For those in the know, I would appreciate hearing about freshman dormitories at Oxford at Emory.
I understand that they tore down the oldest of the dorms to make room for the new science building. How are the new dorms that were constructed to replace them?
How are freshman dorms in general?
I don’t know how any high school student would have a confirmed cultural requirement when she has already preselected herself for such a well-regarded and well-endowed LAC in the style of Colgate: 9:1 faculty ratio, small classes all taught by PhDs (or terminal degrees in their fields), focus strictly on the undergraduate, the Core Curriculum, D1 sports for fun and that most beautiful campus- as per Princeton Review. And now she is fortunate enough to be admitted! I mean, with more than 12% international students, a student demographic that is well represented across the US, and the scope of academics and extracurricular offerings there, and those post-grad and employments outcomes, well, the only question I might have is how confident she is in taking up the new challenge afforded by Colgate. I know, I know about the winter weather in the NE but still… If not now, when?
Anyway, you should know that Colgate’s geology department is very strong and has been so for several decades.
What does your daughter think of the courses and off-campus programs in the discipline? Geology is located in Ho Science Center and it’s configured to add a multidimensional richness to her scholarship.
Check out Ho, Geology department course offerings and graduate outcomes at colgate. edu.
Go 'gate!
Thanks for the answer. That is the question, but let me put it like this, will my daughter survive at Colgate is she has a kind of snotty attitude toward drunk people? Snotty might be a strong word could say slightly annoyed maybe.
If she ends up choosing Colgate for the right reasons (see above) then she will survive and thrive. Maybe the snotty comportment will soften too as she focuses on the positive and tries to overlook the negative in other college students’ behaviors.
At least that’s what you and I should hope for.
Go 'gate!
MyOdyssey:
There are no specified ‘freshman dorms’ at Oxford per se, but since rising sophomores get dibs on room choice a proportionately larger number of freshman are in the old dorms by default.
All rooms at Emory share the basic features of two beds, two desks and chairs, two small chest of drawers, two closets, and a sink with mirror (there are a few triple rooms in the older dorms). The sink is very handy. All dorms have community hallway bathrooms and free laundry facilities. The ceilings are generally high enough to avoid the feeling of living in someone’s basement.
Rooms in the newer dorms are larger than rooms in the older dorms and feel more airy. In the newer dorms there is a sink and mirror in a small alcove just as you enter the room, separated from the sleeping area by the closets. This alcove adds a little more overall square footage. The newer rooms also have captain’s beds with frames which allow the mattress to be raised for greater under- the- bed storage (not all of the older rooms have these)…
The older dorms are not without their charms. Although nothing at Oxford is a long walk from anywhere else, the older dorms are situated right on the quad whereas the new dorms are a short stroll away from the quad. Haygood Hall, for example, is directly across from the dining area, closest to the library, and has directly adjacent parking. The older rooms have a wide countertop with a sink and mirror situated in the middle of the room, flanked on either side by the closets. They have storage space above the sink and in some cases below the sink as well. Some have actual closet doors (newer rooms at Oxford do not).
I know it’s a late reply but hopefully this may help someone else.