So I was accepted into the Class of 2019 for ED1 and I was just wondering about freshman year housing. I’m aware that we don’t get to pick which dorm we want to live in, but I would just appreciate it if someone who goes/went to Emory or knows any info on this could help me. I also know there are 8 possible halls, but I’m looking for a mixed coed dorm and know that only Dobbs, McTyeire, Holmes, and Longstreet-Means offer that.
I was just wondering what some of the pros and cons are for each of these 4 houses. I know off the bat that Dobbs is an older building, and Longstreet is a global and cultural type of dorm. Just anything at all would be helpful. Thanks!
McTyeire will be non-existent so that’s a con of that one lol. Dobbs has smallest rooms (but may be funner than the other 2. They tend to actually hang out with each other more often than others outside of the “a huge portion of the dorm is rushing Greeklife”). LSM and Holmes are essentially the same thing but different themes. I would argue that LSM has more amenities/communal spaces due to its size, but other than that, there do not seem to be major differences in culture.
If housing is something you are considering, this is not the university for you. I am a current freshman year student and was fortunate enough to be placed in “good” housing, but there are many really horrible things in practice at the housing department. For one, placing all freshmen together serves the purpose of allowing them to meet new people in their grade and form a close group of friends. 7 unlucky freshmen were however stuck in one of emory’s worst places to live - McTyeire. This dormitory is being torn down next year to accommodate a new building they lack the funds for at the moment. At the same time, several hundred incoming sophomore are being required to live on campus and also not given any housing. They are truly a despicable and awful department and have totally destroyed my experience at this university.
Yeah, something went wrong this year, but it has been like that for a while. I actually got waitlisted before my sophomore year and junior. One thing I would not claim is that “Even though I received good housing, they destroyed my experience at this university”. Sounds a bit hyperbolic considering those decisions go out in like march. For you experience to be destroyed, it would have to had already been going downhill. The idea of a housing decision affecting someone like that is a little strange.
Also, it isn’t only housing. Housing has had to deal with Emory’s higher enrollment for a while and it is simply difficult to manage without building more sophomore dorms or doing strange rearrangements. The housing dept. is not in control of construction/capital projects.
Really?! That’s a requirement? I actually didn’t realize that. I just thought that freshmen had to and that sophomores had guaranteed housing (clearly this is not the case in the literal sense…)
The residence folks were disorganized when my D was a freshman in 2013: she missed the deadline for global living options and ended up in Harris, now a sophomore dorm. She was worried about being in Harris but it turned out fine. The good thing about a larger dorm is that it’s easy to meet more people freshman year: each hall and floor has a theme, the Resident Assistants arrange house events and are there to help you transition. Since the OP asked, D had a friend in L-Means who loved it, the rooms are beautiful.
As a sophomore, my D had no problems with housing: she got her first choice in Woodruff, which has beautiful suites, a small cafe and other amenities since it’s on the far side near the hospital. Freshmen in Harris had the option to remain there (it was renovated last summer), and many of her best friends are still there.