<p>I was recently accepted into Carolina and I wanted to know where the best dorms for freshman would be. I've been looking at Granville but i'm not sure how I'd fit in with all the frat people. What would you guys recommend?</p>
<p>Anyone…? and i just realized i spelled freshman in my title wrong lol</p>
<p>I heard that a lot of people don’t like Granville, and it seems most people transfer out of there after being there for a year. I’m not exactly sure how things work either because I’m going to be an entering freshman too…I heard good things about Cobbs, but I think that might be mostly Honors.</p>
<p>First-year students (who do not opt for a Living-Learning Community) will be assigned housing in one of the designated First Year Experience communities: Connor, Craige, Ehringhaus, Hinton James, Manning East, and Manning West, most of which are on south campus. The Honors Carolina housing (if you want to do that) is also moving this year from Cobb on north campus down to Koury on south campus. Honestly as a first-year it is highly likely you will end up at south campus and in a suite style dorm. It’s actually pretty good because everyone is looking to establish new friendships and getting used to life on campus.</p>
<p>Is Koury a good option? I’m not sure whether I should ask for an Honors roommate or not</p>
<p>The plus side with honors housing is there a bit of noise control. Quiet hours as I recall. The plus side of Cobb is that it was mid campus and you didn’t have to walk all the way down to south campus. Having said that - almost all freshmen will be down there. Easy to make friends.</p>
<p>I believe you have to sign up for a “community” which is usually a pair of dorms or three. You don’t get to pick a certain dorm. My son stayed in Horton - suite style - coed - it was fine - but he thought very loud. Kids come in late from partying and are very loud. He was glad to get away from that.</p>
<p>The only way to really be assured of a dorm is do honors or living/learning communities.</p>
<p>Also - Hinton James or HoJo - is not suite style, it’s hall style - and one of the older dorms. I think it is most often a last choice.</p>
<p>The rep on Granville is that it is very Greek and mostly NC students who know each other.</p>
<p>I’m sorry if this sounds really stupid, but you don’t submit your housing applications until you’ve committed somewhere right? I don’t want to miss out on something if I’m doing it wrong.</p>
<p>@ncbug19 Yep! You probably gotta commit before anything else :P</p>
<p>Thank you! I didn’t want to seem stupid, but I wasn’t positive:)</p>
<p>Koury is not a bad option. 4 person suites consisting of two bed rooms and a shared bathroom. It is one of the newer dorms on south campus and the rooms are fairly large. No outside corridors like the high rises (hojo, etc). One of the downsides is that UNC housing does not clean the shared bathrooms in 4 student suites, it is up to you. It probably will be a little quieter. While I’ve not lived there, I did live at Cobb as an Honors Carolina student. The quiet hours mentioned above were really only during finals week, otherwise it was a normal dorm environment. Honestly, Cobb did feel a bit like living in an episode of “The Big Bang Theory” at times… but, all in all, it was a good experience for me. I definitely did end up going down to south campus quite a bit because that’s where most of the first-years were.</p>
<p>Koury, Hardin, Craig North and Horton have the same suite layouts and are located on the 4 corners of a major campus intersection (Manning & Bowles). They are the newest residence halls, are in good shape and have fairly large rooms. My D lives in Horton this year and really likes it except for the long hike to classes (close to the Dean Dome though). She really has not had much trouble with noise or excess rowdiness. She is looking to move to mid-campus next year along with her suitemates to be closer to North Campus.</p>
<p>Like I like Granville because the dorms look absolutely great and I wanna have connections into parties and stuff. I’m an instate student as well but I dont plan on joining a frat or anything. South campus is obviously great because that’s where all the freshmen are I guess and I would definitely be able to make more friends there. Is there a significant difference between the pricing of Granville and the regular freshmen dorms? And based on what you guys are saying Koury seems to be the best place for freshmen so is it first come first serve or just random?</p>
<p>Now it is time for you to do some research, make the comparisons and learn the housing process. Here are a couple of reference sites that contain what you are looking for (or will point you in the right direction):</p>
<p>For UNC Housing - Here you will find answers to your questions:
[First</a> Year Students | UNC Chapel Hill Housing and Residential Education](<a href=“http://housing.unc.edu/future-residents/first-year-students]First”>http://housing.unc.edu/future-residents/first-year-students)</p>
<p>For Granville Towers:
[Granville</a> Towers Residence Hall - Chapel Hill, NC](<a href=“http://www.granvilletowers.com/index.php/prop/home]Granville”>UNC Housing | Granville Towers | Chapel Hill, NC)</p>
<p>Remember that Granville’s meal plan is less flexible.
Assignment for freshmen is done by lottery, all at the same time.
A way to “select” a residence hall is to apply for a Living-Learning Community.
There are lots of blog debates comparing UNC housing to Granville so poke around a bit and draw your conclusions.</p>
<p>You need to live in Hojo. This is where you’ll meet the most people, and you’ll find your parties most likely. Granville is expensive, and it’s very greek heavy. </p>
<p>Koury is nice, you get your own bathroom but the walls are super thin and you can hear your suite mates if they’re talking.</p>
<p>Is honors housing still guaranteed if I wait until I hear back from RD schools?</p>
<p>My DD was in Hinton James as a freshman last year. As happens to most freshman, she listed her five choices on her housing app and did not list HOJO and that’s where she was assigned. So, as others have said, unless you are Honors or LLC or some other special need, you are most likely going to be put on south campus regardless of what you request. </p>
<p>She loved meeting tons of other first years and didn’t mind the walk to class. This year she is in a single in Carmichael and LOVES the location but said she finds it much less friendly than HOJO was and she’s glad she spent her first year where she was able to make a lot of new friends. </p>
<p>Hinton James is suite style. Each suite has 4 rooms, each with two students, so 3 students share one bathroom.</p>
<p>It depends on what you want out of your experience.</p>
<p>The “high-rises”, HoJo, Ehaus, Craige, and Morrison are the most social. I’m not talking complete chaos, but they will be loud on weekend nights with people coming in from frat parties, etc. Some people also have suite parties (though since technically not allowed, they are kept on DL and are not super loud). There is also always people playing in the basketball/volleyball courts, students play loud music over speakers on special occasions, etc. I would recommend any of these for the best first year experience. The downside of that is that they are farther from class. If that’s an issue I would look into the mid-campus (Teague, Avery, and Carmichael) dorms. Those are more sophomore heavy but the social scene can still be pretty good (also note those are not as big, either).</p>
<p>If you are a more quiet or subdued person, I would first try the north campus dorms. Those are populated by sophomores and juniors who already have their group of friends and won’t be looking to meet others. Also, honestly, most people move off campus their junior year so those that stay in dorms tend to be more reserved.</p>
<p>The “middle” ground is those directional dorms like Horton, Koury, Craige North, and Hardin can be hit or miss. Some years they can be pretty good, but generally from what I’ve heard, they’re more like the mid-campus.</p>
<p>Granville is a great location and the Agora (their dining hall) has great food, but Granville kids do tend to be separated from the rest in that sense (most don’t have meal plans where everyone else does). Also they are very greek heavy and it’s not the nicest dorm around. However, greeks live everywhere else too. It depends on what you want. If you want to go greek but not separate yourself from other opportunities (and have friends that do other things), I’d live on regular campus. If you want to be exclusively greek and revolve your life around that, you’ll find you don’t need to stray from the Granville scene much.</p>