<p>Which freshman dorms are the best?</p>
<p>i loved barret, dupont and yates. barret is near the sunken gardens but the other two are near the new cafeteria and rec center. i requested the large dorms so hopefully ill end up with one of these. monroe didnt seem too shabby either. but i know someone who got stuck in the "worst dorm ever" boutetot or something like that and still had the most amazing experience. </p>
<p>are some dorms known as more social than others with requard to parties?</p>
<p>I think the only dorm that has a reputation as far as the people in it, is Monroe</p>
<p>Dupont, Yates and Barrett are generally considered the nicest dorms. A lot of freshmen live in Dupont/Yates/Botetourt, which are all very close to each other near the newly renovated dining hall and the rec, but farther from Old Campus (and an uncomfortable hike back from the bookstore with $600 of textbooks). Dupont is suite style and Yates is hall style, both have AC. Yates promises you daily walks by the swamp pit to and from class. Botetourt is generally frowned upon, but I've never really been in it.</p>
<p>Barrett, coed for only 2 years, is very nice, located on old campus, but right next to new campus so it's a pretty short walk to everything. Location is great, but doesn't have AC.</p>
<p>Monroe is kinda by itself, but has great location. Very close to the UC, right across the street from Wawa. Has it's own graveyard. No AC.</p>
<p>Hunt and Taliaferro are both very small dorms on old campus. Great locations for old campus classes, but a hike down to Morton. Small rooms and no AC. Upside to the small size is that you generally get to know everyone well, but as I did when I lived in Taliaferro, you kind of "run out of people" at some point in your freshmen year, and wish you lived with more. These dorms are right next to the Marketplace. One of the things I liked about it was that people would get lunch from the MP and bring it back and eat in the lounge (lounge has AC) during the week.</p>
<p>Brown, which was freshmen this year, is really in Merchant's Square. Don't really know much about it (or if it will be freshmen again next year).</p>
<p>As chilaxn88 said, you can still have a great time no matter where you live, so don't stress about it.</p>
<p>probably about half of the rooms in non-AC dorms have AC by doctor's note. Just my impressions from walking by them on the outside.</p>
<p>Okay I'll bite, what's the reputation of the kids in Monroe??</p>
<p>about 30-40 of them are Monroe Scholars</p>
<p>Hm, I'm with atrmom, I want to know...
I've signed up to live there (but I'm a Monroe).</p>
<p>my daughter is a Monroe as well, but she stayed in Monroe for a weekend last October and loved it so she was pretty excited to get the nod that she was in the program and would have the opportunity to live in the dorm.</p>
<p>Yeah, same here, actually! I stayed for awhile in Monroe and I really liked it there. Even if it has a nerdy vibe, I'm cool with that. I'm a little nerdy m'self.</p>
<p>my d.says the same thing about herself, but I wouldn't. She's just a kid who's pretty serious about her studies, but she likes to have fun too</p>
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<p>the same as the honors dorm on any campus?</p>
<p>You can't walk around and point out Monroe students.</p>
<p>My d was also a Monroe. She returned her housing deposit form (in 2001) within a week of receiving her acceptance, and she was already too late to be placed in Monroe Hall. That year the overflow took up 2 of the 3 floors in Hunt Hall, which my d loved despite the extremely small rooms and lack of A/C. I'd say that most of her closest friends throughout all four years remained people she'd met the week she moved in (Monroes and non-Monroes). </p>
<p>I was initially disappointed when she missed out on being in the Monroe dorm, but she wasn't. She told me that she was very happy with the way things worked out every time she visited friends in Monroe, which she personally found too quiet and, yes, nerdy. (I have no idea what this really means - lots of her friends seemed pretty darned nerdy to me. :) ) She illustrated the point by saying that there were always guys playing computer games on Saturday night instead of being out doing other things, which to me sounds like every other dorm in the world.</p>
<p>When do students find out their rooming assignments?</p>
<p>You do have to remember, even if you get Taliaferro, Hunt, or Brown, it's not a huge distance to the other side of campus, maybe one mile at the very, very most. If you have classes near Sunken Gardens, it is actually pretty convenient.</p>
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<p>This is very true. It seems farther because W&M is a pretty small campus (well, at least the part that 99% of people use). The walk from Wren/Ewell/Tucker to Morton pushes the 10 minute window between classes (obviously longer if you walk slower).</p>
<p>Botetourt = The ghetto of campus.</p>
<p>Dupont, Yates have AC. Barrett is old and pretty and probably has the best location right in between old and new campuses. It will get AC eventually but I don't think it will be by next year. Those are probably the top three.</p>
<p>Monroe isn't bad either. Taliaferro, Brown, and Hunt are somewhat out of the way, but you might like living right next to CW.</p>