<p>My son is balking a bit about the idea of living in the Honors Dorm his freshman year. What have been other students’ experiences (pros/cons) there? Any honors students choose not to live there and then regret it? Thank you!!</p>
<p>Medeiros understandably tends to have a higher concentrations of “nerdier” kids than the other dorms. But, most everyone that lives there says that they enjoy it. Medeiros is much more “intimate” than the other frosh dorms; rooms are all clustered in one townhouse-looking building.</p>
<p>Dear eaglefan : As the parent of two students currently at Boston College who both went through the Honors Program, Medeiros provides a great upper campus environment in an excellent townhouse style setting for entering freshmen. The common rooms become the social area and movie/sports nights (not to mention video game nights) are common. </p>
<p>Our senior, a Medeiros “A” student three years back (could it already be ending at BC?), still fondly tells the stories about their freshman year exploits : a hosted dance party (where the common room was turned into a mini-disco), BC football broadcast on the ten foot common room wall, and the famed “childish furniture” event from Medeiros “B”. As the oldest likes to mention, ah, those “C” people - the group and the legacies have been strong throughout our eldest’s collegiate years.</p>
<p>Our sophomore was a Medeiros “C” and has similar great memories - although perhaps not as unique on the entertainment curve.</p>
<p>The only downside to Medeiros is late August or September when it is still very hot in Boston - the upper floors can be very warm (true with almost anywhere not air-conditioned). The upside includes location, access to the upper campus green space, and its central location relative to all of the upper campus freshman dorms.</p>
<p>I am not personally a BC student, but my friend (Sophomore at BC) lived in the Honors Dorms during her freshman year and she’s told me a bit about her experience. For one thing she said that she liked the location, for many freshman face a bus ride from Newton Campus down the road. She also liked that the honors students cared a lot about their studies, and it was typically a great place to do homework etc. However, she did tell me that if you were looking for a dorm party or more socially dominated experience, it was not the best housing. I also recall her saying (don’t quote me on this) that neighboring dorm halls are not connected, making it difficult to contact classmates and friends next door. </p>
<p>Overall, like any dorms, she made many friends and enjoyed her time there.</p>
<p>It’s totally understandable not to want to live in the Honors housing, but it’s a very nice place to live (I had a friend who lived there freshman year, and I visited her frequently). They tended to be a tight-knit community, but they were in no way exclusive. </p>
<p>Personally I enjoyed living in a normal dorm (on Newton, sadly I’m not smart enough for Honors ;), and for some students, the traditional hall style is a better fit. Either way, this housing decision isn’t going to have a big impact, and nobody is really going to care whether your son is an honors student or not. </p>
<p>My $.02, let him do whatever he wants, he’ll have fun and make the best of either situation!</p>