Freshman typically live in the dorms. You get your housing assignment based on when you filled out the housing contract, so you might not get your first choice dorm if you filled out the application later. I filled mine out in march and got my 3rd choice dorm. (maybe if you fill it out later try to trick the system by putting the dorm you want the most second or third)
DORM REPUTATIONS
17:
-many frat boys/srat girls live here and are always around
-new dorm, the rooms are really nice
-the dining hall is really good
-far away from classes and the union
-on frat row
-party dorm
Comstock:
-next to the union so really close to everything
-absolutely terrible dining hall
-very calm dorm, almost too calm that nobody talks to eachother
-sinks in your room
-lavendar house llc
Bailey:
-on st paul so very inconvinent
-most people do not want to live there
-some people that live there end up liking it but others switch to other dorms
Middlebrook:
-on west bank
-kind of inconvienient but not that bad
-honors llc
-people generally like it there
-really good dining hall
Pioneer
- theyre redoing the whole thing and its expected to be really nice
-two story dining hall
-in super block
Centennial:
-in superblock
-dining hall has mixed reviews but its a lot nicer than comstock
-GOPHER HOLE STUDY SPOT IN THE BASEMENT IS SO NICE
-lots of single rooms
Territorial:
-party dorm
-in superblock
-very social but ambulances there every weekend
Frontier:
-chiller version of territorial
-in superblock
-nice study area in the front
-good amount of social
-cse llcs
The majority of people live out of the dorms after freshman year, but a small percentage still choose to live in the dorms as a sophomore. Sign up for housing for sophomore year is pushed really early on the freshman. My advice is DO NOT LIVE IN THE MARSHALL. YOU OVER PAY FOR A TINY ROOM. Live somewhere like sydney hall, the knoll, the bridges, dinaken, or floco.