<p>Would it be lame if a junior stayed in a dorm?</p>
<p>Are they heavily monitored by resident assistants?</p>
<p>I am asking this because I will prob be coming in not knowing a lot of people, so a dorm is a chance to meet people.</p>
<p>I think you would be fine. The dorms that are 24 hr visitation are NOT monitored much. Students come and go at all hours, and you do not have to be worried about being on the wrong floor at the wrong time. And they seem very social. I will tell you that alcohol is a NO GO, but other than that, the oversight is very passive. If you have a problem the RA’s are there, but my D says they are not out looking for trouble. She has friends returning to dorms as sophomores, esp students she knows in Landis and Gilchrist. Her roomate is returning to Gilchrist with a suitemate. And the upperclass dorms are popular. I hear getting into Regan’s was tough this year for rising freshman. I would say go for it. You are close to everything, you don’t have to ride the bus in or drive in early to find a parking spot. And you will get to know others quickly.</p>
<p>sophiegirl you aren’t the only one, I will also becoming from a community college as a junior and not know a dang person. I can tell you it will be a new experience that is why I am doing it. I think the majority of kids who stay in the dorms will be freshman but I’m sure there are quite a few Juniors and upperclassmen. I am more worried about who my random roommate will be.</p>
<p>ttriber: dorms are pretty fun in general. mine didn’t have much management. i had a good time freshman year, but my roommates were AWFUL. you really have to be careful with that. do they have some kind of roommate matching thing? that is def necessary. mine were the complete opposites of me!</p>
<p>another good way to meet people would be joining a frat. have you thought about that?</p>
<p>sophiegirl----I remember when I applied for my housing back in december, they talk about being really serious about pairing roomies with similar interest, and have you fill out a survey as a part of the agreement</p>
<p>The survey portion was kinda funny, it has like three questions, along the lines of “do you you listen to music when you study?”</p>
<p>anddd “Are you an early bird, or a night owl?”
haha i don’t think you can get broader than that…but I suppose it’s the excitement of not knowing who you get.
I thought it was cute, guess we’ll seee.</p>
<p>those components are really useful though, because they DO cause conflict. my roommate was incredibly disrespectful and always had her music on really loud when i was studying. she would never put headphones on. or she would and have her TV on also. so i could never be in the room when doing work.
i couldn’t talk to her about it either. she would get ****ed. so, yeah it’s very important.</p>
<p>Veryyy true.</p>
<p>I guess I just romanticized it too much hahaha. I pictured them asking stuff like “Do you like the show scrubs?! How about the color blue?”</p>
<p>Too silly.</p>
<p>yeah, really.
that would be awesome. the thing is, me and my roommate had a lot in common but she was disrespectful and bipolar.
i would love a roommate who likes the office, animals, simon and garfunkel, and dancing and could be my best friend hahaha.
some people get lucky. i wasn’t. you can always switch roommates if you have a problem though.</p>
<p>when my friend did her housing application for davidson college, they actually had everyone fill out the meyers briggs assessment test! i was hoping fsu’s survey would be a little more specific as well, but oh well :]</p>
<p>Not lame at all being a junior living on campus, I will be. Then again I’m gonna be an RA :P</p>
<p>Most RAs are not out to get you and many will try to not get you in trouble. Just use common sense and you will be fine. If you want to form many bonds I suggest community style over suite style. Only problem is with suite style your rooms are going to be much nicer. </p>
<p>Living on the west side of campus(basically community style). My friend described it this way. It’s depressing to have a hard day and come back to a _______(enter your choice of swear word).</p>
<p>do incoming freshmen fill those out too?
I’d like to be paired with someone I won’t have too many problems with, too</p>
<p>yes, everyone applying for housing fills that out.</p>
<p>Sophie, you’d be fine in the dorm as a junior.</p>
<p>Oh, when I applied for housing online they didn’t ask me to fill one out. Do we fill them out at orientation or something?</p>
<p>It’s so short and obscure, you probably didn’t even realize you filled it out, Larry.</p>