<p>Hello all.
I am a transfer who was assessed as a sophomore; basically, I spent two years elsewhere (18 to 20 years old) and now I am going in to Willamette as a transfer. I will spend minimum 2.5 years, probably 3.</p>
<p>Anyway, does anyone know dorms that have more sophomores/juniors? I would be a junior at my other school but since credits would not transfer, I am a soph. Therefore, I would like to be w/ more students of this standing, since we will all be class of 2014.</p>
<p>As a female, I would prefer an all-female floor in a coed dorm. However, I am placing the primacy on a quiet, academically oriented floor. Namely, I do not want to hear drunken debauchery all night.
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<p>Hi!</p>
<p>So the all-female floors are just in Matthews and Baxter but they’re pretty much freshman. I’d try for Matthew’s 2nd floor as there were sophomore and juniors there when I lived on that floor. </p>
<p>But, if you want quiet then I’d go for Lausanne because it’s mostly soph. and juniors and it’s very quiet.</p>
<p>I am not sure how this will change dorm assignments, but Willamette had a higher than expected yield this year. I heard from a faculty friend of mine that approximately 600 students accepted offers of admission in this year’s admission cycle. This offsets the too-low entering class last year of approximately 425. I wonder if this will put a strain on housing? I noticed the housing letter said that if too many students request housing this year, the school will contact those who live within 25 miles about living off campus for the fall term.</p>
<p>^ The proposed tuition jump in the University of California system may have contributed to that higher yield. My son (he’ll be a sophomore next year) told me that Willamette will convert all the on-campus fraternity buildings to dorms next year, so housing will look quite a bit different. </p>
<p>If you search on the housing website, you’ll find descriptions of each dorm, and these do include information about the kinds of students in each. There are several substance-free dorms on campus as well.</p>
<p>Really? I would have thought $35,000 + for Willamette would dissuade California kids who can go to a UC for ~$20,000 per year.</p>
<p>^ Willamette is very generous with merit scholarships for incoming freshmen, so you’re right that with the most commonly awarded merit scholarship, Willamette will cost around $35,000 year. This will include tuition, room and board. The current cost of UC Berkeley, including tuition, fees, room and board, is now just under $30,000 per year. The Regents are proposing to increase that by one third. This makes Willamette a far, far better deal for some students, especially considering that students can graduate in four years and average class sizes are really small.</p>
<p>For students entering Willamette with good academics and high test scores, the merit scholarship can be much higher. My son chose Willamette over UCSD last year, and the overall cost of attending was the same at either school. Next year, it will be much more expensive for incoming freshmen students attending any school in the UC system.</p>
<p>I wouln’t really know either way… transfers always get the short end of the scholarship stick. :/</p>
<p>Doney and Lausanne are the more mature dorms. Co-ed halls at willamette are super chill. You’ll probably enjoy living with guys. However, Doney 1st is all girls, but it is very small so hard to get into.</p>