<p>My son is a rising sophomore who will be living in the French House. There were an odd number of people who applied, and he was told he would get an "outsider" as a roommate because of the odd number of men who applied as French speaking.</p>
<p>We looked on his myWM, and he has no roommate yet. Does this mean he will have a single? It is in Giles.</p>
<p>I would guess that if they haven't found anyone else who wanted to live there by now, that he probably won't have a roommate first semester. I'm not sure if he wanted that or not, but his room will be really nice and spacious... Plus, not having a roommate after freshmen year is not bad because you already have your friends, and he'll still get to know the other people in the French House.</p>
<p>But I'm not 100% sure that this means that he will have a single. You could always call/e-mail res life and ask them...</p>
<p>Yeah, I looked, he is in 301, and on the little map of Giles, it is not labelled a single.</p>
<p>He is kind of bummed not to have a French speaking roommate, but hopefully that won't be a big deal.</p>
<p>Why anyone would refuse a room in a nice, air-conditioned dorm escapes me. Of course, back when I was at W&M, these were brand new, and were the only air-conditioned dorms on campus, so I am biased.</p>
<p>It is entirely possible that he will not have a roommate. There are those odd few that always fall through, not every single room space is always filled up perfectly.</p>
<p>It would just be extra room for him to totally destroy and clutter up!</p>
<p>He got assigned a roommate today, so no single for him!</p>
<p>I was just offered housing today as a transfer student in the German House in Giles. Even though I did not sign up for the special language program, I think it will be interesting living with students who are. How is living in Special Language housing different from regular housing? Are there any perks associated with living in the Randolph Complex?</p>
<p>of7271: I think that even if you are not interested in German, that the language houses may quite possibly be the best housing for transfer students. I've heard that most of the non-freshmen housing is pretty quiet and usually people don't interact with each other all that much because they just spend their time hanging with all the friends they made in freshmen year. </p>
<p>However, the language houses seem to be somewhere in between freshmen and non-freshmen housing. People in language houses usually do interact with each other very much, even though they aren't freshmen. So, as a transfer student, it should make it even easier to make friends. </p>
<p>Also, the Randolph Complex is pretty nice. Randolph Complex most definitely has some of the nicer dorms on campus. During the housing lottery, the Lodges, Jamestown dorms, and Randolph dorms (in that order) are the first to go. Also, you'll be right next to the Caf (main cafeteria on campus) and you'll be close to New Campus (which is nice if you're taking a lot of science or psych classes).</p>
<p>The A/C is super cold too, at least it was back in my day.</p>
<p>Well, I recieved notice today that the next person on the housing waitlist asking if I wanted to trade my room in Giles for a room in Reves Hall. I went ahead and switched because apparently the next person on the waitlist was German himself and I think he would be able to contribute much more than I can. </p>
<p>I am wondering what to expect in Reves Hall. I understand it is special interest housing as well, like Randolph. Frankly, I am lucky that I got a spot on campus this year and happy that the offers were in special interest housing.</p>
<p>idk too much about Reves Hall. I know that it's special interest housing for students who are interested in international studies. I think it's also where most of the foreign exchange students live. I'm not really sure if the kids in Reves really get to know each other as well as the kids in the language houses.</p>
<p>Also, I don't really know what the rooms are like. The building looks nice from the outside, so the rooms are probably pretty nice. </p>
<p>Reves Hall does not have a good location, imo. It's sort of on the very edge of campus, right across the street from Colonial Williamsburg. You'll have a fairly long walk to New Campus and the Caf. </p>
<p>However, there are positive to the locations. You'll be right across the street from the Wren, which is pretty cool. You're also adjacent to the Campus Center, which is good if you like Chick-fil-A lol. Close to Old Campus (where pretty much anything not math/science/psych related is). You'll aslo be able to walk across the street and visit CW anytime you want to...</p>
<p>Also, you probably already know this but just in case you didn't, you can get an idea of your room here: Reves</a> Hall | Res Life</p>
<p>of7271 My son, who will be a senior, is going to be an RA at Reves this year. Feel free to PM me and I can get you in touch with him. maybe he can answer some of your questions and help you feel more comfortable.</p>