<p>oh ok thats good and my previous Q?</p>
<p>what exactly is allen classified under?</p>
<p>what do u mean its just a residence hall</p>
<p>I was wondering about the different buildings in the six pack. One of them is sub-free, is it any quieter? What about Weston? I wanted to stay around that area but am worried about being able to study. I was also considering Bromley.</p>
<p>Allen Hall is more impressive architecturally than others. Rooms are small (as are all the dorm rooms, but the west side dorms like the six-pack have the largest of the very small rooms). The hall is somewhat quieter than others. It is the home of the Unit One living/learning community which is basically billed as an "intellectual" group where students can interact on intellectual topics and the hall has its own music room. In reality, you will find that the main advantage of Unit One (and any living/learning community) is that there are designated class sections for many freshman and sophomore courses for Unit One giving the Unit One student priority registration for the section. When you go to orientation in the summer and register for classes, you will discover why that is important -- for many popular freshman courses, the sections other than those reserved for living/learning communities may already be filled, many by sophomores who could not get the course freshman year. You have to apply for the Unit One program to get into Allen freshman year. They choose the residents by randomly selecting from those who have submitted their housing requests and request for Unit One by April 15. There are usually more applicants than available spaces so make sure you also are satisifed with your second choice dorm.</p>
<p>From what I've observed, if you're into things such as poetry, art, music, and theatre then you should feel right at home in Allen. If you're not then i highly recommend avoiding it. One thing good about it is that it is right next to CRCE, arguably the best exercise facility on campus.</p>
<p>thanks its all good to know</p>
<p>They "randomly" select people? I think I read somewhere that they select by the date that the housing application was received. Also, there is an optional essay for living learning communities and they take people who write essays before they let in people who did not, regardless of the date of the housing application.</p>
<p>Unless they have changed in the last couple of years, usual priority for getting your first choice dorm is determined by date of application for housing so the earlier the better, but that rule does not apply to a living learning community and thus does not apply to Allen Hall where the entire dorm is a living learning community. In years past, Unit One, when applicants exceeded spaces, was determined by randomly selecting from those who apply and the essay is then used only as a potential basis to reject you once you are selected randomly.</p>
<p>btw...allen is full, its not on the list of choices anymore...</p>
<p>I'm not sure how often this it has been updated, but this is what it said at the Unit One website <a href="http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/unit1/brochure/Strategy.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/unit1/brochure/Strategy.asp</a></p>
<p>*The date of receipt of contract gives you a time-stamped date that determines your place in line for consideration of your choice of residence hall.</p>
<p>When we assign applicants into residence halls (around mid-May), we assign applications in order date of receipt of contract. BUT, we first consider the category essay-writers by date of receipt of contract before we consider non-essay writers by date of receipt of contract.*</p>
<p>What list of choices did they take Allen off of? I thought they didn't make assignments till May.</p>
<p>well i sent my housing app last night, first choice is Peabody, second is Gregory, so I'm going to the 6 pack hopefully...figured i got in beginning of october, i've put it off for too long</p>
<p>wait if i submit it today for allen would i still hav a chance?</p>