<p>So I went to U Park yesterday and I was met with a dilemma. I didn't like the dorms my friends were staying in. They're both Jrs and their rooms were very small and depressing looking. I'll be a Jr next year when I go to U-Park and I would like to know what the best dorms are. I was told east view terrace. Anyone agree? Also how do you registrar for dorms if you are switching campuses? Does your branch campus help you with that? is it very likely for Jrs and Srs to get dorms on campus if they were two plus two? Anyone have any experience with this?</p>
<p>We went to a housing seminar. On campus housing in totally random. Check the housing website for dates, but you can start applying as of 9/30. Eastview is probably the nicest, but is $2000 more per semester than the typical dorm. North is supposed to be nice, also.
They really stressed paying attention to the dates on the housing website and once you apply check back on the website - do not depend on email notifications.<br>
One other thing - we were told that you can put down a potential roommate and that person puts you on their application. That gives you a double chance of getting a room. If either of you gets picked in the lottery, the other person also gets on campus housing and you are not committed to having that person as a roommate (in case one of you changes their mind).</p>
<p>Okay. I entered the lottery for eastveiw yesterday. The deadline for a request is 11/29.</p>
<p>Just be aware that if you don’t get an offer for Eastview you will be looking at off campus housing. I quickly looked at a few apartments and their floorplans. Not impressive at all. Basically, a 2 bedroom had 4 people (2 to a room) with a small living area and kitchen. So, still no privacy as far as the bedroom. Did you look at Nittany suites or apartments?</p>
<p>No. I requested residential housing also in adition to the eastview halls</p>
<p>What KVille means by random is that it ISNT first come first served. So you can enter the lottery today, or on November 27th, and your chances are no better or worse. </p>
<p>My son lives in North. It is very small, very quiet, and has AC, carpeting, and semi-private baths (shared in doubles or quad rooms). Close to the major classroom buildings and not far from the HUB, but not the street noise of South. Also costs $1500 extra a semester :(</p>
<p>My daughter is in North, too. She is in one of the SLOs. This helped her stay in North as a junior.</p>
<p>slipjig - What is your daughter majoring in? My D wants to major in graphic design and Penn State is one of her top choices (my brother grad from Penn State in graphic design). It seems North would be an ideal choice for her cuz she is social but not a big partier. And having 4 roomates and sharing a bathroom would be better then one roomate and going down the hall for the bathroom. Better chance of getting along with the 3 rather than just 1 person. When we visited and were talking to the kids who ran the tours they all seemed to be pushing East for the freshmen and didn’t think much of North.</p>
<p>I longed onto eliving and there are more options now. I requested contracts for all oof them icluding the Nittney suits, and the North suits. Good idea? Anybody know about these apartments/dorms? What are the Nittney suits? Are they considered dorms with a meal plan?</p>
<p>GraphicD-sending you a pm.</p>
<p>GraphicD >>. My D is currently a freshman in Pollock. She loves the location, pretty close to everything. Her floor and I think her whole bldg is freshmen. East is farther from everything and she says many come to Pollock to eat because the food in East isn’t as good. Pollock is also next to South and she goes there to eat because it’s less crowded. She has freshmen friends is South, too. She originally wanted East for the “freshman experience”, but now says she is very glad she got Pollock. Plenty to do, close to downtown, and not as crazy as East. I do wish she had gotten into an SLO because I think it makes it easier to room on campus in future years.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input slipjig - I don’t have enough posts to PM. Also thanks Kvillemom for your D experiences too!</p>
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<p>That’s what college dorms are supposed to be like. 
Sorry, but it’s kind of true.</p>
<p>I haven’t done a detailed analysis of this but it seems that the dorms were built in four main stages.
So-called “West Halls” are the oldest and in the center of the campus. When I was there, it had a lot of school athletes because it was the closest to Rec Hall.
The “brick buildings” (Simmons, Pollock, Atherton, McKee) seemed to have come next.
Then North.
Then the “modern” buildings - South and East.
But every room was “small.” And sometimes they had two bunk beds and four to a room in Simmons. (Though I doubt they do that anymore.)
It’s college. It happens.</p>
<p>If you live in Nittany Hall suites you are required to get a meal plan. If you live in Nittany Apartments you can get a meal plan but it’s not required. I believe Nittany Apartments are where a lot of the football players live.</p>
<p>Can one else explain how this process works? Like if you get picked from a lottery you can accept the contract and get a room. Is that it? There’s no time that they give you or anything? I put in requests for all of the available housing options. Nittany apartments, north, Nittany seats, etc.</p>
<p>If you are offered a contract, you will have a deadline by which you must accept the contract (usually it’s very short, only a couple of days). Is that what you mean?</p>
<p>You can see the deadlines here:
[Penn</a> State University Park - Housing - Housing Contract Timeline](<a href=“Home Page | LiveOn”>Home Page | LiveOn)</p>