<p>I've recently received my housing information, and I'm debating on whether or not to request a room in one of the designated "quiet halls" and was hoping for some input. I don't like to stereotype, but do people in these halls tend to be more uptight/less social than the general college population? I feel bad labeling people like that, but I just want to make sure I make the right decision. As for myself, I plan on probably doing most of my studying in the library, though I will probably sometimes study in the dorm as well. I tend to get annoyed by a lot of noise when I'm trying to focus, and would like it to be quiet when trying to sleep. Will this be a major problem in a normal dorm? Academics are going to most definitely be my top priority because I have hopes of getting into vet school, but I don't want to be stuck in an anti-social hall either. </p>
<p>i'd think that in the quiet hall you could easily get study buddies. I'd sign up for it b/c you can always find friends in the other dorm. Something you might consider is if you tend to do things quiet (like watch tv, listen to music, etc) b/c you'd hate to have to completely change your lifestyle. You'd only have to be there for one semester anyway. Go for it!</p>
<p>I'd try and ask people who live or have lived there. How many of the kids in the "quiet halls" or the sub. free dorms or whatever are put there because their parents sign them up, or are loud themselves but want to live somewhere that's quite when they want it to be?</p>
<p>To be honest, you sound like one of those very people you're negatively stereotyping!
I really don't think one extreme is better than another when it comes to this, but yes, quiet halls are often going to have people with more of an academic focus, whereas party halls are likely to be more socially focused.
If you would prefer a quieter place to sleep and study, and if your primary focus is academic achievement for vet school, then I would certainly suggest going for a quiet hall, not because you are "uptight" but simply because that is your focus while in college!</p>
<p>even though I never get anything done in my dorm, I wouldn't have asked for quiet hall in retrospect. In my experience, the most of the time you spend sociall is with your hall, and you want them to be interesting.</p>
<p>You can change your place of study, but not your hallmates.</p>
<p>At my school it's easier to move into a 'loud' dorm if you decide the quiet one is too alienating. I'd go with the quiet dorm first. Being able to lie in bed without a subwoofer blaring through the wall next to your head is priceless. I've found RA's are generally unwilling to get involved in noise disputes.</p>
<p>I enjoy parties and I definitely could not live in a substance-free dorm, but I would love "quiet halls." When I come home to my dorm, the last thing I want is noise in the hallways. I really don't socialize within my dorm and don't like to go to parties within it. I am the only person on my hallway who doesn't really hang out with the rest of the hall. It's not that I'm antisocial...I get along with everyone. They're just not my primary friends. I don't really view my dorm as a social environment. To me, it's home. I go there to relax, be by myself, and do work in peace and quiet. If I want to hang out with friends, I'll leave and go out somewhere else. That's why I'd appreciate quiet halls.</p>
<p>i live in the most social freshman dorm and whenever i need to study or get work done, its at the library (we have three, a main, a music and a science library all in their respective buildings). </p>
<p>its about finding ur own quiet space. I would want to live with the people I'm going to be friends with rather than have to find them when I have free time.</p>
<p>You can change your place of study, but not your hallmates.
this is spot on.</p>
<p>coming into college, i had no idea how my floor would be. i was a scholarship recipient, so i expected to do a fair deal of studying, and expecting to do most of that in my room. turned out that my floor would be one of the most ridiculous in the building (7 floors), if not the whole building complex (of 18+ floors). if people weren't blasting music, they were blasting video games. or just blasting their mouths (ddddrunk haha).</p>
<p>and honestly...i loved it. our floor had an "open-door" policy where if you were in your room and weren't doing anything too private, to keep your door open (this is something that i HIGHLY recommend you do). you can always meet your study buddies in class. and you can always study in the many libraries/lounges/coffee shops around campus. but when you come home from a long day of class, trust me...peace and quiet sounds nice, but it's almost always better to have a good group of fun friends to come home to, to talk to, to relax with. too loud? close your door!</p>
<p>i'm not saying people on quiet floors are uninteresting, per se, but from my experience, they don't partake in the more exciting forms of diversion. also, the idea of a quiet floor is indisputably tied to an idea of a stricter study regimen. basically, if the stereotype of the quiet floor as being uptight and less social even crossed your mind in the first place, it probably isn't the place for you. the quiet floor would be best reserved for people without such concerns.</p>
<p>it really depends on who you are and what you're studying...</p>
<p>personally, I work hard and play harder...so when I get home at the end of a day (like at 1 or 2am on weekdays), the last thing I want is a noisy, lively hall. I have fun and all away from my place most of the time but when I get home, that's my 6-8 hours to sleep before I leave in the morning for another full day of school and friends, but it's really more of a personal preference thing.
Figure out what kind of lifestyle you want and build your schedule and the way you do things around it (including where you request to live)</p>