<p>Who else accepted to honors? are you planning on going? Im wondering about honors housing. i know freshman honors live in international village which is beautiful. The only reservations i have about it is that ive heard of people that didnt like being there freshman year. they said it was too separated from the rest of the freshman and it was harder to mke friends and stuff. also ruggles is a tiny bit scary. any thoughts?</p>
<p>I was accepted to the honors program too! I’ll most likely go, but I’m not 100% sure – still waiting on some other decisions.</p>
<p>I too would love to know more about the housing.</p>
<p>I’m in the Honors Program, too. I may attend, depending on other decisions. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t mind living the the Honors housing, though, since I heard it is nice there. Also, you can make friends with fellow Honors students… And it’s not that far away from the rest of the campus; it’s not like you are completely secluded or anything.</p>
<p>My daughter is a freshman in the honors program and lives in IV, which is brand new. She has her own room and shares a bathroom with another girl assigned by the school. She made about 5 friends during orientation and honors teambuilding exercises immediately following. She already knows who she’ll live with next year when they move to West Village F. She loves IV and the food is excellent, and it’s a short walk to the rest of campus. She says Ruggles isn’t scary.</p>
<p>I think anyone offered the honors program should accept it, and then drop it later if you don’t like it. However, there may be scholarship ramifications for dropping honors.</p>
<p>I’m in it as a freshman this year (on my dad’s account, ha ha) and it’s great.</p>
<p>International Village (or IV) itself is right outside Ruggles station on the Orange Line of the T. The address is 1155 Tremont Street. The North tower is the tower with the blue walls, right between the other two. There are 9 floors in north and 22 in east and west. They’re not separate buildings, and are just differentiated by wall color for the lower 9 floors.</p>
<p>It’s great as housing goes. Dining hall in the basement, really nice gym on the second floor, three laundry rooms on the 2nd floor, 14th floor, and 22nd floor respectively. Lots of events and activities and things like that, and you’ll be with every. single. other. honors freshman. ALL of them, so while it’s a little removed from campus you’ll never feel like it because everyone is there.</p>
<p>There are singles and doubles, all suites that share a bathroom with another room (which is WAY awesome).</p>
<p>The walls are kind of thin; you’ll hear EVERYTHING but it’s not so bad. Every floor has a common room in each tower with a TV (flatscreen, like the Northeastern way) and couches and stuff.</p>
<p>Dining hall is great. Lots of food choices, but at the end of the semester it’s not quite as good as at the beginning, but you’ll always have great desserts.</p>
<p>Oh, and the elevator talks. She’s got a different name for everyone (my group in 5th floor north calls her Joan) but she announces whether you’re going up and down, beeps as she passes a floor, and announces the floor. You’ll hear her at night, if you’re close enough to the common room. There are 4 elevators for each tower. Your life in the morning will be spent waiting for one that is a) not full, and b) actually going down to get to classes.</p>
<p>There are a lot of singles available in Honors housing? How hard are they to get? Does it isolate you to have one, or are you able to still interact well by keeping your door open, etc.?</p>
<p>My D says it’s great; not isolated unless you want private time to study or chill, and then it’s nice to have your own room. She likes it so much she’s going to live in a single again as part of a suite with her friends next year in West Village F.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>In IV there are a few singles, but you don’t get to choose. For example if you live to a room that is connected to an RA, you’ll have a single- but you don’t have any option in that when you fill out your housing.</p>
<p>There are no singles in WVF except if you are a RA. There are a few (very hard to get because they are so competitive) singles in WVC for honors, but none in WVF.</p>
<p>From what I’ve read, it doesn’t seem too hard to get a single suite as an honors freshman. That would be fine with me… Am I wrong in thinking that wouldn’t be too hard?</p>