<p>Anyone know what dorms are best or worst for freshmen? What are the pros and cons if options are available?</p>
<p>The majority of the freshmen live on South Campus. They do scatter a few freshmen on the main campus which totally isolates you from the rest of your class. My D is now a soph. and lived on South her freshman year. She did have friends on the main campus but it was hard to keep in touch and a hike to make a random visit. I don't think freshmen have any options in choosing a particular dorm.</p>
<p>i know that villanova's policy is that you get a better number in the lottery the sooner you send your money in. so if you send it in asap, you'll have practically no chance of getting a triple, and it sounds like you would avoid the situation presented by momsworried.</p>
<p>Son lived on main campus as a freshman a few years ago. Before arriving he was worried about the location, thought he might be too isolated from the rest of the freshman class. Not so, he loved his dorm and location from the moment he arrived. It was a smaller dorm, very easy to get to know everyone, and the students there developed a great sense of camaraderie. They also appreciated being close to the academic buildings, especially on cold winter mornings. My son always did most of his studying in the library - also much more convenient when you live on main campus. The students in his dorm also often took adavantage of the study areas in some of the academic buildings which stayed open late at night.</p>
<p>Viallanova has an outstanding freshman orientation program. The students are placed in groups of 20-25, and spend 4 days together learning about Villanova. The majority of the students in my son's orientation group were from South campus, so he developed an instant group of friends from that area, and would often visit and eat meals on South campus. He has maintained very close friendships with students from many different dorms and different class years. I think you can have a great Villanova experience regardless of your dorm location.</p>
<p>A possible consideration for some people, and one Momsworried might know more about, but I think the dorms on South campus are air conditioned, and have windows that do not open. S appreciated his older dorm, no air conditioning, but windows could be opened.</p>
<p>AFD--great perspective about living on main campus! The dorms on South Campus are in fact air conditioned and the windows also open. The air conditioning was surely missed this fall when my D lived on main. I think she had a total of five fans going at one time. Good thing it was only for a couple of months. It made her appreciate the comfort features of home. ;)</p>
<p>I'm a freshman and I live in the biggest dorm on South Campus. It's fun because there are a lot of people in it but it also makes it hard to get to know everyone in the building because there are so many people. From my experience, the freshman that live on main in the smaller buildings tend to all be friends and hang out together. So living there apart from the majority of the freshmen really isn't bad.<br>
However, as a freshman you don't get to pick where you want to live although the earlier you send in your deposit the more likely it is that you won't be in a triple and you'll most likely live on south campus.
And just to comment on AFD's post, the dorms on main are not air conditioned like the dorms on south are but the windows on south def open, just not fully. My window is open right now : )</p>
<p>villanovagirl---Good luck with the rising sophomore housing lottery. My D has just lived through the rising junior lottery with some stress but everything worked out in the end. Let me know if you have any questions.</p>
<p>Thank you haha!! I'm still deciding where I want to live!</p>