<p>I was looking at housing options for next year and it seems like FroSoCo might be a good fit for me.</p>
<p>Can any current students comment on it? It doesn't matter if you've lived in it or not. I just want to know your thoughts on the dorm.</p>
<p>Pro: you’ll get basically a single your freshman year
con: you probably won’t get the typical roommate experience</p>
<p>pro/con: i’ve heard it gets really quiet there</p>
<p>pro: arguably the best food/dining hall</p>
<p>con: distance from center of campus</p>
<p>pro/con: being in an atmosphere with hard-working students</p>
<p>con: being more poorly thought of across campus than SLE. </p>
<p>pro: dinners with prominent members of Stanford community</p>
<p>pro: close to golf and tennis courts.</p>
<p>I lived in FSC my freshman year and hated it. It has a very weird culture - kind of like a nerdy math camp. If you like that kind of culture, FSC is a good fit. Otherwise, stay away from FSC.</p>
<p>:( Son, I am disappoint.</p>
<p>Well, there goes that idea.</p>
<p>Thread shift -> What’s the best Freshman dorm?</p>
<p>Senior991 or anyone else, </p>
<p>Why would either SLE or FroSoCo be “poorly thought of” across campus??</p>
<p>I think SLE and FroSoCo get a bad rep. On the other hand, the most fun I’ve ever had has been from some of the most stigmatized programs. Don’t let what other people think deter you from something.</p>
<p>applicannot, I’m curious about why those programs as “stigmatized”. What assumptions would people who lived in other dorms make about people who lived in those dorms, and on what basis, if any?</p>
<p>why those programs <em>are</em> stigmatized.</p>
<p>People in SLE voluntarily take double the normal courseload of humanities and writing requirements. FSC requires potential residents to write an essay in order to live there. Think about what types of people these programs will attract, and it’s easy to see why they’re stigmatized on campus.</p>
<p>Help me out again, Forever Zero–especially with the essay-writing thing. How does that lead to stigmatizing, and for what–caring about what kind of dorm you’re in? Or does it seem elitist to write an essay, or what?</p>
<p>And for SLE, what’s that stigma about-- being “humanities nerds” or something? I thought one of the ideas behind SLE was to allow freshmen to get all that stuff out of the way so that they could take whatever they want over the next three years. Sorry if I seem obtuse, but I don’t see why that’s considered uncool…please explain further.</p>
<p>The stigma is that they’re introverted, weird, and nerdy, which at least for FSC is true. People in my hall, for example, never went out and socialized with anyone outside of FSC, and instead spent all their free time reading history books, playing board games, etc. Think about your high school’s chess club - FSC and SLE are the chess clubs of Stanford.</p>
<p>See, the situation ForeverZero describes is “weird” to some and ideal for others. I, for one, would be quite comfortable with the described FSC or SLE environment. To each his or her own. Unfortunately, some people find it necessary to look down upon other groups. It happens. Go where you feel most comfortable.</p>
<p>Yep, to each his own. Most people in FSC and SLE really enjoy it, and the “stigmatizing” isn’t anything more than light teasing, so don’t let it influence your decision too much. Go where you feel the most comfortable.</p>
<p>ForeverZero, I just realized that you could have read my post as an attack toward you. I apologize, and hope you didn’t feel that way (and then offer some kind of passive aggressive response). Regardless of how you may feel, I do realize you were passing observations more than judgement. Sorry.</p>
<p>I wonder if it is introverted, weird and/or nerdy to be on college confidential on a Friday night? ; )</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>Yes, yes it is</p>
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<p>Not for those of us who have to work on Friday nights. I think that’s responsible, necessary, and/or mature.</p>
<p>I mean yeah I’ve met cool people in those two programs, but the stigma is there, and it has some basis in truth. </p>
<p>The biggest difference I see between SLE and FroSoCo is that SLE students are quirky, loud, have dorm parties and stuff. FroSoCo, otoh, has the reputation of being like a library. Full of smarts but a lack of noise. </p>
<p>I’d actually recommend SLE. They’re a tight group, fun to be around, get the IHUM, PWR, and humanities requirement out of the way in 1 year, don’t have to deal with IHUM, also arguably have the best food on campus, and have the best location of all the freshman living places.</p>
<p>If you want the quiet of frosoco during the weeknights after quiet hours, but still normal social interactions going on, with a diverse group of people, Roble seems like the best dorm. There’s a little bit of everything, plus 3 pianos. Although u can’t guarantee getting roble, you have a decent chance if you put 4 class and describe yourself as a work hard, socialize/play hard type of person who wants to play the piano and can’t live with a desk next to a bed (roble has bedrooms and then a common room with desks)</p>
<p>Where is SLE housed? Alondra in FloMo? I want to visit it during Admit Weekend. I’m starting to like the idea of SLE, but am worried it will restrict my schedule too much. There are some GER fillers I really want to take.</p>
<p>i know cardenal has sle. i think faisan does too. if you ask around flomo in admit weekend you’ll find it in almost no time.</p>
<p>I don’t know how much of a schedule restriction it actually is. It takes up a big chunk of time in the late afternoon, but there aren’t many classes then anyways. If it’s just one or two classes that’s holding you back from definitely doing SLE, you can always take those classes the next three years.</p>