<p>I'm assuming the atmosphere in the honors housing is a lot different than the other dorms ... More studious and less rowdy, probably. To what extent is this correct? I want to house with other honors engineering students, but not at the cost of the "college experience." Would this be an issue?</p>
<p>You'll have fun if you stay in Middlebrook. If you are in the IT honors program, most of your classmates will be there if they live on campus at all.</p>
<p>You're pretty much correct about the more studious and less rowdy. Does that mean you won't have the full college experience? Not at all. It all depends on what you're looking for. I've had friends that hated it and couldn't wait to move out and friends that loved it and stayed there for another year. If you want an environment where it's loud, highly social, and almost everyone goes out to parties every weekend to have fun, then I would recommend the super block (Centennial, Frontier, Territorial, or Pioneer).</p>
<p>Are Middlebrook parties rare?</p>
<p>My friend's brother who lives in Middlebrook actually told me that they party hard cause they usually study the hardest. I think that means that they don't party as much, but they do party hard.</p>
<p>I'm not really sure if it's a matter of working harder/partying harder...some people just set socializing as a higher priority or are more outgoing. Not everyone wants to go to professional or grad school and is gunning for all A's; some people are looking to pass their classes and make the most of their time outside of the classroom. All of my hardest working friends commuted or chose to live in other places, not everyone in honors wants to live in honors housing and not all honors caliber students applied to be in honors.</p>
<p>When we went for our tour, the CLA rep said that Honors students living in Honors housing was somewhere in the 90% range</p>