<p>You may remember me from a few years ago as RBase07. I used to post on the high school forums for college advice, and after many years of stressing on CC, I settled on Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, though I was accepted at quite a few other quality schools. I'm now a sophomore. After a year here, however, I decided that Morehouse wasn't satisfying my needs, and decided to transfer to the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, so that I could get into their excellent J-School program, Grady College. </p>
<p>Last week, I received my acceptance letter as a transfer student for January 2008! I'm so excited, but just as fast as they accepted me, they now want me to send in my housing information and $200 deposit. :( The deposit I can take care of, but I honestly have no idea which dorms to stay in, as UGA has SO MANY residential communities and dorms.. AND because poor dorms were a major reason why I left my old college.</p>
<p>What I'm looking for is an upperclassman dorm with comfortable amenities (you know, hot water, spacious enough rooms, etc.). I completely understand that NO dorm is going to ever be like living at home, but in my experiences at Morehouse, some dorms are DEFINITELY better than others. So what I was hoping for was UGA students to speak to the various upperclassman dorms (read: No freshman dorms, please), and what makes each "good" and "bad". Details, please. This is a very important decision to me, and I need to make a decision very soon.</p>
<p>Any of the older communities like Reed, Myers are good and not freshmen although myers has the honors group there. East Campus Housing might be your best bet with nicest accomodations (like a resort) but a hike away. Like living off campus but not. Stay away from the following: Creswell, Russell, Brumby....i guess another choice might be the smaller dorms at the bottom of baxter....may also be single sex.</p>
<p>Goodluck and congrats!!! Just curious, when did you enter college and did it take you 3 semesters to transfer due to the 30 hr. requirement?</p>
<p>Thank you for the kind words and advice ATLmom. I entered college last year, right on schedule. It did take me 3 semesters to transfer, but not technically because of the 30 hour requirement (I didn't even realize there WAS one, lol). I went through a lot of roommate issues last year (smoking, drinking, defacating in the room, etc.), but by the time that I decided to transfer to a different school, the fall transfer deadline had already passed. Luckily, however, my roommate ended up dropping out soon after, so I didn't see him much after that anyways. I still however, wanted to transfer...</p>
<p>and I did!</p>
<p>Ok, so what I'm leaning towards now is East Campus Village, Oglethorpe, and maybe Reed or Myers.</p>
<p>I lived in Myers my freshman year (I've since transferred to a school in the Northeast, but I am very familiar with UGA and the housing situation) </p>
<p>I can tell you that getting housing in Reed and Myers is going to be next to impossible for a transfer student. They are given the absolute last priority on the totem pole of UGA housing, so, while they are nice, they are impossible to get into (even kids who lived in those dorms their freshman year had a hard time getting back in sophomore year) I'm not sure about O-House, but I would imagine it would be easier than the other two. </p>
<p>That being said, East Campus is probably your best bet. It is much easier to get into (especially since its made up almost exclusively of upperclassmen and they don't reserve rooms for the freshmen) However, a word of warning. East Campus is outrageously expen$ive. You are forced into a one year lease so even if you don't plan to stay in athens over the summer, you still have to pay (no subletting either) Off-campus housing is in many cases much cheaper and with a little extra hassle, definitely an option worth considering. </p>
<p>I hope that helps. UGA is a really fun school. Good luck!</p>