<p>Hi, I was recently accepted into Lehigh and I am majoring in mechanical engineering. I was just wondering where usual engineering students are housed, what the reputation each housing has, and the quality of the food courts that accompany these housings.
Thanks </p>
<p>Freshman MechE here. First off, congrats. You’re going to love Lehigh and the engineering school. Who you room with your first year is pretty simple: you either submit a name of someone you want to room with or let administration randomly select one for you based on a short survey. Admissions will also eventually e-mail you a link to a popular Facebook app called RoomSync which allows students to find other similar kids for potential roommates, but don’t worry about that too much yet.</p>
<p>Where you and your new roommate live is almost entirely random if you don’t request special housing. There are all types of unique residential communities so pursue those if you find something interesting. The majority of people choose normal housing in one of the five main complexes. Most info about on-campus residences can be found here:
<a href=“http://www4.lehigh.edu/housing/residencehalls/firstyear”>http://www4.lehigh.edu/housing/residencehalls/firstyear</a></p>
<p>Housing is not done by major, but by first or second year students. There are specific buildings for freshmen and sophomores, since you are guaranteed housing on campus for those years. In my experience, most of the freshman buildings are the same. There are no particular reputations and hardly any differences except for minor variance in room size, layout, and location on campus. The two main food halls, Rathbone and Lower Cort, are separate from residence halls and fairly centrally localized. There are many places to get food especially just off the edge of campus, but you’ll eat most of your meals at those two places. They are both cool buildings with plenty of meal options of desserts. You can learn all about them here: <a href=“http://www4.lehigh.edu/studentlife/dining/dining.aspx”>http://www4.lehigh.edu/studentlife/dining/dining.aspx</a></p>
<p>Hey! Congrats on your acceptance. Lehigh has a relatively small campus which means that the two main dining halls are within walking distance from all freshman dorms. The dining halls are Rathobone and Cort and they both have respectable food (I don’t think many colleges have great dining hall food).</p>
<p>Housing is not done by major at Lehigh. There’s no set place certain people are assigned, but typically a lot of the ED students are housed in the centennial buildings (Upper and Lower cents). If you want to read more about all of the dorms, the office of Residence Life keeps up a blog about dorm life at Lehigh. ( <a href=“http://luresidencelife.■■■■■■■■■■■■■”>http://luresidencelife.■■■■■■■■■■■■■</a> ). The dorms that you could possible live in include: Richards House, Dravo, M&M, Upper Cents and Lower Cents.</p>
Lehigh does housing based on deposit date, so most people who applied ED live in Upper or Lower cents, and most people who applied RD live in M&M. Dravo and Richards could go either way. Historically, a lot of athletes live in Richards. Dravo includes both CHOICE housing and traditional housing. If you applied for CHOICE, you will definitely live in Dravo. If not, you have a small chance of living in Dravo. Unless you have a medical condition or applied for special housing, expect to live in Upper or Lower Cents since it sounds like you applied ED. If you choose a roommate who applied RD, you’ll probably be in Upper or Lower Cents with them. All of the dorms are pretty comparable, though each has its individual ups and downs. Congrats on acceptance!