<p>High rises are the way to go!! Hamilton (or should i say Rodin)!</p>
<p>Call it High Rise North (HRN). Regardless of what it's name is, it will always be north of the others.</p>
<p>I was reading about housing in some of the old threads. On the housing app, can you repeat choices or list combination choices like(in no particular order)1) Fisher/Riepe/Ware double 2) Fisher/Riepe/Ware double
3)Fisher/Riepe/Ware double and is that smart to do?</p>
<p>Is it relatively easier or harder to get into any of those three? For example, I know Ware is largest - does that make it easier to get into? Of those three houses, which is most requested? Thanks!!</p>
<p>I'd go against Hill because a) college hall food isn't really that great, b) there is an express food in Mclelland (at the Quad) where you can use those meals, and c) not having AC is really annoying. The rooms in Hill are also ALL tiny. It's also far, Hill and DRL are the only things near them. That may change with the opening of the cafes on 34th st though.</p>
<p>The Quad has a much larger selection of rooms, including singles and such.</p>
<p>The best dorms, I think, are the high rises since they're pretty close to 40th st (The Bridge, Fresh Grocer and such) and they're typically pretty big rooms.</p>
<p>do freshman usually get high rises? Also, would any of you current quakers recommend 3/4 person suites?</p>
<p>A few prefrosh I knew did get a high rise.. It's pretty rare though unless you're in a residential program.</p>
<p>As for the latter, I would. I'm probably going to live in one next year. I lived in one this past semester and it was sweet.</p>
<p>is it just a lottery? Like randomly picking from your list of choices? Or is there a system to choose a dorm room for us?</p>
<p>They basically give you six options. It's a random system that tries to get you the highest up option. This is for prefrosh.</p>
<p>After that, we're told that graduation year impacts whether you get your top choice but I'm not sure if they mean that seniors get the advantage or sophomores.</p>
<p>hey! are all the dorms coed? i dont want to get stuck with a bunch or girls, i would cry...</p>
<p>almost every school has one all-womens dorm. most don't have all-men, unless they're schools like ND, which is all-no-coed (idk). all the good dorms (quad, hill, KC, etc) for froshes at Penn are coed</p>
<p>hill used the be the all women dorm (from when it was built (60s i think) till early 70s)
thats why it looks like a prison/castle and doesnt have urinals</p>
<p>I actually don't think that high-rises are that hard to get...a few of the people on my floor requested them...and they got them obviously...</p>
<p>Most of the frosh who get the high-rises don't have them as their first choice (I'm one of them), so if you request it, you should get it...</p>
<p>If you do request a high-rise, pick Rodin.</p>
<p>what are the benefits of Rodin in comparison to the other high rises? Also, if you live in high rises does it take out of one's 'freshman experience' at penn (since most freshmen live in the quad, hill etc.)?</p>
<p>How does it work if one wants to room in Hill or the Quad for a year or two and then switch to highrises?</p>
<p>SexyYetiBeast...other than that I live there, i really do think it's the nicest...when Judith Rodin was president, it was the first high-rise to be renovated, and it was kind of her baby...she was personally involved in nearly every aspect of the renovation, even picking out paint chips and choosing the furnitire and everything...</p>
<p>Plus the staff (RA/GA/House Dean) is completely awesome.</p>
<p>quake87: do you live in a high rise suite with other freshmen? Also, do you still find plenty of time to get to classes and hang out with friends who live in the quad?</p>
<p>YetiBeast...yea i live in Hamilton (Rodin as of Fall 2006)...i love it there. I have three other roommates, and everyone on the hall is completely awesome. </p>
<p>As regards classes, it will probably take you about two or three minutes longer to get down to Williams or Van Pelt or DRL than people from the Quad, but it's certainly not isolated...it's never been a problem for me; i just leave ten minutes before class and i' fine. For classes that you might have in McNeil or Huntsman or the Psych Building it's probably more convenient than the quad and definitely more so than hill...</p>
<p>There's also plenty of time to hang out with friends who live in the Quad...a lot of them are over here a good amount of the time, especially on party nights, because we're close to frats and it's a convenient place to pre-game...we also have people over to eat sometimes when we cook and all (yay for kitchens! :))...i see friends from the quad all the time and i actually don't go over there TOO often...they're here or we meet somewhere.</p>
<p>I think the advantages that the high rises have is that they allow for a lot more privacy than places like hill and the quad...over there there's soooo much activity that i feel it might have been hard for me to get away from everything if i wantred some quiet alone time...in the high rises, you can have a lot of fun, but can also relax in your common room or your own bedroom if you want to...</p>
<p>If you have any other questions, pm me...i'd be happy to answer them.</p>
<p>thanks a lot bro! that was some pretty freaking awesome insight</p>
<p>Bump - for the best quad houses for freshmen. Any advantages in location or facilities for Fisher, Ware or Riepe? Any opinion on whether it's better to be in a mostly freshman building or a more mixed (65% freshman) house like Riepe ( used to be Spruce, I think). Thanks.</p>
<p>I know that Hill is more convenient for engineers, but does that mean more so engineers live there...cause thats not what I want. I don't mind walking to classes. But does living in the quad make it harder for an engineer to buckle down and study...ive heard that can be hte case..true?</p>