<p>So I’m planning on attend OSU next year, but I don’t know what dorm I should apply to. I’m going into Engineering Honors, and I don’t plan on partying that much, if at all.</p>
<p>I got the idea that South Campus is more for partying and the dorms aren’t air conditioned and the bathrooms are in the hall (So unless theres a good reason, South is out)</p>
<p>I got the idea that West Campus is nice, but farther away from classes (sleep…)</p>
<p>I got the idea that North Campus is close to my Engineering classes, which is a plus, and it’s quieter. While I’m not opposed to partying, I don’t think i’ll be doing it much, and I don’t want to have roommates coming in at 4am and drunk.</p>
<p>I was talking to my friends there, in engineering, and they said that Taylor Tower is a good idea since I’ll be by a bunch of people in my major. They said that Blackburn is a good choice since they’re in it next year and it’s close to the classes (Not planning on rooming with them, but it’d be nice to hang out with them and get help with classes) and that Archer is the really nice dorm. </p>
<p>So which dorm should I go with?</p>
<p>Also, a double? Triple? Quad?</p>
<p>I do not know anything about the dorms but I was interested in the location of classes for engineering specifically Biomedical Engineering to help pick a dorm. Do you know if most of the classes for a freshman engineering major are on the north side of campus? I saw a biomedical research building located on the south/west side of campus. Blg 112 on the map.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard from my sister (she’s a third-year honors engineering student at OSU), what you say is true. North campus contains most of the math and science buildings, but south campus is only a few minutes farther of a walk. West is the least convenient. South campus is known more for partying, but if you’re in an honors dorm it shouldn’t make much difference. So north should probably be your first choice. As for specific dorms, that’s totally up to you. Would you want to live with other honors students, or do you want to mingle with the general population? Just be careful making decisions based on friends because you’ll be able to make plenty of friends wherever you go, and the campus buildings aren’t really that far apart. As for doubles or triples, it’s up to you. However, four people in a room gets really cramped and can make for a miserable year. Good luck!</p>
<p>My son started in Houck in a room with 3 other engineers because he thought he wanted to live with kids in his field. Houck had some kind of engineering focus on some floors or something like that at the time. Anyway, it was across the street from Taylor (he could have lived there too as an honors student but chose to live with engineers). After the first year, his comments were that he loved the location (close to classes and High Street restaurants/banks/stores) but hated his room because of the crowding. It would have been the same at Taylor since they also were in quads. It did not especially help that he roomed with engineers because he met plenty in his classes and had to meet with them to work. In retrospect, he might have liked living in the Lane building because it was on North and had more space.</p>