<p>The guys got Lowell.</p>
<p>Quincy = Penguins</p>
<p>My son is a junior in Quincy and he loves it. Lots of house spirit and great masters. Good location.</p>
<p>I lived in different dorms with rooms arranged along a hallway. S1 had a similar experience and did not bond with anyone in his dorm.<br>
While I can see the point of the Yale system, S2 was very happy that he was not in the same suite as one of the suitemates for the entire four years! That suitemate just did not click with anyone else. The rest became a great blocking group with some other guys from across the hall and a linking group with some of the women from the floor below. S2 also kept in touch with friends from his freshman entryway who moved to different Houses.It worked out very well.</p>
<p>At Yale you don’t stay in the same suite for all four years, of course. I didn’t room with anyone for more than two years. But, except for one semester when I came back from time off and another where one of my roommates took a break and we got a transfer, everyone I ever roomed with lived in the same entryway freshman year (seven quads, all male). Some of those people I felt really close to immediately, others I never felt that close to, but we sure knew each other well. </p>
<p>Harvard’s system does give you more good friends who aren’t class- or activity-related in other houses. What’s Yale’s really does much better than Harvard’s is put freshmen into contact with upperclassmen, even if they’re not on a varsity team or deeply engaged in some EC.</p>