<p>I'm aiming to go to a college that's not a big party school to begin with but not everyone gets what they want. So if I end up at a party school, I'm considering sub-free housing.</p>
<p>What experiences have people had with that? What's it like? Do you feel isolated from the regular social life on campus?</p>
<p>Bumping this because I want to know, as well</p>
<p>I lived on the Sub Free floor my first year and was the RA there my second. It was really no different. Which honestly, be warned. Some kids will pick it because they want to be substance free, but many times parents pick it for them and they aren’t or they discover alcohol halfway through the term and decide to drink. College is a new place for everyone and what they thought they wanted in high school may be different then college. That being said, there are always going to be people who like to sit in on weekends and watch a movie or go hang out somewhere else. The positive side to living on the sub free floor in my case, was that we got out of floor fines. There was only benefits to it and no negatives although I know not all programs are like that. In the end it’s up to you.</p>
<p>I had a great experience with it at my school. I came into college not partying and then second semester when I changed my mind about that it was still nice because I had a quiet place to come back to. People followed the rules well enough that if your floormates did drink/smoke/party, it doesn’t affect you because technically the rules are if you drink, have alcohol, or come back drunk in the dorm you could be forced to move out. And they enforced that. So people who did break the rules were VERY CAREFUL to not get caught, and thus don’t inconvenience other people. It was always very quiet and clean and smelled nice and I never once saw puke in the bathroom or the hall.</p>
<p>The one downside was that it was antisocial. People kept to themselves. I solved this by making friends in the more social hall next door to sub-free. I moved in there this year and I’m kind of enjoying having the more typical college dorm experience where everyone makes friends with everyone, but I do also miss my peace and quiet.</p>
<p>It depends on the school so a one size fits all description isn’t possible. My friend’s son lives in a sub free housing. At his school, the sub free housing seems to consist of many anti-social students who prefer sitting in front of their computers rather talking to people. Sad, but true.</p>
<p>^But that’s not necessarily a bad situation for some people. Even if you’re social, it can be nice to have a quiet escape. You don’t HAVE to make friends on your floor, so if instead you make friends through clubs, classes, etc, you can go out and socialize with them as much or as little as you want and then escape to your dorm to sleep or do homework.</p>