My daughter (OOS) has applied and is anxiously awaiting a decision from UT. We want to understand more about the “private” dorms. It’s my understanding that many students choose them over on campus housing freshman year. Any guide/recommendations? Should we be thinking about putting a deposit down now? I’m afraid if she gets in she won’t have anywhere close to campus to live. She applied to Moody and is interested in rushing. Thank you!
My LH stayed at Callaway and I highly recommend. Move in was a breeze - you pull up, they have movers grab everything out of your car, you go park, walk to your room and everything is there! Lots of Greek, but not everyone. Some honors students. Different majors. They have someone clean the rooms every other week. Very close to campus. Cafeteria downstairs (you eat their food, not the school’s unless you want to pay to eat at the university dining). Some students say they don’t like the food, others do. On site parking in their garage. Variety of floor plans. The top 2 floors are “penthouse”, need special access to get in (other levels can’t get in, so need to call a friend to let you up). Mine LH has kitchen, washer/dryer in room, not all rooms have this though. Private bedroom, private bath (can lock from rest of the room too). Study rooms on the halls. Perhaps the biggest perk is that there have been issues with the homeless population outside gaining access to all the private dorms. Parents complained about the need for better security and from what I can see on the parents Safehorn FB page, Callaway is the only one taking steps to improve safety/security for its residents.
And yes, put a deposit down now. They may be full but spots will open up when people in front of you find out they didn’t get it.
Castilian is owned by the same parent company, not as nice as Callaway but still good.
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Hardin House or SRD if she is interested in rushing and living with a lot of other Greeks. If you think there’s a serious chance she’ll get in, then you might call Hardin House and send them a small deposit ($100 or so). Castilian and Callaway also very good. Happy to explain differences if you would like to DM me.