<p>I received my acceptance letter to UB today, and I was just wondering what the dorms were like.</p>
<p>In the Joseph Ellicott Complex, it says that it features "centrally located baths", but does this mean that each room has a private bathroom shared by the roommates or is it more like a community bathroom (like a public restroom?)</p>
<p>North campus vs. South campus? Any thoughts?</p>
<p>hey im not sure,but you applied regular? i live in the metro ny area,so mines coming soon?where do you live?</p>
<p>North is where everything is located, "buzzing with activity", basically a small town.</p>
<p>South is located in a bad area of Buffalo but its more the traditional feeling (brick buildings with ivy, older campus, etc.) ONLY CERTAIN MAJORS ARE TAUGHT ON SOUTH CAMPUS--CHECK W/ UB TO SEE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF YOUR CLASSES ARE TAUGHT</p>
<p>So, basically, you will want to live where the majority of your classes are going to be held and UB does not guarantee you will get housing on your preferred campus. That is one of the main reasons why UB dropped down to my fourth choice.</p>
<p>I heard Ellicot is where you wanna be if you want to dorm on the North campus. I think suites have their own bathrooms and if you are in corridor style than a "centrally" located bath is just a bathroom that everyone on your floor shares.</p>
<p>Governors or whatever, is old, small and dirty.</p>
<p>I can't comment on south campus living arrangements because I haven't seem them.</p>
<p>Hey. I live in the ellicott dorms and it has one girls and one guys bathroom in each hallway. I’m pretty sure the guys and the girls are the same with 2toilets, and 2 showers. I saw a bathroom that had 2 shower space or 1shower.1 bathtub(you can also shower here lol). </p>
<p>I would say North campus. South is far and and you will get tired easily from all the bus riding. Your classes will most likely be on north anyways. </p>
<p>In ellicott they have 6 quads connected with the fillmore center+ food courts. They also have 2 dining halls.</p>
<p>Governors…They’re all connected too. 1 dining hall, The Cellar where they sell wings and subs and things like that. Its a walking distance from the school. You’ll be there in like 3 minutes. </p>
<p>South. THey have shard bathroom between two rooms but if you’re lucky you might get your own.</p>
<p>Sean256 says, “Governors or whatever, is old, small and dirty.” </p>
<p>Define old? This was designed by I.M.Pei in the 1970’s - Similar vintage as the Ellicott complex. In the Northeast Colleges, old would usually be more like 1870’s - (OK, really more like anything built earlier than the 1940’s). How bad colud they be?</p>
<p>Are all the Governors basically identical or does Dewey have a different reputation than Clinton for example (the dorms not the actual dead guy governor)?</p>
<p>Which is easier to navigate, Governors or Legoland?</p>
<p>Just my opinion. I think the “oldness” stood out because the dorms seemed to be dirty and it looked like the fixtures were run down. Whether this is due to students or neglect by UB res services, I don’t know</p>
<p>Geneseo,for example, has very old dorms, but are clean as can be and everything functions.</p>
<p>Ahhh…not well maintained, that kind of old. That’s too bad. Didn’t have time for a full Univ. tour on audition day - had a plane to catch. </p>
<p>Even at other Universities the rooms you see on the tour are rarely a true picture. At Univ. of Miami there is an unoccupied sample room all perfectly decorated and clean. At Rollins College the room was occupied by a guy who must be an interior design major and a clean freak, plus he was a single occupant in a double room. Now at Rice we saw the real room of our tour guide, occupied by 2 females with LOTS of stuff and clutter - a WAY more accurate picture. None of the tours ever let you near the bathrooms though - even when asked. DS was invited to Honors College and one of the Governors dorms so that’s why we wonder about what they are really like. Thanks</p>
<p>My daughter is a student at UB in the Richmond Bldg in the Ellicott complex. She applied for and got her own single room. When I first saw the pictures for a single room on the UB website, I was extremely disappointed. We’re from San Diego and the website pictures looked awful, so we based her room on those tacky pictures. But when we got there, the single room looked A LOT BETTER than the posted picture! It’s big! The bathroom is 2 steps across the hall from her room. I thought her single room looked better than the triples and quads. She did her room up in Hawaiian aqua blues and browns (comforter online) and put in matching curtains and Hawaiian tiki torches. It came out very cute! The building is 1970 brick, extremely warm, but you need your own slippers or carpet for the floor during the cold weather. Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Best Buy are less than 2 miles away in a strip mall in Amherst. No IKEA, Costco, or “The Container Store” in Buffalo, so order and ship to yourself. Your room is what you make it! My advice Get a single room so that you can control the temperature.</p>
<p>temperature definetely matters. im getting a bleeding nose thingy cause its too dry. i also live in richmond too! except im in a triple. the governors hall is so hard to find your way around. but you’ll get used to it in a while. I don’t live there but i know the way now cause ive been there so many times. at first i was amazed at the people who live there. that placed looked like some kind of maze</p>
<p>do u play basketball for UB?</p>
<p>Son was accepted into Honors too.</p>
<p>Is Governors very mixed as far as freshman, sophs, jrs, etc?
Is another dorm recommended for freshman instead?</p>
<p>Is housing guaranteed or all 4 years?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>My daugther is a freshman in the honors program at UB. She lives in the Governors complex, in Roosevelt dorm. The dorms there are somewhat like a maze, but she learned her way around very quickly. Her room is VERY small I think, for two people, at least compared to my other daughter who attends a private school in NC, but she and her roommate seem happy enough. We lofted the bed to its max, which is only about 3 feet, and bought various storage containers, shelves, etc, which she has under her bed and can crawl in to get things she needs. The dorm is set up with four rooms off a small hallway and a bathroom that serves only those 8 girls. The floors are coed, but the individual small hallways are same sex. There is a kitchen on her floor that the kids can use, since they are not allowed to have microwaves, although they can have a mini fridge. There is a dining hall in the Governors complex. It is a long walk to many of her classes since all the dance classes are at the other end of the academic “spine” but she is survivng. We are from Syracuse, so she is used to the weather for the most part, but complains that it is MUCH windier in Buffalo. Ellicott complex is also a long walk ito class if you live there, but there is a shuttle bus. My daughter doesn’t use the shuttle.
South campus is a bus ride away. I don’t think my daughter ever goes there for anything, and I wouldn’t really want her do have to deal with a 15 minute bus ride to class. Some majors, mostly health related I think, have more classes on South campus, so it might be better to live there.
I think the Governors dorms are not dirty, but they are dim. Very institutional. Not decorated. But the kids can make their own rooms cute if they want to. My daughter and her roomate aren’t the type to care much. But I’m sure others do.
Next year she is trying for a single, and all of those are in Ellicott complex, so we’ll see how that goes. She loves her roommate (completely random assigments.–there isn’t even a form to ask basic questions like my other daughter had at her university), but wants her own space because they have two completely different lives when it comes to bedtime, study time, etc.
Overall, she has been very happy in her dorm, and at UB.</p>
<p>I would say it is mixed because they don’t have specific halls for seniors, juniors and such. You can also check out Richmond, Wilkeson, Spaulding… a lot of freshmen live there. I live in Richmond and I think almost all of them are freshmen.</p>
<p>DavidB were you asking me about basketball?
i dont play for ub, i just like playing basketball. its my fav. sport</p>
<p>yea i was asking if u play for ub thatd be sick. but regular basketball is cool also lol</p>