<p>does anyone know anything about the dorms. which ones are the best? where do most freshman live?</p>
<p>i visited and most of the dorms where small. and lots of people call them cells. kind of ugly brick grey walls, but with some posters its not that bad.</p>
<p>Most freshmen wind up living in the high-rises, which is in the Elkton or Ellicott Community, or in the mid-rises, which is the Cambridge Community.</p>
<p>Easton is the place if you want to party, but it's a mess. People destroy that building. Elkton and Denton are better, but not much. A little bit more of a walk from the Diner, about 4 minutes.</p>
<p>Ellicott is for Gemstones, and is probably the cleanest of all the high-rises, but it's not as big for partying in the dorms. It is also literally 30 feet away from the Diner. La Plata and Hagerstown are for sophmores and above.</p>
<p>Cambridge community is for Scholars, but I really don't spend much time over there so I don't know.</p>
<p>None of the buildings you'll live in will have air-conditioning. They are pretty ugly and gray, and pretty small (11x11 was my triple last semester). Try to bring space saving things, get risers for your bed, and work stuff out with your roommate.</p>
<p>What about Honors dorms?</p>
<p>Just got accepted to Global Community. Anybody have information on this program?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Just came back, having survived an overnite & open house, about... 75 minutes ago.</p>
<p>Regular dorms are tiny and cramped, but can be made cozy and filled with lovable friends. No A/C, but that's what fans are for. (It's not about the air anyway, it's about the people... you go out for a reason!)</p>
<p>The newly renovated dorms for Honors babies, Anne Arundel, is BEAUTIFUL. And they have good heating and A/C. Dorms are twice the size of Denton/Elkton, etc. </p>
<p>Off-campus housing - the one I looked at today - isn't overly spiffy, but is arguably cheaper and can be filled with community of your choosing. Also bareable.</p>
<p>Here is a link to UMD dorms at a glance</p>
<p>I heard that Freshmen rarely get the air-conditioned dorms. </p>
<p>Off campus - check out <a href="http://www.universityview.net%5B/url%5D">www.universityview.net</a> is still taking leases as of last week</p>
<p>Here's a link to a virtual dorm tour of Ellicott Hall a few years ago. </p>
<p>hey i'm gonna be in global communities too!</p>
<p>where are you from viola?</p>
<p>some info on the dorms as someone who has had 4 family members go to umd:freshman dorms suck. my brother highly recommended applying for a special program. the international program (global communities) is in a very nice dorm known as dorchester, with a/c and everything. this is where participants in the GC program and the jimenez-porters writer's house live. go to the link about halls at a glance given earlier, it's very informative and helpful. if you submitted your maryland planner and confirmed enrollment already as i did, the department of resident life (<a href="http://www.resnet.umd.edu%5B/url%5D">www.resnet.umd.edu</a>) should have mailed you a HOUSING GUIDE with information on all the dorms.</p>
<p>also, not all dorms are a/c free; about 40 entering honors program students each year are selected to live in queen anne's and anne arundel dorms, which have air conditioning. according to dean hebert, who handles housing for incoming freshman honors students, the selection of these lucky 40 is random. </p>
<p>also, if you want REALLY nice housing (at increased cost), live in south campus commons, which are apartments in the south hill community part of campus. read more at <a href="http://www.southcampuscommons.com%5B/url%5D">www.southcampuscommons.com</a> </p>
<p>ill start living in south campus commons starting in my sophomore year (freshmen arent allowed to live in SCC) because I will be part of the hinman campus entrepreneurship opportunities program. </p>
<p>in short: if you don't want crappy housing, apply for a special program.</p>
<p>just my two cents.</p>
<p>La Plata is freshman and it has a/c. The courtyard is better than the commons for sophmore year b/c its a little bit away from campus u have a better sense of freedom and there is always a party there</p>
<p>I'm gonna be a freshman next yr and i have asthma so they told me i could stay at laplata but im worried that theres not many freshman there and that the party scene won't be that good. should i stay there? or just deal with not having a/c and stay somewhere else?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Lol well if it's for health purposes stay wherever you'll be okay!!</p>
<p>get one of those room purifiers. A small one might work well in the rooms.</p>
<p>scagneas,</p>
<p>Most people cannot get into the South Campus Commons until they are at least Juniors. Room selection after your freshmen year goes by credits, so the more credits you have, the better chance of you getting a better position in the room lottery. Also, LaPlata is hard to get into if you're just a normal freshman, and most people who live in the Ellicott Community that don't live in Ellicott are Sophmores.</p>
<p>Boy---KLo's video of the dorm is REALLY depressing...................</p>
<p>Do most people have lap tops or desk tops?</p>
<p>^^ lol, i laughed when i saw it... I guess i won't be laughing when we live there. I first think that the pictures weren't bright and they were obviously taken years ago. I went into a dorm so i guess i know what to expect. Pretty bad but everyone will be living that way so i guesss it won't be that bad</p>
<p>I guess most people have laptops.</p>
<p>laptops & desktops are about split. it doesn't really matter. (i've had a desktop for 2 years; getting a laptop for the next 2)</p>
<p>Does anyone know if we are allowed to use the risers you can buy at Bed, Bath & Beyond and such? Some of the schools I visited specificially forbid them - just wondering if Maryland has a "policy" on them - they can really help with under bed storage space!</p>
<p>Also - are th ebeds "normal size" twins? I keep getting all this snail mail spam on residence hall linens with scare tactics about regular linens not fitting the beds in dorms</p>
<p>Yes you can use the bed risers.</p>
<p>The beds are long twins.</p>
<p>Only if you are over 6'5".. or so they told me.</p>
<p>The normal beds are standard 75 inchers they said.</p>