<p>Are any current ASU students on here in a living or learning community? Or is there anyone who is planning on joining one next year? I just received the forms in the mail from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences living and learning community and wasn’t sure whether or not to join. Do you have to take more or any special classes if you join? what requirements are there to join or stay in the community? are there any advantages/disadvantages to living there? I would love to hear info or opinions about any of the communities if anyone has anything to say. thanks</p>
<p>I'm interested to know too. I would be part of the Barrett's if I wanted to, but I didn't get any info about it...</p>
<p>Alright, so I was looking through our office, and I found the binder my sister got when she went to orientation...it is FULL of info...here's what it says about the Learning and Living Comminities</p>
<p>"ASU Residential Life also offers specialized learning communities that are based on particular academic majors. These programs were created and implemented by faculty, in conjunction with res. life for the purpose of enhancing your educational experience. Special communities exist for students who are members of one of the following: (and then it lists the communities, but these were 4 years ago, so a few don't match up)</p>
<p>Space is limited in these special communities and certain criteria may appply.</p>
<p>These programs are critical to students' success because they closely connect lessions learned in the classroom to students' experiences out of the classroom. They encourage students to study together about class material and engage with faculty about pertinent topics.</p>
<p>Residential Life also offers a variety of other focused learning opportunities throughout its communities. These include programs for graduate and non-traditional students and upper-class students.</p>
<p>Within the 14 residence halls there is a community that will match your unique living style, personal preference, and academic needs."</p>
<p>Really don't know what that means...BUT
A couple of the communities, require an applicaton, like the W.P. Carey one...they even have a deadline, so if you are interested, then you should sign up.
But then the rest don't even talk about the coomunities all that much.</p>
<p>wow good info thanks! i had to request info online to be sent to me from the college of liberal arts and sciences living and learning community. there is a lot of info in it including that you have to pick a focus subject(they list like 8 different ones) in this specific community. im sure its different for the honors college though. im going to attend the ASU regional future freshman meeting monday night plus they are visiting my school that day too. and i have already talked to some of the representatives who are coming and they said they will be talking about the living and learning communities and answering other questions. i will probably get some more info there, i will post if i do.</p>
<p>Cool!</p>
<p>Yea, I went to an attendees meeting at my school on monday...but all she talked about was orientation and the math placement test...for an hour. Really uninformative. I asked her a question about the calculus exam...and she didn't know. Although, she did give me her card so I could contact her. There was about 60 kids in the room, so I could understand. She was cracking me up, whenever someone started talking to their friend or whatever, she would say..."And now we'll be back after the commercial break, Thank YOU!" She was pretty funny. Oh well, I have scanned the ASU website like mad! </p>
<p>BTW, they offer a practice math placement test, so you can see what it will be like...Im not going to be placed in some lower math class because I made some dumb mistakes, so it's really cool to see that.</p>