Mcdonel Hall

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<p>So I'm going to be in Mcdonel Hall. I'm happy to know that I'll have a suit style dorm w/ my own bathroom and there's a gym in my hall. I just hope i don't get a non-coed floor.</p>

<p>Other than that i don't know anything about Mcdonel. I'm a sophomore transfer student and i think i heard Mcdonel is more for upperclassmen. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing because it'll be easier to make friends in a freshman hall but people will be more mature in an upperclassmen hall. </p>

<p>What do you people think?? Any other pros and cons about Mcdonel?</p>

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<p>the rooms are pretty sizey compared to brody. thats all i pretty much know. sorry!</p>

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<p>Nice big windows in the rooms!</p>

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<p>there are a lot of asians who I heard are pretty much cliquey and stick. to themselves. But McDonel seems to have a pretty good location.
I’m in Mcdonel as well.</p>

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<p>Many international students are placed in McDonel</p>

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<p>ehhh i’m not too thrilled about it anymore</p>

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<p>The floor advisors (RA’s) plan little get togethers about once a week so people meet people. I know the rooms seem to be in pretty good shape.</p>

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<p>I’m also a sophomore transfer in West Mcdonel Hall, I think there are a lot of transfer students there, do you know what floor you are on yet?</p>

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<p>No I was just told Mcdonel hall. They didn’t even say East or West or w/e. I was told that I’ll get my room and roommate information in early August.</p>

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<p>If you log into your information and into addresses, look for your campus address and you should find your room number</p>

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<p>Thanks
I’m in East Mcdonel</p>

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<p>I tried that, but I don’t see anything.
You mean stuinfo right?</p>

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<p>Yes, in student addresses change the address to campus and select fall 2010</p>

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<p>Ahhh, I don’t see it. Oh well, I guess it might be different for international students or whatever.
The only addresses they have for me are my home address and “Cyberspace, Cybercity” which I thought was pretty funny.</p>

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<p>Just found out, West McDonel :)</p>

<p>Ummm I was just looking at the floor plan, and my room is on the male hallway… is that normal?</p>

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<p>Punkchique, some of the floors are co-ed, so that might be normal. If it’s the same as last year, I know for sure that third floor is co-ed.</p>

<p>H2013, I am sure you’ll have no problem making friends! Although McDonel is mostly made up of transfer students, technically they have somewhat of a “freshman” mindset, since they are in a new environment as well, and don’t know very many people.</p>

<p>I transferred to MSU last year as a junior and got placed in West McDonel and I loved it! I would live there for the rest of my time at MSU if I didn’t decide to get an apartment off-campus for this year.</p>

<p>Yes, there are cliquey Asians, but a lot of them are really friendly if you make the effort to get to know them. A lot of them might not be that confident about their English (when most of the time it’s actually pretty okay), so it seems like they’re snobby or anti-social. (But of course, there are always the exceptions, haha!) However, other than Asians, there are also a lot of other ethnicities there! There’s also a decent number of people who aren’t international students as well.</p>

<p>The RAs and hall directors do a pretty good job at organizing hall events, so they’re pretty active. I remember days when there’d be free ice cream, free smoothies, free energy drinks (during exam time), etc. in the hall lounge. They also have the best ping-pong table in all of East Neighborhood, if you’re ever bored, haha. The Breakdance Club also meets in the basement on Fridays or something, if you’re into that kind of thing.</p>

<p>As for the caf food, the hours suck, but the food selection is pretty good compared to the other halls in the neighborhood. They have a section of the caf where you can order fresh chicken wings, hamburgers, french fries, etc. The other section you can order sushi/other Asian food. The sushi was only good on some days, though, haha. Then they have the main menu that the rest of the cafs have for the day.</p>

<p>Location-wise, it’s okay. There are two bus stops (unless they down-sized the bus stops, I know they were going to get rid of a few of them for cost reasons) outside of Mcdonel; one between the West side and Owen hall, and one by the East side. </p>

<p>Walking to Snyder-Phillips took me about 7 minutes. Walking to Wells took me about 10-15 minutes. Walking to the Communications took me about 15-20 minutes. If you have classes in the Business Complex, you could literally just wake up, brush your hair/put on clothes, and get there within 10 minutes. It’s also across the street from the Wharton Center, which occasionally has concerts, and then there’s also the Business/Law Libraries, which are great places to meet up with study groups, do homework, get some coffee, etc.</p>

<p>Hope this post helped! :)</p>