<p>Any opinions? Leaning towards ISR, Hendrick House, or Illini Tower. For a freshman in Engineering, how much of a rush is there to apply to these and what are some advantages/disadvantages?</p>
<p>If you have already been granted admission and thus can apply for housing, it is important to get housing apps in early if you want one of those that you list. Housing priority works as follows: (a) those who are going to be sophomores, juniors or seniors in fall 2008 have already signed up for and gotten their places; (b) freshman are then granted their requested halls in order of submission of housing application. All three that you list are popular with upper classmen so if you want a chance at getting any of them as a freshman you need to apply early. HH and ISR are popular for engineering students mainly because they are close to the engineering quad, but having one of those is not a necessity for a freshman engineering student (including because your freshman year classes are mostly in the main quad).</p>
<p>well if you apply now you'll be fine. IT wont fill up for a while because it's so expensive but soooo nice. if you can afford it, i'd live there. ISR will probably fill up pretty fast b/c upperclassmen will take quite a bit of the spots and everyone else will too. Hendrick house will almost never fill up fast so you have plenty of time to wait for that.</p>
<p>I'm living in ISR next year and I can tell you already that if you decide to live in ISR, you'll be on one of the top 3 floors of 12 (which wouldn't bother me, but just FYI) because the others are almost completely chock full w/to-be sophomores. However, if you do decide to live there and you get your contract in soon there's always at least a couple floors of freshmen. And while your classes may mostly be on the quad and not necessarily the engineering quad, ISR is closest to the quad anyway...so your choice.</p>