<p>So I stayed overnight at Nova during candidates weekend and was a bit disappointed with the dorms. I really wasn't liking the idea of having communal bathrooms and so I was wondering whether there were any rooms that have bathrooms available for freshman. </p>
<p>Additionally, any recommendations for freshman dorms? I know that most reside on the south campus and so if I attend, I'll probably elect to live there. Which resident halls are more lenient in terms of rules? Are there any that are more social than others? </p>
<p>One last thing regarding the learning communities because I'm considering joining the leadership community. Would you recommend joining or would I be good without the learning community, as I don't really want to take another class?</p>
<p>75% of freshman live on South.
All have Hall style, single sex bathrooms.
All dorms are coed , but floors are either all boys or girls rooms.
Stanford is the largest dorm , with 530 +/- students , smallest rooms but no triples.Earliest deposits are assigned Stanford.
It could be the most desirable dorm , living in a dorm with about 1/3 of the freshman class.
Avoid living on main campus as a freshman , you will have a shorter walk to class , but be isolated from the most of the freshman class in the evening.Wait list students end up on main campus.
The other 5 dorms on south house about 125-150 students each , with larger rooms but with some triples.
Housing is assigned by deposit date, you can’t request a specific building.
Don’t worry about “strictness rules” , don’t be foolish (puking in the bathroom , etc!)and hope for a cool RA and you will be fine.
LC housing is assigned to specific dorm but LC’s can be tripled.<br>
Leadership is in St Monica’s.
Environmental Leadership,Healthy Living, Art and Culture & Global Community are in Katharine.
There are no LC in Stanford.
The extra class for LC is a 1 credit course ,1 hour a week discussion class that meets weekly in the residence hall with your ACS group , hardly an extra academic burden.</p>
<p>Here is the University about triples:
"Converted Triple Rooms</p>
<p>In order to honor the University’s three year housing guarantee, approximately 50% of incoming students reside in double rooms and approximately 50% reside in converted triple rooms (traditional double rooms with added furniture to accommodate three students). Students who reside in a converted triple room at the start of the semester will receive a discount of approximately $1000.00 on the cost of their room per semester. A small percentage of students reside in rooms designed to accommodate three or four students and are not eligible for a discount. </p>
<p>Incoming students are assigned to converted triple rooms in reverse date of admission deposit order, beginning with the latest dates of deposit and working backwards. </p>
<p>Students seeking a less expensive room option may also request that they be placed in a converted triple room by emailing <a href=“mailto:marie.schauder@villanova.edu”>marie.schauder@villanova.edu</a>."</p>
<p>From what he saw/heard this year, that 43% number seems low. The rumor was that all freshman rooms on South Campus were tripled except for Stanford; and that’s only because the rooms were too small to cram three desks and bureaus into.</p>
<p>My son was tripled in Maguire this year. It worked out fine, but one roommate was from NJ and goes home most weekends and the two remaining seem to be pretty low-maintenance (i know my son is). The housing credit was nice.</p>
<p>I have also heard from him that there are lingering capacity issues now with sophomore housing. He’s on a wait-list for the Quad dorms because of a high lottery number.</p>
<p>And to correct Brave Ulysses’ post above, Maguire is a single-sex male dorm. I’m guessing that there’s a women’s dorm as well, but don’t know the name.</p>
<p>2010 , approximate 1 percent increase in the anticipated yield of students who would accept admission, or an additional 22 students over the target size for an entering freshman class of 1,630 students & 20 fewer commuter students are enrolled.</p>
<p>40sh extra triples in 2010 , hopefully it is better managed this year.</p>
<p>Rumor has it they plan on turning Good Counsel, which is a freshman dorm on South, into Sophomore housing next year. That will impact the incomming freshman. The targeted freshman class size for 2010-2011 was 1630, however the actual size is closer to 1700.</p>
<p>If everyone who accepts an offer of admission knows they will be a triple, and that the lounges have been made into quadruples, that will certainly reduce the yield.</p>
<p>(The typical Villanova student is not only used to having their own bedroom, but also is probably used to having their own bathroom.)</p>
<p>I think the triples bother the parents more than the kids.
The triple situation is not unique to Villanova , many peer institutions triple freshman but some do not guaranty housing for 3 years.A majority of Nova freshman are in doubles , and triples after freshman year are rare. Being on south freshman year is more important than being in a double room.</p>
<p>The triples are a long-term policy, not a temporary situation. In 2005, there were 444 freshman in triples. </p>
<p>When I told my son about this, he was very ****ed. He said “Its a good thing I didn’t send in my acceptance.”</p>
<p>When I was in college, the lounges served an important purpose. If one roommate was working late on a project, and his roommate wanted to get a good night’s sleep for an early test, the student working late could go into the lounge. However, now that lounge has 4 guys living in it.</p>
<p>According to one of my searches I found that Villanova ultimately offered over 20%, of students who accepted a waitlist position, a spot in the freshman class. Why would they take students off of the waitlist if the dorm’s were crowded enough to resort to forcing triples? I’m confused by the waitlist data vs. the situation described.</p>
<p>If Nova could build sparkly dorms for freshman like Loyola (MD) thus increasing their yield & boom -their rankings would sky rocket… (of course for the wrong reasons…)</p>
<p>Most colleges do everything they can to help freshman have an easy transition to college. A triple is not an easy transition. These colleges don’t try to house all 3rd years because they know that the 3rd years have an easier time living on their own, including often having a car and wanting more independence.</p>
<p>Other colleges often have a few triples for a few weeks in a few rooms until some students quit. But there is a big difference between having one triple on a floor vs. having a whole floor of triples.</p>
<p>I just read a study about triples in dorms. It said the main measurable effect is that students go home more often on weekends when they are in a triple.</p>
<p>I think a lot depends on the student’s personal preference. My D has lived the life of an only child for the past 4 years while her brother has been away at school…she actually wants to live in a triple. She feels that she has a better chance of getting along with her roommates if there are 2 rather than just 1. And she’s happy to oblige and save us the $1K. At least that’s what she’s saying now.</p>
<p>So do the dorms substantially improve by junior year? Suites? A very kind sophomore randomly offered to let us see the Sheehan Hall sophomore dorms & I thought they were awful. Granted the rooms are small, (the beds were bunked and the boys were able to put a small couch/lounge in the room) but that wasn’t the problem. The hallway was dingy, and it looked like it hadn’t seen a paint job in 10 years - peeling paint and paint chips galore! Just painting the door frames would be a huge improvement and give me the impression that at least they are maintained. I only saw the first floor, but I assume all the floors were the same. The kids didn’t seem to mind, but for all the tuition money being spent, please spend it on some paint. I hope they at least clean the bathrooms and showers - anyone know how often they are cleaned. Just told son about the triples. That was a big surprise. They don’t mention that during the info sessions.</p>