<p>Is it true that Hopkins gives a housing priority (as in preference) to the ED students over the RD? So, if I was an ED student and submitted my form before an RD student, my building preference would be prioritized? What if I submitted just before the deadline, and I was an ED student?</p>
<p>It’s true that housing priority is given to ED students before RD; at least, that’s how it was last year when I researched into it, and I assume the same holds for this year.</p>
<p>I applied ED and a number of my friends applied ED. We all got our first choice.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking PaniKitjava where do you live and how do you like it? (pros and cons)</p>
<p>I currently live in Wolman. My room is 419B; you can find the floor plans online at <a href=“http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060910223437/www.jhu.edu/hds/frs/floorplans/wol3-5west.pdf[/url]”>http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060910223437/www.jhu.edu/hds/frs/floorplans/wol3-5west.pdf</a></p>
<p>Pros:
- Air conditioning
- Kitchenette
- Closer to “real” food (not campus food, but restaurants)
- Vacation housing if you want it</p>
<p>Cons:
- Can be cramped, although some people have very spacious rooms
- Far away from everything</p>
<p>If I had to choose again, I would still not pick AMRs due to the lack of air conditioning (imagine studying in suffering heat! Also, if you have a computer like mine that overheats with full AC in the winter, it will definitely crash during the hotter times). I didn’t really use the kitchenette here, so I might have opted for buildings A&B instead (right on top of the dining hall, with AC, bigger rooms I think). </p>
<p>Bathroom:
I suggested to my roommates to buy an over-the-toilet space saver, and I can tell you it’s been working well for us. It adds some flair and it lets us just keep everything we need in the bathroom.</p>
<p>Kitchenette:
I thought I would be cooking often, but I misjudged. The kitchenettes are too small to really be comfortable cooking often. You have two small burners, and if you add a microwave (my suitemate’s microwave had to go on the bottom; wouldn’t fit on the top shelf), there is no leftover space, and that space is important when chopping up food. </p>
<p>In terms of appliances, we’ve managed to fit a microwave, a dish rack full of dishes on said microwave, a toaster behind the microwave, and a toaster oven and/or rice cooker on the shelf. It would really be more convenient if we could put the microwave on the top shelf, but like I said, it doesn’t fit. Look out when you buy your microwaves, I guess, unless they come in standard size? </p>
<p>The fridge temperature is adjustable so that you can actually freeze things in it, but if you do that, everything will be frozen. This can be problematic if, say, you have bottles of milk, because then the milk bottle caps will easily pop off, leading to a dirty fridge.</p>
<p>Bedroom:
I am comfortable in my room, but I admit it is a bit cramped. I have my bed half-lofted to fit my things underneath, and I would never fully loft it due to the inconvenience of going up/down at night (plus, I’m short! And I take a lot of naps). I have just enough space to get my chair fully out (and no further).</p>
<p>Some people move the furniture around, but that takes some effort that I didn’t bother to exert. I’m all right with how things are.</p>
<p>I took some pictures early on in the year. It doesn’t really show how cramped things are though. There is one picture in which you can see the distance between the bed and the dresser though.</p>
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<p>You didn’t ask but I’ll tell you anyway:</p>
<p>The weird bail bond stuff was found in the neighborhoods right next to JHU. JHU is right next to some shady areas, but the places pictured, you will never walk to because you have no reason to. There is nothing there.</p>
<p>There are a number of shopping areas as you walk to a road called Greenmount. At the beginning of the year, you will be told never to go near it, but I have gone to it and past in the daytime. It’s less shady than that area that I had pictured, and I think the stories security tells frightens people off from exploring. Just go in the daytime, with a friend, and if you want, bring pepper spray with you.</p>
<p>If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.</p>
<p>THANK YOU!</p>
<p>Thank you for answering my question. I was hoping you would say you lived in Wolman hall 
If by some chance I get in that is where I want live.</p>
<p>Wow, Pani, that was really helpful! </p>
