<p>My friend that's a sophomore said that Monroe and Sharp are the "party" dorms, and while that sounded great a first I realized I want more than a 24/7 party. I was looking at Paterson and it seems really cool, plus my friend gave 2 thumbs up. Does anyone have any experiences with it? thanks!</p>
<p>Hi RuskiBear. Long time no see. So does this mean you have decided on Tulane?</p>
<p>I cannot tell you too much about Paterson, I will leave that to those with experience there. What little I have heard is that it is a pretty average Tulane dorm, definitely not a party dorm like Sharp and Monroe because it is not all, or even mostly I don’t think, freshmen.</p>
<p>Hi RuskiBear,</p>
<p>I’m a freshman living in Wall but I do have friends in Paterson (and friends in every freshman dorm, for that matter…so all future freshmen, don’t worry too much about meeting people or picking a dorm based on what kind of friends you think you’ll end up with. I promise you’ll meet plenty of people!).</p>
<p>The Paterson rooms are pretty standard…not much (if at all) bigger than those in Sharp or Monroe, by my estimate. There are, however, sinks in the Paterson rooms. There are study lounges on every floor but they can get loud because they double as social lounges (this isn’t the case in some other dorms, such as Wall and Butler). It’s true that Paterson isn’t a “party” dorm…but that doesn’t mean partiers don’t live in Paterson. It’s just that they don’t party IN Paterson, which is nice for people not into that. It’s good you’re doing research…one social but studious friend of mine can’t stand living in Sharp because of the noise.
Paterson, as I’m sure you know, is designated the “wellness dorm” which means their dorm programming is geared toward things like stress relief/yoga/healthy eating…but the whole wellness thing isn’t an overbearing atmosphere. Oh, and they have a really great first floor lounge: it’s huge with pool tables and a piano, as well as a kitchen and tables - we had a birthday party for one of my friends there earlier this semester.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! PM me if you want!</p>
<p>Yeah Fallenchemist I indeed am enrolling at Tulane!!! Sill on the waitlist at Washu and Vandy, but the more I’m the mindset of a Tulane student, the harder I think it will be to pull me away. </p>
<p>Tigerlily thanks for the advice! I hear Paterson is a “hippie” dorm. What do u have to say about that? More/less police searches and all that jazz</p>
<p>Police searches…?! I have not known one person on campus to have their dorm be police searched…</p>
<p>hey i’m thinking of living in paterson too! does anyone know about what percentage of the students living there are freshman?</p>