dorms as "fun/social" dorms. You can't really party in any of the dorms due to noise and substance restrictions. Parties happen at the fraternities. You can chill and have a great time more easily in the "fun halls" which have already been beaten to death in this thread.</p>
<p>Quieter dorms are pretty much everything other than donlon and dickson (and JAM, I would imagine) from my experience. I don't know about risley or the other program houses though.</p>
<p>Mews is next to appel, which has my favorite dining hall, "north star." I like the atmosphere there better than at RPCC, which is larger and more crowded. The food selection is good at both, though RPCC has 1 or 2 things Appel doesn't have like the "mongolian grill" where they cook your pasta and stirfry right before your eyes ooOO00ooOo haha</p>
<p>I would like balch better than risley, but both are exquisite buildings-- very attractive. Risley has a rep for "weird artsy people" but I don't know anybody there so I can't back up that statement.</p>
<p>You cannot pick your dorm for the most part, even by tricking them. If you want balch pick single and only female housing. otherwise you can really only determine your roommate. They ask single or double/triple, early or late hours, social or studious, clean or messy, can you tolerate clean or messy, can you work/sleep with noise/[light+noise] respectively. that's pretty much it. they don't seem to break people up by dorm reputation and put the "social kids" in donlon or something like that.</p>
<p>All that said, I highly recommend a single! It's hard to find someone significantly more outgoing and social than I am--I love people. I also love my hall, which is full of singles.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, but if you're a sophomore, none of this applies to you except the single advice (although the thread will be useful to prospective students in the future). There is a special dorm called the transfer center (for transfers) on west campus (on-campus upperclassmen housing area). Transfer center lets students who are new to campus and don't have a social network start one so they don't feel all alone on the big campus. If you know a bunch of people on campus already though, then ask them how they're living. if they have a house or apartment in collegetown (off campus housing area adjacent to campus--think a miniature town of 100% [literally] college students and college student oriented businesses and restaurants) perhaps they have a room for you.</p>
<p>ok
other than BALCH, what is the next best dorm to live in (OVERALL)?
a dorm with guys who live in it as well..
which dorms are the NEWEST?
which is the best SINGLE dorm to live in?
are the single dorms corridor style? or suite?
are the corridor style dorms clean.. like do they actually have CLEAN bathrooms?.. lol</p>
<p>so all in all, which dorm do u recommend (THE BEST) for a transfer student like me..
thankss</p>
<p>"so all in all, which dorm do u recommend (THE BEST) for a transfer student like me.."</p>
<p>If you're a transfer student, I would suggest living at The Transfer Center (if you can.) It's really nice, and the people there are really social (since everyone there is a transfer student.)</p>
<p>Do you have any particular interests? If so, you might want to look into one of the other program houses. There are lots of really good ones - the Ecology House and the Holland International Center are really nice, and I know that I personally wouldn't mind living at either of those next year.</p>