<p>I was hoping to get some opinions on which dorm to choose for the upcoming academic year.</p>
<p>I will be an incoming freshmen directly admitted into the CSE department.</p>
<p>Would I get a better experience in Lander, where everyone's a freshman, or McCarty, where they have the engineering special interest floor next year?</p>
<p>I want to live somewhere sociable but be able to study quietly and get help when needed.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>definitely mccarty if you want a quiet study environment.</p>
<p>McCarty all the way. I have friends there in the engineering floors and it’s apparently pretty social (sometimes… might be loud?) but more ‘moderate’ than Lander.</p>
<p>So Lander would be too loud and raucous for my liking? And what percentage of McCarty is inhabited by freshmen?</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>Also, you can only get the freshmen Lander experience once…</p>
<p>FlamingBirdy have you decided? I’m also a CSE direct admit deciding on where to dorm…</p>
<p>Hm, I don’t know the statistics on how many people live in McCarty that are freshmen. However, I know quite a few of them who live there. You definitely won’t be the ‘only’ freshman there!</p>
<p>Also, I’ve heard that direct admits are given <em>priority</em> to the engineering floors to make sure that they really get involved with the community. This was from my friend though; will need verification on this.</p>
<p>I’m facing a similar dilemma because I’m a business direct admit and I want to join the residential business community at Haggett, but I’ve heard that the rooms at Haggett are weird and not that great.</p>