<p>haha yaaaay</p>
<p>i can make NORMAL friends
too bad no co-ed dorms... damn lol
anyways it should be interesting to meet everyone once we are all there
YAY for guitar players! thats def sweet
anyways love UNSERIOUS IMMATURE people
bc at home thats all who my friends are
im gonna miss them
i dont usually like smart people
yet im going to this amazinggg crazy smart school</p>
<p>and Lucky98... are you really looking for a "spanking" fun time at Penn?
lol jkkk i guess you guys use that word...
even tho you live in san diego! like 2 hrs away
anyways where i come from its called RAGGING (RAGE!!!)
lol</p>
<p>O YA THIS SHOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE</p>
<p>The dorm situation: Basically, there are 12 dorms here at Penn(they call them residential houses because they arent exactly like "traditional college dorms in the sense that each house has a few faculty advisors living there as well as grad students). Just about all freshman choose to live in one of the 3 quad houses-fisher, riepe, or ware. Close to half will get into the quad, and another quarter will end up in Hill(another frosh dorm). The rest are scattered out all over the place.</p>
<p>As far as advantages and disadvantages of each dorm I can tell you that</p>
<p>Hill has smaller rooms than the rest of the houses, but it is virtually all frosh and the students are all very close there. In addition, there is a dining hall downstairs which can be really convinient, especially on cold snowy days. It doesn't have air conditioning, which personally wouldn't bother, but some people I know don't like it.</p>
<p>Riepe, Fisher, and Ware have some of the nicests traditional doubles on campus. The view of the quad is really nice, plus there girls there are generally better looking than the girls in the other houses(there are plenty of exceptions though, so don't worry if you don't get into the quad). Many rooms in the quad have sinks, which is really nice. The quad kinda has a reputation of being the place where the kids who want to party a lot live. This is true to some extent, generally the atmosphere in the quad is pretty calm and relaxed. More than likely you'll end up requesting the quad houses as your top 3 choices.</p>
<p>As far as other college houses go, I know that King's Court is good if you value your time and want to get a lot of work done(it also has a dining hall, but nowhere near as big as Hill's or commons((which is where basically everyone else eats))). It's not quite as "wild"(and thats not really a good term to use cause none of the dorms here are really wild in your typical college sense) as most other dorms. The high rises are cool because they offer sick views and you can meet some cool upperclassmen. Stoufer is nice because everyone is really close, there are a lot of singles, and its in a really good location. Meyer probably has the biggest rooms on campus, and Gregory is located right by all the frat houses(so you wont have to walk forever if you're the party type). Those are some general things, if you have any more specific questions, please feel free to ask.</p>