<p>I have heard different things regarding the dorm situation here. Are they coed or girls and guys seperate dorms?</p>
<p>Also, what about greek housing - is that on campus or off campus, houses?</p>
<p>Most UR students live in single gender dorms but there are some co-ed facilities. The co-ed options are moderately new and all relate to some type of theme (such as our Earth Lodge, Civic Engagement House, and several others). There is no Greek housing. Greeks and independents are all mixed up together in the residence halls. The fraternities do have lodges--small houses on campus where they have meetings and parties but no one lives in them. The sororities meet in on-campus meeting rooms and have their parties off-campus (transportation provided). </p>
<p>I hope that answers your questions! If not, feel free to ask more!</p>
<p>"Many of our halls are single-sex, providing a basis of support through their connection to Richmond College for men and Westhampton College for women. There are also co-ed options dedicated to living-learning communities for upper-class students. Some residence halls offer single, double and triple rooms with a community bathroom, while others provide suite-style rooms for students."------------pasted from the U of R website</p>
<p>few, but not many coed living spaces for upper classmen. The majority of the campus housing is broken up into---Male Housing and Female Housing. No coed options for freshmen and lower classmen.</p>
<p>NYSmile--not necessarily true. Sophomores, I believe, have the option of living in themed housing (e.g. Earth Lodge, Arts, etc., which I believe are now housed in the new dorm).</p>
<p>The information was taken directly from the University of Richmond website. According to the Richmond website--</p>
<p>"There are also co-ed options dedicated to living-learning communities for upper-class students." </p>
<p>Now, if Richmond considers Sophomores as upper-class students, then you very well may be correct. It is important for the students researching U of R to understand that the majority of and the standard housing available is single sex dorms: separate men's and women's dorms.</p>
<p>If coed housing is something that a prospective student feels is important to his/her college campus experience, then he/she should be clearly informed of the U of R housing policy. To some, this is an issue. To others, it's not.</p>
<p>NYsmile--
I definitely agree, it is an important issue. I'm not sure how UR classifies upperclassmen/underclassmen, just thought it was an important note.</p>
<p>This is why it's important for all answers to be clear and not left to interpretation. Yes, one can mention that there are coed options but one should also make it a point to explain that these options are limited and the majority of students are housed in either all-male dorms or all-female dorms.</p>
<p>As far as how University of Richmond classifies students----if they classify the way that most other colleges classify students, then Freshmen and Sophomores are considered underclassmen while Juniors and Seniors are considered upperclassmen. If I'm wrong about this, I'm sure someone associated with the college will post a correction.</p>
<p>bump........</p>
<p>I thought what I said was clear. MOST students live in single sex residence halls. That includes all first year students. There are co-ed options that are connected to themes that have been mentioned above. Theme halls are available to beginning sophomore year. Other than the theme floors, though, most housing is still single-sex. The exception to this would be the Global House and the Arts Community, both of which are co-ed. The thing that tends to attract students to these living situations, though, is the interest in living in a highly international environment or amongst those similarly interested in the Arts.</p>
<p>In the senior year most students live in on-campus apartments. 4 students or the same gender share each apt. Men's and women's townhouses are mixed up together in the apartment blocks.</p>
<p>NYSMILE.....you promised us you would refrain from posting on these threads....per your post yesterday, you stated: "I'll refrain from posting on the Univ. of Richmond threads from now on. My hope is that parents and prospective students will get fair, balanced, and clear information from future posters. Good luck to everyone in their search." We'd all be very happy if you would live up to your promise! We are looking for reasonable, intelligent insights, not constant criticisms from an obviously bitter parent! Your comments are not helpful. Time to move on.</p>
<p>so the only opinions welcome here are those that agree with yours? Please speak for yourself 252525. I welcome the balanced discussion we get here.</p>
<p>I haven't posted since 11/08 as promised. Please don't "spin" my words to fit your agenda. I will refrain from posting about the school but attack me personally and I will respond if I feel it's needed.</p>
<p>what's the differences?
Is it because there will be gay in the single sex dorms?</p>
<p>and BTW....
"community bathroom"?!
tell me this is not true
=O</p>
<p>UR admissions, could you please clarify about the community bathroom? Also could a student stay in same-gender hall or dorm all 4 years?</p>
<p>While there are some dorms that don't have community bathrooms, but rather suite-style rooms with a shared bathroom (like Freeman for upperclassmen ladies and Gray for upperclassman boys, and also co-ed Lakeview), most dorms do have community bathrooms, including all the freshman dorms. That's completely normal and should be expected at any college... it's really not that bad. I've made it through my first semester without contracting any diseases or witnessing any indecent exposure. ;)</p>
<p>HighlandMom, living with the same sex all four years is the usual scenario here. You'd have to go out of your way to do otherwise (like apply to live in Lakeview). Generally, a student will live in a same-sex dorm for three years and then senior year, live in the on-campus 2-bedroom apartments (which are shared by 4 students of the same sex). Some girls find the opportunity to live in the apartments junior and senior year, but still are living with only other girls.</p>
<p>I was a big fan of the community bath. It was nice catching up with people while shaving or brushing your teeth and there were a good number of memorable pranks pulled. I felt it made for a more tight knit group, but perhaps that wouldn't be the same for everyone. </p>
<p>I think the long-term plan is for all freshman halls to remain community bath, while all sophomore and up baths become suite style. One sad commentary on the ability of college students to keep their suite bath clean is the fact that someone will come by once a week and clean your suite bath for you (and your apartment bath when you're a lucky junior or a senior).</p>
<p>I visited one school that had coed community baths and let me tell you, that made for an interesting weekend visit...very uncomfortable knowing the girls on the hall at that level.</p>
<p>Spiders05 is correct. Our residence halls are rotating through a long-term renovation plan (13 buildings will take about that many years to renovate as we expect to take one building out of use each year to do the work). Halls for first year students will still have community baths for the reasons described here: they help you meet your neighbors and not stay isolated in your own room which is good for the adjustment process. Sophomores and up will be moving toward suite-style housing.</p>
<p>And yes, students can live in single sex housing all four years and many do.</p>
<p>so spiders- to clarify, are you saying that sophomores who live in suite style rooms dont get the same bathroom cleaning treatment as do juniors and seniors?</p>
<p>What, wlindy? I believe suite style baths are cleaned once a week, as are bathrooms in apartments, but I'm not certain since I've not lived in either. Community/hall bathrooms are cleaned every day during the week. Usually we're left to fend for ourselves on the weekend, although I think I've seen it cleaned then, too, sometimes.</p>