<p>1) Where do the students sit at basketball games? Is it hard to get tickets?
2) Do students even go to the football games?
3) What kind of athletic facilities are available to students? (indoor/outdoor basketball courts, indoor/outdoor tennis courts, weight room, etc)
4) Are all freshman dorms air conditioned? Are any carpeted? Do you have any say in your dorm assignment?
5) What is the campus like?
6) What is the weather like?
7) Do kids hang out outside playing catch, throwing a frisbee, etc?
8) I'm not a religious person really, how much would I be missing by not going to mass every Sunday?</p>
<p>Any information you would like to give me would be greatly appreciated :)</p>
<p>I’m a freshman here, so I haven’t seen everything, but I can answer most if not all of these questions.</p>
<ol>
<li>They sit in the student section and the tickets are offered in a lottery system. If you win tickets, you generally should go. If you don’t get tickets, you can almost always just scalp them outside the stadium.</li>
<li>Actually so far, people have been going to the football games. Nova is ranked like #3 in D1-AA right now and people are finally starting to care a little about the football team. I doubt it will ever be as big as basketball though.</li>
<li>No, but most are. All the frosh dorms on south campus have AC, but if you’re like me and get stuck on main, you don’t get AC. But the ones on main have carpet. No, you fill out a little questionnaire but it’s basically random. Although I’m sure you could transfer rooms.</li>
<li>The campus is actually pretty and there’s usually always stuff going on… it’s pretty hard to get lost too.</li>
<li>It depends on where you are coming from. The winters are definitely manageable and it’s pretty in the fall/spring.</li>
<li>Yeah, there are always people playing catch/frisbee. Mostly from what I’ve seen, there’s a lot of that on south… not many on main. But there are a bunch of people playing basketball at the courts too.</li>
<li>No, you wouldn’t. There are plenty of people who don’t go to mass. I don’t and I haven’t really had any problems.</li>
</ol>
<p>Hope that helps. If you have any other questions, let me know and I’ll try to answer them.</p>
<p>1) I guess I should have been more specific. Obviously most students sit in the student section, but where in the stands is that located at VU?</p>
<p>2) Thats good news! Even if it wont be against big time opponents, I’ve always been a fan of going to football games.</p>
<p>4) So most freshmen dorms are on South campus but a few get stuck on main? Doesn’t it kind of suck to be away from the rest of your class? Also, have you or someone you know had any experience with transferring rooms? That can’t be the easiest thing in the world to do.</p>
<p>5) How would you compare it to other campuses? I don’t know what other ones you have seen but I have seen UVA, Washington University in St Louis, Rochester, and Maryland. If you could compare it to any of those it would be great</p>
<p>6) I’m from the DC area. Most say its pretty similar. Is that true?</p>
<p>Where in the stands? The student section generally takes up about half the stadium (bleachers) on the side closest to Lancaster Ave.</p>
<p>And yes, some students (I’d say around 150 or so out of 1600) are on main campus. It does sort of suck being away from everyone else, but you will come to meet plenty of people on main campus. Walking down to south is always an option as well and you will always meet people in clubs and activities. It’s something I’ve been coping with lately but I guess I’ll find a way to deal with it.</p>
<p>As for transferring rooms, I don’t know anyone personally but I know it’s an option. I thought about it, but it would just be extremely difficult to move everything down to south. From the main campus freshman dorms, it’s usually around a 10 minute walk.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen many of the other campuses that you are talking about, but I’d suggest coming to visit the campus if you haven’t done so already. The buildings are pretty and renovated for the most part, but it’s not nearly as grassy/green as a place like UVA.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s fairly similar to DC. Maybe a tad colder in the winters, but no huge difference. You’d be able to adjust without many problems.</p>
<p>A few more questions, if jckund is up to it:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>How accessible is Philly from campus? Do people go often?</p></li>
<li><p>What is there to do surrounding VU (other than studying, eating, exercising, etc.)</p></li>
<li><p>Is the student population diverse (geographically and socioeconomically as well as racially)?</p></li>
<li><p>Are student jobs available from the university?</p></li>
<li><p>How accessible are professors to students? Do they actually invite students over for dinner, or go with them for coffee, or have a conversation with their students outside of class? Or do they simply keep their minimum office hours and avoid students?</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>It’s verya accessible. Students will often go into Philly on the weekends and there’s a train stop on campus that will take you directly there in about 25 minutes.</p></li>
<li><p>There’s a few nice surrounding towns that you can get a shuttle to or take the train to and there’s plenty to do around there. Then there’s the King of Prussia mall which is also available via shuttle.</p></li>
<li><p>Actually, yeah. Obviously it’s predominantly white, but it isn’t overwhelming in that matter.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, I know several students who have jobs on campus.</p></li>
<li><p>Although I’m only a few weeks into classes, my professors have made their office hours known to students in case they have any questions. I don’t know of any instances of dinner/outside of school activities, but that’s probably a question for someone who has been here longer than I have.</p></li>
</ol>