I wonder if that is the same number of kids/beds as in past for Honors … Do you know how that compares to spaces in IV for Honors?
Will regular Frosh be in IV next year? or who?
I’m pretty sure East Village is a good deal smaller. No more gym and dining hall in the building, but they are now just across the street from the freshman quad which isn’t far from the full gym and dining halls. East Village is such a nice building, great views, very modern- we’re all very jealous freshmen will be getting it. Word on the street is that IV will be upperclassmen only.
This switch of housing is tied to the promise to provide on campus housing for everybody who wants it and to require sophomores to live on campus. They needed more rooms and so they built East Village. Although it is new - it is not apartment style (so they can house more students per square inch so to speak). Now it will be more difficult for sophomores to get apartment style housing, as many of them will be in IV where they need a meal plan. However, IV for a sophomore will still be far superior to the freshman dorms (which are all old). Most likely third years and up will be the only ones getting into the apartment style buildings (most of West Village).
I figured this was why the switch is being made but I hope they have enough apartment style housing for sophomores who want it next year. My D is fine in IV this year but do it want to be on a meal plan next year. She only got a mid-range lottery number, so I hope she can still be in an apartment.
@twicemama They are reserving several dorms for rising sophomores most of which are apartments (with exception of IV).Getting an apartment should be doable with a decent lottery number although possibly in an older dorm like Burnstein.
From what I am hearing, it is worse for third years who maybe get a lottery number mixed with upperclass but get to pick last in that group… most sophomores (and others) don’t want dorm style with meal plan, so I juts hope there are enough decent apartments to go around…
The Burke Street residence is already under construction, which is amazing by Boston standards. All apartments for 800 students. Completion is at least 18 months away though.
I’ve read a lot of students complain here on CC and other sites about the fact that NEU sophomores are “stuck” with traditional dorms/meal plans. I get it… The meal plan is expensive, but almost every residential college requires sophomores to be in traditional dorms with meal plans. At most schools, apartments are for upperclassman.
Northeastern does require sophomores to live on campus. All Boston area colleges are under pressure from city governments to house more students on campus. Many are building luxury apartment style residences which is what students want despite the high price tag.
@kiddie thanks for finding this. Thought I would post here so all honors info is together:
“Just found this on the honors website - something different this year -guess they are sorting different honors interests onto different floors of East Village”
Where are Honors students placed for housing during their first year?
First-year Honors students live in the Honors Living Learning Community in East Village. Upper-class students may choose to live in honors housing in East Village upperclass housing or in West Village C.
What is a Living Learning Community?
A Living Learning Community or LLC is a community in a residence hall where students share a common theme or academic interest. All first-year Honors students are housed under the Honors Program LLC “umbrella” and will join a community of entering scholars with a wide range of interests and concerns on each of our floors in East Village.
** Starting in Fall 2017 all first year Honors students will have choice of an LLC theme they may join. During the spring semester, prospective students will be asked about themes they may be interested in being involved with. More information on choosing your theme will be shared after May 1. **
They sort of did something like that when I was in freshman honors housing back in 2010. They had us pick interests that they divided us up by floor within IV. But it was pretty meaningless, and I don’t even remember which area I was in.