<p>I'm an incoming transfer (junior) and I was wondering what people thought of the upperclassmen housing at Stonehill. Commonwealth and colonial court, pilgrim heights, Vila Teresa, Notre Du Lac, new hall, etc....pluses and minuses of living options anyone?</p>
<p>New hall is awesome if you have a suite of your close friends, dulac is pretty quiet so its good if you’re not into the party scene, and the courts are where most if not all of the parties are so it can be loud but people love living there. Really, you can’t go wrong and as a transfer I’m pretty sure you can’t choose so wherever you end up you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Also, the heights are no longer upperclassman housing but they are still really nice. Villa has never been upperclassman housing.</p>
<p>thank you so much for your answer! I doubt i am able to pick where I live, but they may ask for a preference so I’ve been looking into the different options.
As a transfer, I can’t see being given New Hall since I’m sure it is demanded highly by current students; although it does look amazing.
The courts seem great but I am not huge into the party scene so maybe dulac is my best fit. I have never been in Dulac but i would not mind suite style and I am sure like the rest of campus it’s gorgeous inside.</p>
<p>By the way, if you would not mind sharing; I have heard a lot of differing opinions but overall what do you think of the social life at Stonehill? Would you say it is a big party school?</p>
<p>This may seem like a cop-out type answer, but the social scene at Stonehill is pretty much whatever you make it. There is definitely a fair amount of partying there, as there is on any campus, but because of the small size of the school it’s pretty easily avoidable. A lot of kids (especially once they get older and the party scene starts to get old) choose to just hang out in smaller groups of friends and make their own fun. The more involved you are with extra-curriculars that you’re interested in, the more likely you are to find a group of people with whom you’d feel comfortable doing anything. If you want to avoid the party scene altogether, it’s absolutely possible.</p>
<p>Any other questions just let me know; I just graduated from Stonehill and I pretty much have nothing to do until I start my job in 3 weeks…</p>
<p>not at all a cop-out answer, i appreciate the honesty in fact…i dont want to avoid the party scene all together but I’m a serious student and during the week my focus is going to be academics, internships, etc etc but I’m confident it’ll all work at stonehill. There seems to be a good balance between everything on campus
congrats on graduating btw!</p>
<p>sounds like you will be a perfect fit at stonehill then. most kids work really hard during the week and save the partying for the weekends. I hope you love SC as much as I did!</p>
<p>thank you so much!! was there anything you did not love about Stonehill? I have heard so few criticisms from current students but it is always interesting to hear aspects of the college that were not ideal.</p>
<p>The only real complaints I had were pretty minor (parking situation was less than ideal last year, the library closed at midnight which I felt was too early, things like that) and for the most part I think those complaints are just a result of being in a place for four years and inevitably finding small things to complain about. </p>
<p>One thing I have heard from transfer students is that the orientation for you guys is lacking (since they don’t put you through the normal freshman orientation during the summer) so it can be difficult at first to meet people. To that end, I cannot stress enough the importance of getting involved in anything and everything that interests you. There’s something for every interest and everyone really is genuinely friendly if you’re willing to put yourself out there!</p>
<p>if those are your only complaints than Stonehill must have been pretty great for you!</p>
<p>ya, the orientation is during the summer but it is only one day. So it can’t be too extensive since we dont even stay overnight.
Thanks for the advice about getting involved…definitely will be joining a club and an inturmural sport. I have been involved student government every year since sophomore year of high school, so that is one organization I may look at joining; in whatever role possible.</p>