<p>So? </p>
<p>What is a good selection for a first-year? </p>
<p>While I think I'd want the privacy of a single room, like in John Jay, I don't want an anti-social residence hall. </p>
<p>What does any current Columbia student have to say about the housing in general?</p>
<p>this is going to stir up a massive deabte, and since there are other threads on it, i will summarize:</p>
<p>john jay: +: singles, social, dining hall and JJs down stairs -:less social than carman, easier to feel alienated than in carman, not as quiet as furnald, crappy bathrooms, building isn't that great, no comp lab, no A/C</p>
<p>furnald: +: singles, new building, better bathrooms, quiet, sophomores, A/C
-:anti social, sophmores</p>
<p>carman: party dorm, very social, private bathrooms, comp lab, A/C
-: LOUD, wild, doubles</p>
<p>LLC: +: kitchen, common sitting area, social without huge parties, singles, big suites, sophmores.
-: not so great bathrooms, kitchen gets dirty, loud at times, suites can be hit or miss some have a bunch of sophmores who love each other and exclude you (most don't), sophmores, no A/C</p>
<p>sophmores are less friendly than freshmen, but are still quite friendly, and if you don't pss them off, they're a great source of advice and help.</p>
<p>these days carman gets the most applicants, followed by john jay, it's easy to get a furnald or LLC single, you don't want a double anywhere other than carman.</p>
<p>John Jay is definitely not antisocial :)
Also it's a short walk to the comp lab, you don't even have to step outside (sort of)</p>
<p>dont bother summarizing, there are 2-3 VERY LONG AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE threads about this listed in the helpful threads post.</p>
<p>yeah, you want a summary, I got a summary right here:</p>
<p>wow. sorry about that...
I really need to learn how to navigate this site.</p>
<p>ha. silly me.
and thanks!</p>