<p>i am from hong kong and going to exchange in uva coming spring semester. got a few questions about housing and hope you guys can help me. thanks!</p>
<p>actually i don't really like hall style living and prefer to have single room. but i am not sure whether should i live in irc or other dorms.
anyone can give some suggestions? because i can only find little information concerning the floorplans on the web. </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Hmm I am just wondering if you have to live in UVa dorms. </p>
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<li>I think the IRC is a great place to live especially for exchange students. You’ll meet lots of American students as well as students from other countries. You might or might not get a single I really don’t know, but the IRC doesn’t have too many singles. </li>
<li>If you live in other dorms you also might or might not get a single. Gooch has lots of Singles. Copley has singles too I think, but I can’t say for sure. Hereford has singles too. All the others I think are only doubles? </li>
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<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks a lot sciencerd!</p>
<p>as i am going to uva during spring 2010, so i do not have much idea about the living there.</p>
<p>actually the school told me that they have singles for faulkner, gooch and hereford. But I am not sure about the people there and the culture.</p>
<p>also, is IRC a more hall style one?</p>
<p>lots of thanks!!!</p>
<p>Out of the three that you have said I would probably choose Gooch because that is a suite style one. Hereford is singles in a hall, but people have said they don’t like it. Faulker I don’t have experience with, but it’s kinda far away from the main campus. </p>
<p>The culture at the three I can’t say much about, but I can guess that you’d get more interaction at the IRC and get closer to more people. </p>
<p>The IRC is about half suites and half hallway style. You might or might not get a single because they might have reserved some for exchange students, but I am not certain.</p>
<p>I understand your desire for a single. Roommates can be ungodly frustrating. Still, I’d strongly encourage you to choose a suite setup. It’s college, and were all here to learn, but especially with an exchange program it’s also about meeting people and sharing the experience. Singles by nature are isolating.</p>
<p>Of your list I’d scratch Faulkner. It’s some distance from main campus. The IRC would be good though.</p>