<p>I know incoming students have no ability to influence what house they're placed in, but I was just wondering what some of the nicest (in terms of technology, when it was built, etc.) housing at Stanford. Also, does anyone know if athletes are ever placed together because of practice schedules?</p>
<p>I've heard that athletes are not roomed together because they want people with different interests to be together, so that they can "learn from each other", etc. However, they will take your schedules and sleep patterns into account. For example, a student athlete with early morning practices will likely be roomed with another student who likes to get up early.</p>
<p>You can sort of influence your housing by requesting all freshman vs four class dorms and single sex hall vs coed hall</p>
<p>Anyone have any thoughts on single sex vs coed hall? I've made my decision on all-frosh v. four-class, but I don't have an opinion on how coed I want it to be. I don't really care either, but I have to put one or the other down, so...any reasons to go one way or the other?</p>
<p>well, i'm assuming your a girl, because of your name...</p>
<p>at admit weekend, i stayed in an all frosh dorm that had both coed and single sex floors; i stayed on a single sex female, and my host said she liked it because there were still guys around but that it was a little bit quieter and there was more of a bond between all the girls...just her opinion...</p>
<p>I personally think that incoming freshman will miss out on learning from the experiences of upperclassman when requesting all-frosh housing. I really appreciated the sophomores on my dorm floor when I was a freshman. They advised on dining issues, which classes and professors were the best or should be avoided, etc. They were very cool! Juniors and seniors were not particularly friendly, but weren't obnoxious either...they were just indifferent to us "incoming runts!"</p>
<p>Incoming freshman are just too uninformed and immature to live together.</p>