<p>whats it like?</p>
<p>wondering about this too...does anyone know about the honors housing?</p>
<p>me too. non honors. where is the best place to get the freshman experience i guess?</p>
<p>Here's a little about I can tell you about housing: As of this fall, Honors housing is in the West Village which are suite-style apartments, typically 3 double bedrooms with a common living area and bathroom, and I believe West Village housing also includes a small kitchenette although not sure about that for freshmen. Also air conditioned (parents who attend summer orientation can choose to sleep on campus and this past summer we stayed in West Village rooms. Very nice.) There are 2 all-freshman dorms right next to each other, Stetson East and Stetson West, which probably house the majority of the freshmen; both are co-ed. The 2 campus dining halls are located in each of these buildings, along with some of the living/learning communities (eg S is on the engineering floor in I think, Stetson West, all his neighbors are male engineering students but these are very large buildings and house students from all areas). There are some other smaller dorm buildings that some freshmen also end up in. Unfortunately you cannot choose which dorm you want, only if you want Honors or one of the living/learning communities.</p>
<p>awesome. thanks scansmom. how did u like northeastern when u were there?</p>
<p>scansmom, We visited on move-in day, which was sometime in August and they had just opened the brand new dorm which I thought was the honors dorm. Does that sound right? We didn't go inside but being new and all it sounded very nice. My son is a little (very little) disappointed he wasn't admitted to the honors college.</p>
<p>I really liked the school from the first-and my son fell in love with both the school and the city when we went out in April for Welcome Day after he was accepted (he'd had some reservations going out since he'd already been accepted at our state school and would have been quite happy going there, but mostly due to the distance - we are from Minnesota). He's really enjoying everything about it so far, has made many friends, there's lots to do, tons of ECs to get involved in, so all in all, it's been providing him with the college experience he had envisioned going in.</p>
<p>Yes, the new West Village dorm that includes the honors dorms is the one that just opened; I was out there with my son in April and again in July for orientation, before it was completed so I have not seen that one either but we had a chance to see others in West Village including one suite that had 3 or 4 single rooms and I also stayed in a large single room studio during orientation, so there is quite a variety and they were all very nice! </p>
<p>My son also just missed out on getting into honors but since housing is guaranteed through the middler year, he expects he will still have a chance at West Village later (they assign dorms using a lottery system but there are also 7 or 8 West Village buildings, also I believe much of the other housing for upper classmen outside of West Village is also suite-style apartments, Kennedy for instance which used to house honors. So the housing will definitely get better in later years. Although I think my son likes the convenience of having so many other freshmen around him in the freshmen dorms, and the dining hall right downstairs.</p>
<p>My son is living as a freshman in the honors dorm. It is very nice. West Village F. three doubles, one single which houses an RA. They have a common bathroom and kitchen and living room. It is not really a kitchnette. It is a full kitchen with dishwasher, full size fridge, stove, etc. They have air conditioning (many freshman dorms including Stetson do not) and heat. In the West Village dorms they sign you up for 10 meals a week and you can change it if you want. So far, the 10 meals along with about $100. in husky dollars per month has been fine. There is a little NEU run grocery store right next to West Village which takes Husky dollars. If you are in as a freshman in honors, I would highly recommend paying the housing deposit right away. It is only like $400. and well worth it to make sure you are in the West Village dorm. There are more honors freshman than spots in West Village. If you have other questions re: housing, post or feel free to PM me. Also if you go to NEU's website and search around you will find floor plans for some of the dorms, including WEst Village. I forgot to mention too that if you are in West Village, the honors offices are in the same building. Last semester, my son used that to his advantage. He was having trouble getting online to register for classes and was able to get someone in the honors office to help him by just dropping by.</p>
<p>ebeeee, you mean there's a chance an honors student might not get the honors housing????</p>
<p>RatedPG yes it is definitely true that not all honors kids will get in West Village F. There isn't enough space. There is also an honors floor (or it might be the whole dorm) at Kennedy Hall. If you are there, you are still in housing with other honors kids but it isn't the new dorm! Also, there is a range of kids in honors housing so if you think it will be a quiet, non party atmosphere I don't hear that it is that way</p>
<p>thanks for the reply scansmom. im from minnesota too. but it seems well worth it to go from what you have said and what others are saying as well.</p>
<p>I am a current freshman at NEU. I live in Stetson East. To incoming students: it's best to get the deposit in early. Although the many freshman dorms other than West Village F and Kennedy are similar, Stetson East and Stetson West are obviously more desirable than dorms such as Smith, Light, Melvin, Kerr, etc etc. They seem less dingy and have the campus's two dining halls. It's definitely nice to not have to trek out in the blistering cold to eat meals.</p>
<p>cool. thanks for the info.
how many do they usually put in a room in stetson?</p>
<p>HOw early do you think is early enough? For Honors housing in the new dorms?</p>
<p>RatedPG, we paid in early January last year. We were pretty sure he was going to attend and wanted to make sure he was in spanking brand new dorm. It actually helped weigh his decision to attend (a little bit). Not sure how early you have to be but if you are pretty sure your kid is going there, pull out the plastic and pay the deposit. They had more EA students this year than last so the numbers keep growing.</p>
<p>The vast majority of Stetsons are doubles. I think that there are four singles and four triples on each floor of Stetson East, with the rest being doubles. </p>
<p>If you were accepted into the honors program, it is especially important to get the deposit in early... waaaaay before the May 1 deadline. There are many more honors students than there is room in WVF. </p>
<p>Additionally, I have heard rumors about Northeastern making only a part of WVF for freshman honors, and the remainder for upperclassmen housing. This is in response to the negative regard of upperclassmen toward freshman living on west campus, an area that was notoriously reserved for upperclassmen. But seeing as this is just a rumor circulating around the student body, it could be completely false.</p>
<p>monomania: Would a freshman meet more kids in Stetson? Is that where engineering students tend to live? Is that the dorm that is across the street? (My son does not want any part of any honors housing or program. He just wants to be in with engineer types.) Thanks.</p>
<p>My S is on the engineering floor and it is in Stetson West - and is across the street from the main campus buildings; not sure how many engineering students are on that floor but quite a few and being on that floor has helped my son a lot in getting to know the other engineering students.</p>
<p>monomania, when we went on the campus/engineering tour this summer, our tour guide (a junior I think) definitely had strong (negative) opinions about freshmen living in West Village. </p>
<p>This has not deterred my D from wanting to house there, however.</p>
<p>Although engineering students are scattered all over, those who are truly interested in mingling with other engineers outside of classes choose to live in the engineering LLC. Like scansmom mentioned, the engineering LLC is in Stetson West. LLCs are really great for students who want to study together with other students in the same major. Unfortunately, I do not know many specifics about the enginnering floor (I live in a different dorm).</p>
<p>RatedPG: it's no secret that upperclassmen are less than satisfied with freshmen living on West Campus. WVF is the newest and nicest dorms, so upperclassmen are understandably unhappy. But kudos to your daughter for working hard in high school and getting into the honors program. I hope she gets to live in WVF next year because it is VERY, VERY nice.</p>