<p>so i guess it is rather early to start making assessments about my living situation in the fall, but i'm not feeling too good about the hall/dorm i'm living in. how important is the "college hall" (aka does socializing and making friends really depend on where you live), or does everyone mingle everywhere? sorry if this post is a little ambiguous</p>
<p>my freshman year dorm absolutely sucked. it was small, rooms were overcrowded, and it was crazy old. you'll make friends with your roommates and neighbors regardless of how nice or crappy your dorm is, and if it kind of sucks, all of you'll just wind up spending most of your time in other friends' dorms and other campus hangouts</p>
<p>it's not really the quality of the building i'm worried about, it's more the environment. i think i was placed on a "quiet floor" for no reason, since i didn't sign up for it.</p>
<p>If you were, it wasn't for no reason. It was because when they took all the people who signed up for a quiet floor, they couldn't figure out a way to put them, and only them, on a set of floors. There were extra rooms. You just happened to land in one of them.</p>
<p>And all it means is that if you are going to be socializing at night, you will need to be socializing quietly or doing it somewhere else.</p>
<p>Well, and that if you ever do need a quiet place to sleep or study late at night, you're going to have one.</p>
<p>Definitely try other methods of meeting people besides hanging out in your room with the door open and hanging out in any lounges on your floor, because you'll need friends who have other places to go. But try those methods too: some people who sign up for quiet floors do so even though they like to socialize loudly well into the night: they just want to have a quiet place to sleep and study at night too. And if you're friends with them, they may well invite you to go along to wherever they like spending time in the evenings.</p>
<p>If you make an effort, it won't be hard to make friends outside of your living area. You'll meet people in classes, clubs, the dining hall, etc. so you won't be confined to your quiet hall as long as you don't stay in your room all day. And you probably can't throw parties in your room but it'll be nice to have a quiet place to sleep.</p>
<p>yeah i guess it's also a blessing--wasn't really planning on throwing parties in my room in the first place.</p>
<p>You don't have to stay in your building all the time. Chances are that you will find a friend on another floor or building and you can hang out there and meet people. Besides, you might find some other people around you that didn't want the quiet hall.</p>
<p>well the good thing about having a quiet hall is that ull have the peace when u have to go to bed or something. of course ull still meet ur neighbors and everyone in the building but remember, theres people outside of those dorms. so go out there and meet those people and if u dont like the quietness of ur hall, then dont hang around there so much. my hall is quiet and i kinda like it but i also like meeting other people outside of my hall</p>
<p>my dtr just got assigned to a quad with jrs & srs, she is a very bummed out freshman.
Any advice ?</p>
<p>vocalmom: granted it can be an interesting experience to live with upperclassmen, it can also be really good. They can help her get through the first year, meet some new people. Plus, if she's living in a hall, she can just meet people her age in other rooms nearby.</p>