<p>Is living in the quad a necessity the first year? What about houses like Stouffer and Kings Court?</p>
<p>Are you asking if it’s literally a necessity, i.e., whether all freshmen are required to live in the Quad? If so, the answer is no. In fact, roughly half of all freshmen do not live in the Quad (and live in places like Stouffer, Kings Court, Hill, Gregory, and FreshEx in Harrison). If you click on any of the college houses, the description will indicate how many freshmen live in the house:</p>
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<p>If, on the other hand, you’re asking if it’s advisable for freshmen to live in the Quad, that’s really a matter of preference. Many freshmen choose college houses other than those in the Quad, though the Quad is undoubtedly the most popular location for freshmen.</p>
<p>I was asking if it’s advisable. Do you think the quad has what some would consider too much going on? I want to be social but not distracted, and I like KC and Stouffer, but I’ve heard some people say they have an anti-social aspect to them.</p>
<p>Making friends is definitely easiest if you live in the Quad or Hill. Harrison’s FreshEx program would put you in a much quieter, still-all-freshman but definitely not as social environment, though, so you might want to look into that program.</p>
<p>Gregory and Stouffer generally receive bad reviews from freshman residents. (There are exceptions, of course!!) King’s Court fares better, but I’d still recommend the Quad or Hill for someone who is highly social and FreshEx otherwise.</p>
<p>Remember that there are hundreds of quiet places (libraries and otherwise) on campus to study and none are very far from the college houses!</p>
<p>As a very social person in KC (just got back from a cookie study break with my hallmates in which at least 2 people laughed themselves to tears) I can say it’s more of a matter of who you are, rather than which house you live in, if you’ll make friends or not.</p>