<p>Hey all!</p>
<p>I just got the form to fill out my housing. Any alumni/current students have recommendations? Also, what are the "personalities" of the dorms?</p>
<p>I'm excited to start meeting some more 2017ers tomorrow!</p>
<p>Why do you already have the form?</p>
<p>What are your priorities? Do you want convenience? Is having your own bathroom more important? Do you want to live off-campus?</p>
<p>Convenience - Max Palevsky, Snell-Hitchcock, Maclean
Private bathroom - Broadview, Blackstone
Communal bathroom - South Campus, Burton-Judson
Off-campus - Broadview, Blackstone, Breckinridge</p>
<p>i’m guessing he/she either got recruited or matched by questbridge.</p>
<p>Um… question what are the pluses of South Campus?</p>
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<h1>1: The facilities are brand new.</h1>
<h1>2: The dining hall is very nice.</h1>
<h1>3: You do not have to move out during winter break or spring break.</h1>
<h1>4: South Campus dining hall remains open during Thanksgiving, so if you are staying, the dining hall is right there. Students from other residential halls have to walk all the way to South Campus to dine during Thanksgiving break.</h1>
<h1>5: Because it takes about five minutes for students to walk from their classes back to South Campus (through Midway), many see South Campus as a “home” instead of a dorm. It is a great feeling to be able to return to your “home” from a busy day of school.</h1>
<p>It really does depend on what your priorities are. For example, some people absolutely would not be able to stand living with a roommate, so maybe dorms that are mostly if not exclusively singles would be better for such students. There’s also the issue of proximity to other buildings. Max, for example, is stereotyped as the dorm for jocks (or as jock-ish as U Chicago can get) because it’s literally right across from the Ratner gym. People that love going downtown a lot might enjoy dorms like Blackstone and Breckinridge, which are literally right next to a train and bus station. You’ll hear a lot about the “personalities” of dorms, such as Max being the more athletic dorm, and while there might be one or two that actually live up to their reputation (Snell-Hitchcock comes to mind), in general the differences are exaggerated and you’ll likely find a mix of people in all dorms.</p>
<p>If you live in Blackstone, do you have to move out during winter break?</p>
<p>Yes, as is the case with all of these: <a href=“https://housing.uchicago.edu/sites/housing.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/Closed%20Halls%20Memo%20-%20Autumn%2012%20-%20Stony%20correction.pdf[/url]”>https://housing.uchicago.edu/sites/housing.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/Closed%20Halls%20Memo%20-%20Autumn%2012%20-%20Stony%20correction.pdf</a></p>
<p>You can find this document and others about different dorms here: [Office</a> of Undergraduate Student Housing | The University of Chicago](<a href=“http://housing.uchicago.edu%5DOffice”>http://housing.uchicago.edu)</p>
<p>thanks! 10char</p>
<p>Whatare south dorm stereotypes?</p>
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<p>The stereotype is that South tends to be more social than other dorms (South and Max are known as the “social” dorms). I only know a few people from one house in South, and their stories suggest that their housemates are generally more outgoing and into more “traditional” college activities than other dorms, but given that it’s a very small sample size I don’t want to make huge generalizations about an 800+ person dorm. I was actually speaking to a few upperclassmen the other day about dorm stereotypes and their opinion is that, while up until some time age the stereotypes were rather valid, it’s a lot more common for the dorms to be more mixed now.</p>
<p>Understand that these stereotypes are just that: stereotypes. They make use of stereotyped concepts such as “normal” (what is normal?), so take them with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Max P: Continuation of high school. Social, jocky (since the gym is adjacent to it). Filled with very “normal” people.</p>
<p>South: Very social, lots of parties. “Normal” people. Not unlike Max P but just less high school.</p>
<p>Burton-Judson: A classic UChicago dorm. On the quirkier/weirder side but verging on “normal.” A mix of lots of different people since it attracts anyone who wants a single.</p>
<p>Breckenridge: Nice people who play D&D or Magic during their free time. Endearingly nerdy.</p>
<p>Maclean: I’ve never met anyone from Maclean, which speaks to its stereotype. It’s not on anyone’s radar and is sort of invisible. </p>
<p>Snitchcock: Filled with UChicago obsessors who are quirky to a fault. Insular, dominate UChicago activities. Opposite of “normal.”</p>
<p>Broadview and Stony: Independent students who prefer living away from the housing and dining hall system. Those who want an off-campus experience without technically being off-campus (though they are far away). Apartment parties.</p>
<p>Blackstone: Benign. Not much of a stereotype. They seem fairly “normal” and sociable.</p>
<p>Pierce: Not relevant, is being demolished this year.</p>
<p>New-Grad/I-House: The babies of the housing system. No real house culture yet, but I’m sure it will develop. Nice people, social.</p>
<p>Don’t really know anybody from New Grad, but one of my closest friends has a cousin there and supposedly that dorm is rather party-centric (again, as party-centric as U Chicago can be). I actually know a fairly large group of people from IHouse and they seem to be very diverse. This might have to do with the fact that many originally wrote down other dorms as their choices but were put in IHouse when the other dorms were filled up due to the higher than expected yield. Nice community.</p>
<p>Also, because of the Pierce demolition some Pierce houses are literally being moved to IHouse and New Grad, so whatever characteristics are usually attributed to Pierce might end up influencing those dorms.</p>
<p>New grad person here. Rooms are very, very nice (nicest, by a significant margin, in the housing system) with private bathrooms (with tubs!) - rooms are just like those you would find in a hotel. With regard to the “party” atmosphere; roughly 1/3 of the 1st years go out any given weekend. I don’t know how that compares to others, but personally, I think it’s a nice mix. As with Ihouse, it’s a very diverse dorm.</p>
<p>PMCM, I’m pretty sure I know your cousin/friend - is he indian by any chance?</p>