<p>S is attending in the fall, majoring in industrial design at DAAP. He's admitted in the honors college; any suggestions as to which dorms are best? Also, suggestions as to whether he should choose a "DAAP" floor or an "honors" floor? Thanks.</p>
<p>Congrats on your son's admission to DAAP. It is a fabulous school and hard to get admitted into.Be warned that freshmen year at DAAP is akin to bootcamp. They will work him very hard and expect top notch results. He will really need to manage his time well and avoid distractions or he will have a number of sleepless nights ( which means all nighters).</p>
<p>My daughter is a current freshmen living in Daniels, an honors dorm, but not on a DAAP floor. She felt that she will be interfacing with DAAP kids all year; thus, she also didn't want to be living with them in Daniels.</p>
<p>Daniels has some pros and cons. It is an honor's dorm;thus, it has some of the brighter kids in the school. It also has DAAP floors if that is what your son wants or regular honors floors that consist of many types of majors.</p>
<p>It has one big drawback that can also be a positive: most of the rooms are quads. Obviously this results in a lack of privacy, not to mention having to get along with three other kids. However, people meet a lot of other people in that dorm. He should be able to make a lot of friends.</p>
<p>One other dorm is Turner. It is also an honors dorm. It has a different set up with few kids in each room. However, it is harder to meet kids on the floors because each room is more isolated.</p>
<p>Also, he should come to his room as soon as possible. The sooner he gets to his room the more likely he will have his choice of bed. In addition, beds can be lofted,which give a lot of room underneath for studying, storage etc. However,there are limited poles for lofting beds. Thus, if he checks in early, he will have access to those lofting poles.</p>
<p>Those are the only freshmen dorms that I know anything about. I hope it helps.</p>