Halls/ Colleges

<p>Does someone here have the experience to rate the residence halls and colleges? Party, study, etc.</p>

<p>1835 Hinman. Go there, it has air conditioners.</p>

<p>Allison, alas, has no a/c, but it's lots of fun!!! Plus, our food is decent and our location is prime.</p>

<p>I'm qualified to talk about Willard (as are many other people on this board). I also stayed in 1835 Hinman one summer so I can talk about the dorm itself, but I don't have a good sense of how it is socially during the year.</p>

<p>My friend is at Public Affairs Res college and he said that his social life would have been so much better if he were at anywhere else. Opinion of one person, but just a 2 cent.</p>

<p>All the halls and colleges have their own feeling and air to them...but at the same time, it's not of prime importance. The one big distinction I would pay attention to is the North/South divide. Of course, these are stereotypes that don't apply to everyone, but for the most part the North campus had more parties and generally houses athletes, science and math majors (as it is closer to these classes), and frat/sorority kids and the South campus is the home of more artsy/English major types.</p>

<p>Again, these are definitely generalizations and you'll find all sorts of people everywhere, but it's a good thing to keep in the back of your mind.</p>

<p>Also, Chapin has the biggest rooms on campus. And Evanston is RIGHT THERE. And we all rock. ;)</p>

<p>First, pick North or South.</p>

<p>North: Good if you have lots of classes in Tech (science/engineering). Louder, more frequent parties. Frat Row is right there. Lisa's Cafe- open late into the morning. Elder is all freshman housing. Bobb/McCulloch is a pretty big party dorm. Will probably end up staying up North most of the time (no real reason to go South) unless you plan a trip into Evanston or something. Dorms are somewhat less social, especially Slivka and CCI, from what I've seen. But no matter where you live you will probably become close with the people around you.</p>

<p>South: Better if you have classes down south (liberal arts, languages, some math, Medill). Generally more artsy people (due to theater dorms like Chapin, Jones, and Shepard to a point). Very close to downtown Evanston, which can be great. VERY far walk to North, especially if you're as far South as Willard- can get annoying, especially if you can't figure out the crappy shuttle system. Sorority Quads are South. You can pregame in your dorm but will likely end up going offcampus or up North to the frats to party on the weekends. Allison is a social dorm with big rooms. Willard is a great community with very nice rooms as well. CRCers are very close, but the dorm itself is fairly crappy. In general, South seems more community-oriented. If you live South, you will most likely enjoy it.</p>

<p>This is just my take. I live in Willard and LOVE it, but it's impossible to convince my friends up North that South is a good place to live ("it's so far away!"). I'm in a frat now and having to go up to the house every night for dinner, plus for pledge events, can be ridiculously annoying and time-consuming. Each dorm and location has its advantages and disadvantages. I'd be happy to go into detail more for particular things if you'd like.</p>

<p>I would also recommend going Greek, or at least testing the waters before making a decision.</p>

<p>What would be the dorms closest to classes econ majors take?</p>

<p>Econ majors -- Plex or SMQ/NMQ or Allison. Anything south but not super south is good.</p>

<p>It's actually very surprising to me that the people living on North Campus (math, science, etc etc) are associated with partying harder than the people on the South Campus (art, theatre, journalism). Generally speaking, artsy-type people love to party because they love to socialize, whereas people who are more science and math oriented tend to be so much more factual and, well, kind of dry. Are the parties just in smaller groups on the South Campus? And is there any nice housing somewhere in-between?</p>

<p>lol, RHandscom - just make sure that you use your admissions into Medill to save these dry journalists. ^_^</p>

<p>Well RHandscom, north campus isn't just science people. It's also home to all-freshman housing and the frats (every frat has a live in requirement, I believe, so even a theater major in a frat will be up north at some point). I live South and to go to parties, usually we end up...going north to the frats. Or we just have fun in someone's room in our dorm. I've never, like, gone to Allison to go to a party there (and likewise no one advertises "willard parties"). The ones that spread fast are offcampus parties (can be south OR north) and big frat parties.</p>

<p>i am interested in international relations and economics but am personally much more of an artsy person (especially literary arts); not math/science/engineering at all. although i'm not a huuuge partier, i am certainly looking for a social college experience.
north or south?</p>

<p>Stay home...</p>

<p>aderoberts, you should probably try isrc, international studies res college, i have a friend who lives there who says its social but not partying all the time. </p>

<p>in general if you like to really drink and party, you should go north, north campus is probably more guys than girls because of frat row, but girls who like to party live in bobb, bobb is not a nice dorm but its the biggest on campus and has the most partiers, the rest of the small houses are usually singles and lesser known, slivka is good if you dont party and arent social, ayers cci is good if you dont party and are social, north campus parties more because science and engineering majors study hard and play hard, south campus is more relax about both, their parties are usually in offcampus apartments so the social scene is more scattered into smaller cliques whereas the north campus social life is really interwined among all groups of people, and everyone's within two degrees of separation. south campus is much more convenient if you like to go out and do stuff in the city and dont just study and party, allison is good if you want to meet a ton of people, willard is good if you want to get to know well a slightly smaller amount of really cool people, 1835 hinman and kemper are both suitestyle on opposite sides of campus(south and north, respectively) even though hinman will take freshman, i wouldnt suggest either until sophomore year when you know who you will live with.</p>

<p>dfleish, what frat did you pledge</p>

<p>I pretty much agree with ndhawk, although for social/partying(?) freshmen, Elder this year was pretty chill and all freshman housing can have its benefits. </p>

<p>I pledged ZBT.</p>

<p>hey im gunna be playing a sport and im a communications major. where should i live?</p>

<p>I'm considering Bobb since I'm not artsy at all and love to party. Are the rooms at Bobb a lot smaller than Willard or Allison? Is it really noisy all the time that people can't study in the dorm? And I heard Bobb doesn't have its own dining hall.. I wonder if that's a big deal.</p>

<p>Yeah, Bobb rooms are tiny especially compared to South. They deal. No matter where you are, getting work done on a friday/saturday night is going to be noisy and you will probably end up in a study lounge, cafe or library- north or south. As for dining halls, there will always be one nearby. Bobb people can go to Sargent. I live in Willard and I usually end up at Allison or Hinman anyway.</p>

<p>The one downside about Bobb, is that people will be drinking every night of the week. Obviously not everyone drinks 7 days a week, but it is such a big dorm that on any given night some people will be pregaming and coming home drunk later. If you want to study you usually go to tech library which is very close. To eat, you will go to sargent the main dining hall on north campus. </p>

<p>Since you're a freshman and like to party, elder might be a good choice too, it's all freshman so you'd meet more people than anywhere else and while only half to 3/4 of the elder hall population is partiers(as opposed to at least 90% at Bobb), I'd say you're more likely to develop closer friendships and have better community at Elder. My friends are still close with the people they lived with at Elder freshman year. Elder is far though, it is the absolute north end of campus. Only a science or engineering major is good this far on campus. Elder has its own dining hall, but you'd go to sargent just as much since elder dining isnt open on weekends and sargent's dining is a lot bigger.</p>