<p>Can you tell me:
1. What cell phone company would give the best coverage in the area?
2. Laptop preferences of students (MAC vs. PC)
3. Pros and Cons , traditional vs. modern dorms</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
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<li><p>I had sprint, and always had good reception, the coverage in the dorms is good, and in St. Louis too</p></li>
<li><p>There will always be a huge debate about this…
I was in a traditional dorm and absolutely loved it. The typical pro for traditional is that it has more of a community feeling - everyone keeping their doors open, hanging out in the hallways, wandering in and out of eachothers rooms. I spent countless nights hanging out in the hallway working on problem sets with classmates, playing games, etc… you meet a lot more people that way! Having a community restroom adds to this too, as funny as it sounds. </p></li>
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<p>The modern dorms are definitely beautiful, and seem to have more group/study spaces. The typical pros are having a suite-like setup, where 4 students share a bathroom. </p>
<p>The traditional dorm rooms are “quieter” too, because you get the lovely thick cinderblock walls, compared to the thinner walls in the modern dorms.<br>
I’d definitely chose traditional again, it always seemed so much more fun and friendly.</p>
<p>1) I have AT&T, and would probably suggest something else…</p>
<p>2) I had a Dell PC for 3 years, but then I used a Mac for a bioinformatics class. Since then, when I needed a new laptop, I switched. I’ve found the Mac is more powerful for a lot of biology applications (IE. protein modeling), as well as for graphic design and multitasking.</p>
<p>3) Second everything said above.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me if there is a current and/or future on campus housing shortage at WashU? If so, are they using a lottery system for upperclass housing or are there enough students who wish to live off campus that those students who do not want to leave can be guaranteed housing on the South 40 all 4 years?</p>
<p>D is a grad student there.Has Verizon no coverage problems on or off campus.</p>
<p>There is no housing shortage at WashU. A “lottery system” is used to determine a student’s choice of housing. As a rule, freshmen and sophomores live on the South 40. Juniors and seniors live in other campus housing. Since there are no plans to increase the size of the student body, there should be no housing issues in the future.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.
D is still deciding (with a tug towards Brown) but leaning towards WashU. You have been very helpful esp since we have to sign up for a new phone service soon!</p>
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<li><p>D has Alltel (which I guess will soon be Verizon) and has great reception everywhere.</p></li>
<li><p>D has a PC, but that is only a personal preference</p></li>
<li><p>2nd everything in post #2. On the inverse, D has lived in a modern dorm the past two years and she has been very happy. She has not found them loud, LOVES having her own small private room this year.</p></li>
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<p>Most juniors and seniors prefer to live on the North Side or off campus. BUT, I have been told by Res Life that if a jr or sr requests the South 40, they could pretty much have their pick of dorms. I have found Res Life to be an office full of wonderful people who have the hardest job on campus. They will go above and beyond to try to get students into the housing they desire. Just FYI, here are some #s they sent me awhile back - </p>
<p>(N. Side/South 40/Res Life Apts/Frat/ on own)<br>
fr 1423 (all South 40)
so 76 1061 34 95 95
jr 381 158 240 113 674<br>
sr 293 82 209 47 934</p>
<p>I was really surprised at the number of students who find housing on their own, considering how nice the WashU housing options are. I am sure it is cheaper to rent your own apt.</p>
<p>Just visited Wash U and they said that housing is guaranteed for all 4 years.</p>
<p>Our son has Verizon and says coverage is excellent.</p>
<p>My son has verizon and has had no problems throughout the campus.</p>
<p>1) I think verizon is the most common plan on campus. I use ATT though, and I have pretty much perfect coverage around campus too actually.</p>
<p>2) Macs seem to be pretty popular with students. Most teachers seem to be aware of this, so in my experience any programs you’re required to download/use are mac/pc compatible. Beyond that it’s kindof about preference, and that’s a whole different debate…</p>
<p>3) Laurezer covered it pretty well. There should be a thread discussing the detail in exhaustive detail if you prefer to look that up, too. :)</p>
<p>I use T-Mobile.</p>
<p>I have not had a problem with coverage. In fact, I feel like I get reception in places a lot of other people don’t get reception (ie. parts of the DUC, Mays Auditorium in the basement of Olin). I can’t remember what the other dead zones are but if someone reminds me, I’d be willing to check it out. Haha.</p>
<p>I have AT&T and I lose reception inside a lot of buildings. Just today I walked into the on-campus (subterranean) Subway for lunch and got cut off in the middle of a call.</p>
<p>Question: How are english final exams formatted?
if you take a writing class, what’s the final exam like?
what if you take a literature class?</p>
<p>Is the free-response on science tests a bad thing for anybody? Does it make the test more difficult?</p>
<p>nooob- yes, there a lot harder because of this, but the class is curved to the average so it doesn’t really matter (unless you fail at life with free response…)</p>
<p>nooob - How does this fit the thread? See OP</p>
<p>nooob-</p>
<p>when you say writing class, I’m assuming you mean a fiction class or something, ie an E-comp class. These don’t have finals usually. you’ll submit a piece of writing, or perhaps a few.</p>
<p>In fact, many departments outside of math/science (and sometimes in those departments too) will have a lot of classes without finals, but with some other type of assignment at the end of the class.</p>
<p>I’m a history/archaeology major with a creative writing minor. I have only one final exam out of 5 classes. On the other hand, I have 3 final papers between 4 and 15 pages long, a terms dictionary, and a 120 page screenplay due. So, to summarize, every class is different, and there’s no standard type of final that applies to every class in a category.</p>
<p>thanks Johnson and snazzy for your responses! :)</p>
<p>and sorry fallenchemist, i saw the title of this thread and thought anyone could post questions to current students, didn’t mean to hijack the thread but i didn’t want to start a new thread just for my few questions. thanks again everyone.</p>
<p>^^^ That actually makes pretty good sense now that I read the title…</p>
<p>lol this would get to be a really ugly thread though. :)</p>
<p>I think you all’ve basically answered the OP’s questions in any case.</p>