<p>Do you know if students who chose single-living found it convenient to live by themselves (than living with a suitemate)? Of course it’s nothing “big,” but just wondering.</p>
<p>I have no idea. </p>
<p>To be honest, I miss having my own room from time to time. For instance, I dislike talking to anyone on the mic or on the phone with anyone else in the room, so I will just leave the room or wait until my roommate is gone. It’s hard to have privacy sometimes; the halls have people in them and if your room has someone in it, what do you do? I guess you can go outside, but ehhh. </p>
<p>I got stuck in McCoy for next year, and it will be odd because I will be on the phone early in the mornings (~4 AM) to talk to my husband in Korea. Not only would I want privacy, but I also don’t want to disturb my roommate in the wee hours. I don’t know if anyone would be in a situation like that, but it’s something to note.</p>
<p>I barely see or talk to my roommate though, so contact is very limited. I don’t even see my suitemates; I don’t think they even realize I actually leave campus every weekend since they never see me.</p>
<p>Anyway, having a roommate is manageable; it’s all fine. I pretty much cornered myself off (you can look at the facebook pictures) so that I don’t even see my roommate. If complete privacy is important to you, things might be iffy, but there are few circumstances in which privacy is so dire.</p>
<p>Exactly. Hope everything works out for you.</p>
<p>@Pani speaking of housing after freshman year, how does that process work? Like is it just like that freshman housing process, or are you randomly put in a house?</p>
<p>It’s not like the freshmen housing process. Housing is done by lottery and you have greater choice in where to live. You have a few options.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Roger’s House: a small, old building of four floors that seems to house about twenty people at max. This house is designated for healthy living, so people grow plants/herbs, cook a lot, have people come in, etc. This is the cheapest option, esp. because you don’t need a meal plan. </p></li>
<li><p>McCoy group housing: essentially get a group of friends together and take on a whole floor so everyone lives together.</p></li>
<li><p>McCoy housing. McCoy is just like Wolman, but there’s no division between West v. East. Single or double rooms, people live in a suite.</p></li>
<li><p>Charles Commons: newest housing building. One single room per person. People live in two or four person suites. There may be efficiencies? I don’t know.</p></li>
<li><p>Homewood/Bradford: apartments that offer a no meal plan option. Single room per person. I think there’s a one person, two person, three person, and four person suite.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Housing is done by lottery. You enter in a group or enter by yourself into the lottery, and your group or your lone self gets a number. There is a day where you are told to go to the AMRs to pick your room. Whoever has the lowest number picks a room first, and you just wait to be called and hope for the best. If you need to break up your group at that time, you can do so.</p>
<p>People who are interested in #1 and #2 are first in the housing process. I think they figured out housing in February/March. So if you’re interested in Roger’s House, you enter in a lottery for that house, which is separate from the lottery for McCoy group housing. The McCoy group housing and the Roger’s House housing lotteries are separate but occur at the same time. </p>
<p>Next is the vacation housing lottery in early April. If you’re interested in vacation housing (McCoy or Charles Commons), you enter in the same lottery. On the day you have to pick your room, you can show up and pick a place or not show up and forfeit vacation housing. Basically all the Charles Commons rooms go first, and then McCoy.</p>
<p>Last are all the other options: Bradford/Homewood, CC, and McCoy. People who get good, low numbers tend to pick either CC (which is newer) or Bradford/Homewood (apartments without a meal plan). People with higher numbers often have no choice and get stuck with McCoy (singles, then doubles for the unfortunate).</p>
<p>This is a weird question, but is there a bug problem in Wolman hall? Like i serious can’t stand bugs, so like are there bugs in the building?</p>
<p>I have personally never encountered any bugs. </p>
<p>Just do what you would normally do to avoid insects. Make sure to throw away all food and dispose of everything properly. Be clean and don’t do anything that would specifically attract bugs.</p>