Looking for some honest advice for my sophomore transfer. Loved the very pretty campus, med. size, and the laid-back feel.
Could you give an estimate of how many sophomores remain on campus and where is the best place to live? Are Seahawk Village, Landing, and Crossing better than Univ. Apts. and Univ. Suites? How easy/hard is it to meet other students in these on-campus buildings since they are not dorm-like? (D will not have a car so looking to live on-campus to meet others, or even possibly an apartment within walking distance.) In your opinion, what housing would make it the easiest for a transfer to assimilate? Do the upperclassmen apartments have RA’s that monitor and follow the same freshman dorm policies since they are still campus owned or are they a little more lenient?
How would you get downtown or to Wrightsville Beach without a car and if you don’t know anyone with a car yet? Is the WAVE system easy to use for this purpose? Uber? How often do students head to the beach in fall and spring?
We saw a lot of students leaving in their cars after class when we were on a campus visit and things got quiet (about 5:30 pm). Does the social life significantly slow down after 5pm and weekends? (The green and blue college guidebook only gave the school 2 stars for social life?)
Do kids Uber around to off-campus friends’ houses if they don’t have cars? They explained to us the rule you have to live more than a mile away to have a car so I’m assuming you might make friends with kids who are spread about the area and it could be hard to socialize after hours with other upperclassmen if you live on campus are without a car? It seems to be a rule that pushes the kids away from the campus instead of centralizing upperclassmen closely around the campus.
If anyone can chime in with their experiences that would be greatly appreciated!