<p>I am a National Merit Finalist, and applying to Honors, so from what I've heard I have a good chance of getting in. </p>
<p>But I'm worried that living with all honors kids might be too much. I am in IB in high school and I am tired of being around kids who are too academically minded, and somewhat socially awkward. Is this true of honors kids at UF?</p>
<p>I want a carefree, social atmosphere, with people who don't only think of school, school, school, school! What are honors kids like? How nice is Hume, compared with the other dorms? Is it worth living in Hume to get the nice dorms, and are you forfeiting a fun social scene (like at Broward, Jennings, etc)? </p>
<p>Right now I am not signed up for Hume, and have to decide by the 30th of April if I want to change. </p>
<p>(Oh, and right now I am signed up to live with my best friend, who isn't in honors. We've heard it can be a bad idea to room with friends, so thats why I think I might change to Hume. I wasn't going to do Hume before because she isn't eligible for honors. Any input on whether rooming with friends is a good idea would be appreciated too!!)</p>
<p>I don’t know about all honors kids, but that’s the impression I got from those in Hume. It’s Also a lot of people were smoking outside of Hume. I don’t know if that’s any different from the other dorms since that’s really the only one I looked at other than the two ones that started with a B (which were horrible compared to Hume).</p>
<p>When I was a freshmen Honors was guarenteed for National Merit, you didn’t even have to apply (saved me the application fee). When I lived in Hume, the only person who I thought was cool was my roommate, we got along great and he was a totally normal guy. The rest of my floor was some f’in weird people. Sophomore and Junior guys who make the most awkward attempts at the froshmen girls (I saw one of them walk up to a girl and grab her side… what the hell). A lot of videogames and that.</p>
<p>Then there were some Hume kids that were totally reactionary, they didn’t want to be precieved as being the nerdy Hume kids, so they were all “PARTY ALL THE TIME, GET TWASTED, YEA I’M GONNA CHUG EVERCLEAR” (Yea, this is another true story).</p>
<p>The room at Hume is so much nicer then the other rooms it’s rediculous, the other dorms at UF are not nice at all, they’re all really old, musty, and just generally have an dilapidated feel. So in the end, even though I didn’t like a lot of the people, I was happy I chose Hume, because I could always just go meet new friends outside of the dorm.</p>
<p>In my experience, rooming with a friend tends to be harder with girls then guys, because girls start to resent each other. The girls I know who lived together freshmen year were not very good friends after freshmen year. The guys tended to be just fine, mostly cause if they had a conflict, they settled it immediately rather then letting it simmer.</p>
<p>My son has been accepted to other great schools (UVA/MICH/WUSTL). We have suggested he take a hard look at UF Honors program because of the merit money. These posts are making us a little concerned. Is there any student (or a parent) who has any experience attending UF Honors that can reassure us? Our son enjoys sports, girls and music. He actually is a pretty smart, normal child. The posts make us think we’re trying to push him into an insane asylum. Help!</p>
<p>ILDAPISC, as has been noted many times before, it’s going to depend widely on floor. The personalities of the floors I was on was completely different between the two years I stayed in hume.</p>
<p>Look at it this way, I have way more interesting dorm stories then any of my friends. I actually knew the crazy weird people on my floor better then my friends knew the people in their dorm, so, I mean they were weird, but it wasn’t non social.</p>
<p>It’s luck of the draw, just make the best of it, and it can be a good experience. If I had the choice, I would still do it all over again.</p>
<p>“I am in IB in high school and I am tired of being around kids who are too academically minded, and somewhat socially awkward. Is this true of honors kids at UF?”</p>
<p>haha that’s funny. I was actually thinking the same thing. I got an invitation to the honors college at UF, and I decided not to apply for this reason. My friend said the same. I am not the typically IB elitist at my school, I am smart, but I do other things too, and I’m more EC active than all of them are. I was worried that I would be surrounded by the same type of people. At this point, I have 7 classes, with the EXACT same 21 people every day of my life, with different combinations of them in every class. It kills me, and I want to talk about other things than math and science sometimes. I am sure it is different at UF, but I didn’t take the chance. I’m probably not going to UF though, so I didn’t think applying for the honors college was that big of a deal. But good luck to you! I’ve been hearing some people have found out already.</p>
