<p>I just have one more thing to add. If you live in Thurston, you will have a 24 hr seven-eleven RIGHT around corner (i'm not kidding) and believe me, you will grow to appreciate it. Also, almost just as close there is a starbucks and a subway.</p>
<p>Thanks linzi! I have so many questions. I am glad to have some good advice, seeing that I live far away from GW and I really don't have any contacts with them. </p>
<p>Is HOVA mostly freshmen or older people. I definetely want a Freshman dorm, with people in the same shoes as me, so I don't want to go there if that will be a problem. However, I really don't mind walking(I say that now, maybe I really do???). Thurston sounds fun, and I like that the students are up for partying, but is it necessary for them to get drunk IN the dorm??? I mean, they're nice and everything, but I would rather go out. </p>
<p>Also, are you satisfied with the room you have? is it nice, well kept, and big enough?? I don't really do well with small spaces, so maybe I should buy an apartement, but then I will really isolate myself!</p>
<p>What is a good number of people to have? I am kinda leaning towards a triple, because more than 3 is just crazy, and I don't want a double because I don't want to get that one psycho roomate who ruins college for me, and I don't want a single because I'm not a loner. </p>
<p>I love GW so much. I can't wait to be apart of the university. It is such a vibrant campus with a super-friendly student body.</p>
<p>I am glad my advice is useful! Here are the answers to your questions:
Yes, HOVA is a freshman dorm. HOVA and Thurston are both freshman dorms and the only ones on the Foggy Bottom campus (freshmen do also live in Mitchell and Fullbright, but those are mixed). One bad thing about some of the kids in Thurston is that they do stay in the dorms to "party." These "parties" are very lame because all there is to do is sit around drink. BUT, there are pleny of people in here that are up for going out and of course there's DC with numerous clubs, restaurants, movie theatres, etc. A LOT of ppl like to go clubbing, but it's definitely not the only option. I say if you don't mind the walk (which is not even that bad), go for HOVA. It is very nice inside and you really feel like you're in a hotel. And another thing about HOVA is that you're steps away from Georgetown, where you can go shopping, eat at amazing restaurants and go to the Lowe's movie theatre, which for me is quite a walk (although do-able). You are very lucky that you applied early decision because i know that HOVA is usually one of many kids' first choices and it gets filled up pretty fast, but you get priority housing, so that's not a concern for you.
I am definitely satisfied with my room this year, but I feel like I got very lucky. I know several people that weren't happy with their roommates (although not too many that weren't happy with the actual room). I live in a quad, so i have 3 other roommates and yes, it is a little tight in here, but we keep the room very neat. In fact, we put a lot of effort to make it cozy and we get many many compliments. We had the option of bunking our beds, which would give as A LOT of space, but we decided not to. If you live in a six-person room at Thurston, your room will be divided into 3 separate rooms, so there's plenty of space. If you live in HOVA, you won't be in anything bigger than a triple and these can get a little tight (not too bad though). I think the triples in HOVA used to be rooms for two in the hotel. I personally wouldn't mind the triple, because they're definitely not as bad as those at many other colleges. I think the best thing you can do is visit if you get a chance, so you can see for yourself. </p>
<p>I'm happy that you're so excited to come here, however, I wouldn't go as far as saying the student body is "super-friendly." There are nice ppl here, but plenty of snobs too. I definitely hope your experience here will be what you're expecting. Let me know if there's anything else i can answer for you. Good luck!</p>
<p>Hippodrome - just to be an echo - my son agrees with everythig Linzi said. Just one other thing, though: when you get in as a freshman, you're a freshman in the dorm-choosing game. But once you're there, they count your credits. This includes any college credits (AP classes, etc.) that they credited you with when you started. So for the sophomore room selection, my son was actually officially classed as a junior. So he jumped ahead in seniority and he and his roommate got their first choice dorm. Thurston is a little "lively", and is also the largest dorm. HOVA (which appeared in the background of Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, by the way) is not only a nice freshman dorm, but is also home to many of the interest-floors. So if you want to live with the political junkies, you can join the interest floor, and it's in HOVA (at least it was last year). And as I said, my son says Linzi is right on in all his/her other comments. (Did you choose your ID from the GW hippo, by the way?)</p>
<p>Of the Colleges I've visited (Dartmouth, Amherst, Swarthmore, Carleton, Oberlin, Wesleyan, Williams, Middlebury, Yale, U-MD, U-MD Baltimore County, Bennington) I'd say Williams and Yale clearly have the best dorms. For food among these I'd say Williams, Middlebury, and Yale are all tops. At Williams 40% of frosh rooms are singles and about 90% of upperclass rooms. At Yale you also have lots of singles and the residential college system.</p>
<p>Yes I did, it's an inspiration from GW. Thanks to both of you. I think I will put HOVA at #1 and Thurston at #2. Either way, I'll be happy. HOVA just sounds more convenient, even though it's a longer walk. Do you think that people at HOVA are a little bit low key? I get that feeling.</p>
<p>I visited Williams and currently attend Dartmouth. I think Dartmouth dorms are great, but Williams food is much better.</p>
<p>According to some friends of mine at USC, Parkside is said to have the second best dorm food in the nation. I have to admit, it tasted good.</p>
<p>Rooms at Williams are terrific, as is the food (I'm an alum and visited last year). Compared with Scripps, however, Billsville is rather like Motel 6 and HoJos.</p>
<p>I go to Smith and definitely LOVE the living arrangments there--my house,a co-op, has 18 women (most houses have 60-80 though) and is an historically signficicant Victorian, totally restored, with a full kitchen, hardwood floors in some rooms, plaster walls (not cinderblock!), and nice views of a Fredrick Law Olmstead-designed garden and pond area. In most houses, all juniors and seniors get singles, and some houses only put firstyears in doubles. </p>
<p>I spent a summer at living at GW in City Hall. It was great for the summer--a triple with a large kitchen, a marble bathroom, and a big living/dining room with a balcony and a foldout couch and a big TV (although the TVs aren't guaranteed...when GW bought the building all the rooms had them, but they aren't being replaced as they get broken/stolen). But I wouldn't like to live there while going to school--the bedroom is tiny, with a set of bunk beds plus a single bed all crowded in. There's only 2 closets for three people in the bedroom, and there's no room for the desks so they're all out by the TV, so studying would probably be hard. It also was really close to the metro station and not far from anything else on campus. Sometimes the sirens from the hospital across the street would be loud if you lived on the side of the building facing the street, but you'd get used to it.</p>