<p>Anybody mind breaking down the 4 dorm situations for first year students for me?</p>
<p>I know there is a focused study substance free one, but what about the others?</p>
<p>Are some better than the others? Just thinking since signing up is available on the portal</p>
<p>West: very classic ‘college dorm’, almost all double rooms, dining hall on the first floor which is nice in the winter. Floors are coed, either end of the hallway being for guys or girls. Bathrooms are single sex with three shower heads divided by curtains. Rooms on the front have great views. I’d vote for West as my all around favorite, it was just a lot how I imagined a freshman dorm to be and I have a lot of good memories from West.</p>
<p>Davidson: The suite style setup means the bedrooms are smaller than West but two bedrooms join to shared common rooms. There are certainly great success stories, but my feeling is that it can be tough to jump right into sharing a space with 3 other people. The building is newer and kind of strangely arranged, and the bathrooms aren’t nearly as nice as in west. The suites can become great gathering places for parties, but there can be tension if the suitemates don’t agree on whether they want to invite people over etc. Personally I think if you want to live in a suite, it’s better to do it sophomore year in Fox (Davidson’s twin) and with a group of your friends rather than randomly placed people. It also shares part of the building with AEPi and Sigma Phi, both of which throw potentially very loud parties until late on the weekends, so depending on where your room is it can be pretty loud.</p>
<p>Richmond: similar to West in layout, but inferior in location, room size, furniture and bathrooms. I never liked it much and didn’t spend much time there, but it’s certainly not bad, just not as good as West. Probably the quietest/lowest traffic next to Webster.</p>
<p>Webster: focused study/substance free. Kind of a magnet for less social people. I never really went there so I can’t comment on the living situation, but I’d avoid it.</p>
<p>Every year there is kind of the ‘it’ dorm where everyone tends to gather, and it seems to rotate between Davidson, West and Richmond, so it’s hard to say from year to year what the social scene will be like in each building. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>thanks alot very helpful</p>
<p>Just curious, is housing guaranteed for all 4 years? And do most students stay on campus?</p>
<p>housing is guaranteed all 4 years. there are only a few people, mostly seniors, who rent houses off campus.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>are athletes grouped together?</p>
<p>Hi Chargers,
In general, athletes are not treated differently in the first-year student housing process. Housing assignments are based off of a survey that all first-year’s are required to fill out. Of course, rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors are able to choose who they live with.</p>
<p>Thanks, Union Admissions! </p>
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