<p>Hello ILDAPISC - I’m a parent. My daughter currently is in Hume. She has a room mate that she previously did not know. They get along great…are they best friends? nope but get along great and are friends. She has made “normal” friends throughout Hume, but mostly on her own floor. She also made friends through class and in that case the dorm doesn’t matter. After a year, though, she has decided to move into Lakeside in the fall. Horrible location in my opinion but she wants her “own” bedroom. What she has really liked about Hume is they “plan” activities to help you meet others…that would be the biggest thing along with the fact that they are the newer dorms that she has liked. She tells me she never felt the people were weird but she did say she realized very quickly she wasn’t the smartest kid on the block anymore :). Hope that helps you some.</p>
<p>ILDAPISC, I was also accepted into some better out of state schools like UMICH, but am going to UF because they are giving me a full ride. I am pretty sure that any school that has a selective honors program like UF will end up having a great deal of nerdy, socially awkward kids in it. It will be true in FL, or anywhere else in the world. However, the good thing about UF and UF honors is that (from what I have heard) somewhat choose your level of involvement. If you want to room in Hume (which is verrry expensive) and talk about Physics all day long then I am sure you can find others to do this with. But UF is so big, that you also won’t have trouble finding normal, intelligent and fun kids as well. Like soexcited999 said, the problem with IB high school classes is seeing the same 20 socially awkward people every day. At UF, even if you room in Hume, you step out your door to 50,000 (give or take, idk exact numbers just that there are loadss of kids) other kids, most of whom will be about as normal as you would get at any school. Although, if you want to be around more “normal” kids, from what I have heard you might want to consider not rooming in Hume. Like I said, its also ALOT more expensive than the other dorms, although it is nicer. Then again, you could room in Hume and love it, who knows. I have decided just to go for Beaty, Broward or Jennings instead. Good luck, I’m sure your son will be happy at UF or wherever he ends up. Thanks everyone for the advice, it helped me in my decision alot!</p>
<p>My daughter is now in Hume as a freshman and she loves it. Tennis courts across the street. Deli across the street. Wonderful roommate. Buses stop in front of the dorms.
Best dorms in the school. Best of all worlds. My daughter had your same concern. Go for it. You won’t regret it!!!</p>
<p>There are weird and/or socially awkward people in every dorm. I met a lot of people who lived in Hume last year, and they were pretty cool. There definitely seem to be a lot less “get wasted every night” type of people, but they don’t all stay in their rooms and read biochemistry textbooks on Friday nights either.</p>
what ended up happening to you? I’m in the same exact position (in IB and will do the honors program but doesn’t want to room in Hume and wants to room with a friend who isn’t in honors) and I would love to know!
My S is in the honors program and has decided not to live in Hume. Hume is a nice dorm, but we have heard a few accounts of typically “nerdy,” videogame-obssessed kids living there. (Heck, we even saw some “Legends of Zelda” t-shirts on kids on honors visitation day.) S is a typical guy–played a varsity sport all four years in high school, wants to join a frat, wants to meet girls. But, he is smart and plans to shoot for medical school. I am sure that there are plenty of “normal” kids like that in Hume–probably the majority. But, given the options, he thinks it will be easier to meet more people who share his interests in one of the other residence halls. On the other hand, we have known several students who have been very happy in Hume and have made great friends there. Any dorm is something of a crap-shoot. Every floor in every dorm tends to develop its own culture and personality–sometimes you get one that you fit in with, and sometimes you don’t. If you don’t, there are plenty of other places at UF to find “your people.” So, if you like the set-up of Hume and think it might be nice to be able to participate easily in the programming of the honors program, I’m sure it’s a fine choice.