<p>No, it's not first come first serve. Unless you miss the deadline, in which case the people who turned there's in on time get preference.</p>
<p>why did you get a housing application now ?? isnt it in may?</p>
<p>Early Decision might get it earlier?</p>
<p>my friend and I got in early decision and we didn't get anything in the mail about housing.</p>
<p>Tall, it's all online.</p>
<p>Can I join a residential college sophomore or junior year? I'm in Medill, so eventually I will have classes down south in Fisk. But I want to party freshman year and meet people, so I'd like to room in a big dorm. Freshman year is mainly general stuff anyway right? I'm thinking Bobb 1st year, then either CRC or a frat.</p>
<p>Ok, this is probably going to make me sound really shallow and stupid or whatever, but how can you survive without cable in your dorm?! I'm not this big 'tv runs my life!'-type person, but come on. NO cable? Pretty harsh:)</p>
<p>To be honest with you, I watched a good amount of TV when I was home and its not that big of a deal. If you have some weekly show that you really like watching, you can just go to you dorm's lounge and watch it on the big screen. Or if you are just the casual MTV/CSPAN (like that grouping?) viewer who just likes to have the TV on, then NUTV is not really that bad. It has all the channels you really need, if not more, and it is conveniently located right on your computer screen! :)</p>
<p>Oh, so there is a tv in the lounge. And you can watch stuff on the computer. I will survive! (Assuming I get accepted)...:)</p>
<p>NUTV has like 90% of channels I usually watch. Indeedcolumbia, you can always non-res at a res college, it costs $$ and you need to earn points, but then you can live there the following year.</p>
<p>is there a map of the campus with all the dorms/res colleges labeled??</p>
<p><a href="http://aquavite.northwestern.edu/maps/%5B/url%5D">http://aquavite.northwestern.edu/maps/</a> is the closest I can find. Just search for the dorms individually.</p>
<p>Haha, the TV thing makes me laugh, the first thing my best friend called to tell me when she moved in @ NU was, "They have no cable here. I think they expect you to just read Latin."</p>
<p>Of course she loves it now, and I'm thinking of transferring there</p>
<p>To whoever said elder isn't good to party is wrong, people in elder pregame a ton,and then go to frats without a problem. If you're a girl, getting rejected from a frat party is very unlikely, and if you're a guy, getting rejected is extremely unlikely in fall quarter if you're social at all since they want guys to hang out at their frat since rush is winter quarter. In winter quarter houses aren't as likely to let in people unless you know someone, but by winter quarter if you are a partier you will either be in a frat or have friends in the ones you'd party at.</p>
<p>ineedcolumbia:</p>
<p>Partying and meeting people isn't reserved solely for North campus. I wouldn't plan on doing the non-res thing unless you're really dedicated to it...it's a hell of a lot easier to live in a res college right from the beginning than it is to try and non-res. I only knew of one person who followed through on their original non-res plan...it's just not realistic with all of the other demands on your time in college. If I were you I would maybe keep the first part of your plan (north in Bobb or Sargent...I recommend Sargent) and then live down south in Allison sophomore year. Otherwise, I would go for a res-college down south from the start (Willard or Shepard are really your only too options...the others aren't worth it) and then you can stay there again sophomore year or move over to another dorm if the res college life isn't your cup of tea. Willard and Allison are both very social dorms...don't let people from north campus tell you otherwise. Plus, south campus is much more accessible to the outside world. Evanston (which = movie theatre, restaurants, shopping, GROCERIES, etc.) is right there, and so is the 'El' to downtown Chicago. You'll appreciate this proximity in the dead of winter when you don't feel like being outside for more than five minutes and need to see something other than a textbook or a dorm room.</p>
<p>Tons of Medildos in CRC as well, and they seem to love it, I must say. </p>
<p>But yeah, non-resing is a *****. Plus, with those RCs, community is BIG and you will probably feel like a bit of an outsider since a good majority of the dorm will have already lived together for some time. I'd pick a dorm, and if you like it, stick with it. But really, you can party anywhere, and North campus is just a 10 minute walk/ 3 minute shuttle ride away, so don't be swayed. I'm living the furthest south of anyone on campus (Willard), and I go to my frat every night for dinner... it's doable.</p>
<p>How do you non-res a residential college? Also, are most of the frats residential? It sounds like a lot of Southies go up there everyday.</p>
<p>I don't know exactly how it works, but you have to pay a fee and you sign up through housing. They put you on the res-college list for that college and you can attend firesides and earn points just like people living there. Then if you get enough points you can live there the next year. </p>
<p>I don't know what you mean by residential? You can live in all of them if you're in the frat (except Pike, which doesn't have a house right now, although I think they are getting theirs back this year). I go up there every day to eat dinner because I am on the frat meal plan. Other southies can go there on the weekends if the frats are having parties, which is pretty often.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what dorms would be best for me to live in if I'm majoring in secondary education? I have NO clue as to where to start looking. Thanks!</p>
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<p>I was in SESP. Pretty much all of your classes will be in Annenberg, which is smack dab in the middle of campus. North Campus dorms are a bit closer, but it's not far from South Campus either. If anything, Annenberg's location frees you up to live just about anywhere.</p>