<p>Which ones are recommended, which ones are not?
thanks</p>
<p>I know firsthand that the Language House is outstanding; you must be enrolled in the language you are part of and be able to speak that language 80% of the time you are in your apartment. You need to be at least a sophomore to apply/interview for this. I’ve also heard good things about the Writer’s House. </p>
<p>Since Honors housing and Scholars housing is technically also living/learning, my 2 D’s had good experiences there, as well. Scholars is particularly helpful because you get to know people who have similar academic interests as you right away. You all share at least one class - the colloquium; Last year as a freshman, there was at least one person on her dorm floor in all her classes (except maybe Spanish)? Sometimes there were multiple students, so forming a study group was extremely easy for studying for exams. In Honors, although you don’t have the same focused areas of interest, at least you know that you are housed with people who have similar work ethics as you (or at least did in high school!!!).</p>
<p>In both situations, ResLife fills in any open rooms after the living/learning programs have been filled with freshmen admits who need housing. One of D1’s best friends from her freshman Honors dorm was not in the Honors program–that’s just where he ended up getting a room assignment. In D2’s case, her Scholars program was large enough that it took up 2 floors. Her floor was partially the people in her program, and the rest (at least half) were people who needed a dorm room. As a result, her floor was a lot louder and less conducive to studying most of the time. In her case, everyone on her floor except her and one other girl were from MD. What happened in the beginning was that all the non-party people simply went home on weekends. It took her a little longer to mesh with people who had similar non-academic interests as hers.</p>
<p>you are so helpful, AstroMom! thank you!")</p>