<p>I will be applying to UF this summer and will hopefully be accepted...upon acceptance I will qualify for the Honors program. How are the honors dorms?</p>
<p>I'll be a freshman at UF this year in the honors program. I just did preview and toured Hume Hall with the Honors group.</p>
<p>1) They are by far the best dorms around, anyone will tell you that. They are basically brand new. They have two beds, two desks, one big nightstand-ish thing, a walk-in closet, and that's all I remember. If you go to Hume's website (just search google, you should find it) you can find a picture of the typical room. Don't expect anything magnificent, it's a nice dorm, but a dorm nonetheless.</p>
<p>2) I do not believe Hume opens to summer students even if they are in honors unless they need the room (which from what I've read is rare).</p>
<p>3) About the layout: It's pretty far removed from the central campus, but very near the physics building and I think the chemistry building (those were the two I was looking for). There are two buildings that house students: East and West. Some people say that East is for the engineers, but I don't think that's true. Also, I believe each building has four stories, a common room on each floor, a kitchen on each floor (I think), and I think you need keycards for everything.</p>
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They are by far the best dorms around, anyone will tell you that.
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<p>Debatable. I am not the biggest fan of Hume, but I know people who live there do like it. </p>
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I do not believe Hume opens to summer students even if they are in honors unless they need the room (which from what I've read is rare)
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<p>Hume is fully open for summer B (honors or not).</p>
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but very near the physics building and I think the chemistry building (those were the two I was looking for).
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<p>It's very near the physics building, but the chemistry buildings are on the other side of campus (15 minute walk at least).</p>
<p>I don't know how to do quotes, but Calculus wrote "Some people say that East is for the engineers, but I don't think that's true."</p>
<p>Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe East Hall is a completely seperate building (which is for Engineering students, typically) and has nothing at all to do with the East Hume building. And Hume is DEFINATELY open in the summer.</p>
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe East Hall is a completely seperate building (which is for Engineering students, typically) and has nothing at all to do with the East Hume building. And Hume is DEFINATELY open in the summer.
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<p>You are correct.</p>
<p>Chandra, I meant Hume East. Given a minimal understanding of the layout, you should have been able to deduce that.</p>
<p>By the way, if we're going to be into petty corrections, it's spelled "definitely" not "DEFINATELY."</p>
<p>Gator: Yeah, I wasn't too sure of its proximity to the chemistry building, my bad. :P
ASMAJ: I guess I was wrong, although I did express some doubt in there. But yeah, my apologies.</p>
<p>I know you meant Hume East. But as there is another building outside of Hume simply called "East". And this building, "East", happens to house Engineering students, while "Hume East" houses regular honors students same as "Hume West". I thought you might have confused these two buildings, Mr. Grouchy Pants. And yes, I suck at spelling.</p>
<p>Quick question... can you request a certain roommate if you and a friend are both going to honors program? Or they just assign and you can switch in the year?</p>
<p>HaHa. It may not be any of my business, but I don't think there is any need for arrogance in this message board. </p>
<p>And to drd0013, I know you can request a roommate and make sure both of your put that as your first preference when you sign up for Housing. However, I'm not sure how it works with the Honors Dorm situation.</p>
<p>how are the students that lieve in hume....i don't want to be with like onyl a bunch of book worms or nerds. But i often visit UF for football games and I guess Hume is most likely a good mix of kids, has people obsessed w/ academics, has some ppl who love sports, and some partiers...am i right?</p>
<p>Yea, you'll find the whole spectrum of students at Hume.</p>
<p>Hume is great besides being at the opposite side of the campus from anything I need, haha.</p>
<p>Hey im currently living in hume right now for summer b. I like hume, its not too far from the main campus...its about a 10 min walk to the hub and turlington area, which is where a lot of the classes are. Its also about a 5 min walk to gator dining and the reitz union...so yea, nice location. But hey, if you dont feel like walking just catch the bus. The actual dorm is nice too. As someone stated earlier, two beds, walk in closet, sink in the room, and a bathroom shared with four people. So two rooms share one bathroom. You can lock it from the inside so no one walks in on you. The only thing I dont like about that is that the other room that shares my bathroom keeps leaving the door locked. So bascially I have to get my RA to unlock the bathroom door. That kinda sucks. Just make sure to keep reminding them to unlock it. But hey, thats the only complaint I have. Otherwise its a pretty nice dorm.</p>
<p>Is it true that non honors students can get Hume if requested? Granted, I'm sure that the honors students come first but are the available dorms open to all students?</p>
<p>I know last year some non-honors students got assigned to Hume only because Hume has room available and I'm guessing Housing wasn't going to leave empty dorm rooms when so many students want to live on campus especially their first year.</p>
<p>Seems like it would be real rare. UF wants to have their honors students in there, even though it's really kind of a bs program with lateral admissions. It loses all of its prestige that way. UF has a good thing but found a way to mess it up, in my opinion.</p>
<p>It is not clear to me that UF is significantly diluting the prestige of the Honors Program with their lateral admission policy. FYI, here it is:</p>
<p>Lateral Admission: Incoming students ...may still apply to join the program at the end of their freshman Fall Semester by way of lateral admission. A minimum UF GPA of 3.5 in the Fall Semester is required. Students who enroll in at least 14 credit hours will have preferred status when applications are reviewed. In the past most successfully admitted students have applied with GPA's well above the minimum of 3.5, and they have also been actively involved in the UF community via extracurricular activities and organizations.</p>
<p>First, one cannot apply until the end of the fall semester and second, you need at least a 3.5 UF GPA. Further, they state that successful applicants have "well above" a 3.5 GPA. </p>
<p>Anyone know how many students actually gain admittance via this avenue?</p>
<p>If admitted, I definitely plan to attempt to enroll laterally. As it stands I believe I have a 3.85 GPA on the UF scale and a 1380 SAT so I really stand just out of reach for the admission to the Honors College at the start. I believe the avenue created by lateral admission is really ideal for someone in my situation, being just out of reach of the college.</p>
<p>The UF Honors Program doesn't even get you "Honors" on your degree though, each major has its own requirements. </p>
<p>Yep, got into two Ivies, but can't get into UF Honors. I thought about applying for lateral, but then figured, why bother? lol</p>
<p>Hume is nice, but next year I'm living in an apt anyway :)</p>