<p>Hey guys, I have a priority number of 3600 for fall housing and would like to know if I should place Salley as my number 1 choice since I would like to avoid the communal dorms on campus. Do you think I even have a chance at Salley with my high priority number? my current housing preferences are as follows:</p>
<p>At 3600, I honestly don’t think you will get into a suite-style dorm. </p>
<p>There’s right around 3700 spots in those dorms. A number of them (not sure where it normally falls, but I’d guess it’s low, probably only a couple hundred) are taken up by returning residents that either can’t get into an apartment-style building (either their priority number wasn’t good enough, or under the new system, they don’t have enough credit hours). For numbers’ sake, we’ll say 250 people. </p>
<p>If you figure 250 people, that leaves around 3450 spots open in the suite-style dorms. However, a number of these spots are taken up by Living-Learning Communities. Bryan Hall is completely used for an LLC. Cawthon is almost completely LLC housing (there’s a few spots still open for non-LLC residents). Wildwood has three LLCs within its two buildings, and DeGraff has an LLC. I believe that Reynolds has two LLCs as well. </p>
<p>If you’re set on living in a suite-style dorm, I’d recommend either looking into the LLCs and seeing if there is one that you’re interested in, or hoping that Salley is where you end up getting assigned to.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, 3600 is a number that’s historically been on the edge. Some years it’s good enough to get into Salley or a different community style dorm. The problem is that this year, a lot of the people that might normally decide to not attend FSU during December or January, are likely not applying for Housing this year (meaning, that while normally you might see a few hundred people ahead of you get tossed from the priority queue for a plethora of reasons, this year I think it’s much less likely).</p>
<p>Long story short: It’s iffy. You’re literally right on the borderline. I can however tell you this much: You won’t get Cawthon with a priority number that high, so I would probably remove it from your list.</p>
<p>@Pasbal thanks for the explanation. I knew that my priority number was too high to get the newer dorms. I have recently updated my housing preferences to Salley as number 1. If I don’t get Salley then I’ll just have to suck it up at one of the communal dorms which I’ve heard are not too bad since they are super social. Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>My son has a housing number in the 600’s. Can someone list the dorms in order from best to worst based on the following preferences:</p>
<ol>
<li>Suite style</li>
<li>Recently built</li>
<li>Clean </li>
<li>Average noise and activity</li>
<li>Close to dining</li>
<li>Close to basketball courts/gym</li>
</ol>
<p>He selected Wildwood as his first choice only because it seemed to be the most popular. We want to revisit the alternatives selected.
Also, with his low number do you think he is guaranteed to be housed at his first choice?
Thank you!</p>
<p>It would depend on what his first choice is. A priority number of 600 is almost guaranteed to get him into Wildwood or Degraff, but might not be good enough to get into say, Cawthon or Broward, which are very small buildings. </p>
<p>To be honest, there isn’t a building that fits all of that. </p>
<p>Wildwood and Degraff were both built in 2007. They’re the newest freshman dorms.
The cleanliness of any dorm room is dependent upon its residents, and the public areas of a building are cleaned regularly by the hall staff.
It’s tough to say what halls are quieter or louder than the others, although I would say that any hall near construction would be louder. Thankfully, there’s not really a building that’s located too close to construction (for once!), although that might change.
The dorms closest to food are Broward, Bryan, Reynolds (east-side) and Salley on the west-side. Wildwood is about 10 minutes’ walking from the west-side dining facility (Fresh Food), and about 15-20 minutes’ walking distance from the east-side facility (the Suwannee Room). Wildwood is closest to the Figg Dining Hall, which is open to all students for lunch Monday-Friday, but it isn’t any closer than the other two dining facilities.
The dorm closest to the basketball courts is Salley. It’s located literally right next to the Westside courts.
Wildwood is located closest to the Leach Center, and also the Health & Wellness Center. Those are the two gym locations. </p>
<p>Wildwood isn’t really the best for anything you listed except being the newest, and probably being quiet (except on football game days, as it seems everyone walks past those buildings). It’s located in the southwest corner of campus, but it’s close-ish to everything (the union, the dining halls, etc). </p>
<p>I would say that Wildwood is probably a good choice. I lived there my freshman year and liked it well enough.</p>
<p>If you figure a decent percentage (at least more than 56 (i.e., 12%)) of the 459 people with a higher priority number than yours will either (a) not choose Landis or (b) not end up going to FSU, you should be fine.</p>
<p>I can almost guarantee that you will get Landis with that priority number. And if by some magical notion you don’t get into Landis, you will definitely be in Gilchrist, which is essentially the “Honors Overflow” dorm. </p>
<p>However, just to ease your mind a bit, I would be completely shocked if you didn’t get into Landis. A lot of people ahead of you probably won’t even be applying for Landis (and a number of them likely will end up not attending FSU). Plus, there’s always a number of people that end up losing their priority numbers because they either fail to pay the deposit, or they forget to send in the parental signature form if they’re under 18 (although, apparently those aren’t due until April 15 now, which makes that a bit less likely). Or some people always end up getting out of their contract. </p>
<p>I haven’t ever heard of Landis filling up that quickly.</p>