<p>I'm a new transfer student coming in this spring and I just checked my housing assignment and it says I got assigned to Rogers Hall... I hadn't even heard of this hall but it turns out that it's in alumni village which is for graduate student...and I'm not a graduate student, I'm a junior. Does anyone know what's going on or am I wrong about this hall only being for graduate students?</p>
<p>It says Rogers Hall also takes in non-traditional undergraduates and the website says non-traditional undergraduate students are those 23 years and older…I’m 21, not 23 so I wouldn’t qualify for that even. Very concerned…</p>
<p>Rogers Hall is NOT located in Alumni Village (which is not on the main campus, but close by) - it is right next to McCollum Hall on the main campus facing Tennessee Street. </p>
<p>It used to be for grad students only, but apparently the demand for housing on campus has modified the old conventions.</p>
<p>See: [The</a> Florida State University - University Housing](<a href=“http://www.housing.fsu.edu/housing/grad/rogers.html]The”>http://www.housing.fsu.edu/housing/grad/rogers.html)</p>
<p>and: <a href=“http://www.facilities.fsu.edu/Planning_Space_Management/Documents/Maps/MC_CampusMap.pdf[/url]”>http://www.facilities.fsu.edu/Planning_Space_Management/Documents/Maps/MC_CampusMap.pdf</a> (Rogers hall # 44)</p>
<p>Rogers is not likely to be a raucous dorm, but this is a good thing. You’ll need to study and get some sleep. ;)</p>
<p>parent2noles, thank you so much for clearing some things up for me. </p>
<p>I’m just worried about one other thing. My classes are in Williams Building and Diffenbaugh Building which according to the map is on the complete opposite end of where I will be and I am without a car. I can’t make heads or tails of any of the maps on the website so does anyone know which bus route I can take to get out there? I’m not from Tallahassee so the area is completely new to me.</p>
<p>If you are physically fit, you should be able to walk from Rogers Hall to Williams and Diff. no problem in about 15 minutes. I’m not sure of the bus route, but that is an option; I use the buses regularily. The FSU campus is not so large that you can’t walk to most anything on campus. What you might consider doing is getting a bike if you have to cross campus a lot. This fall I had to get from Dodd Hall to the Psychology bldg. (about the same distance you’re talking about) in less than 15 minutes during break between two classes. I couldn’t get to the 2nd class on foot in less than 15 minutes no matter how hard I tried. I got a bike and was able to get between the classes no problem. If you oversleep, or are tight for time and need to get across campus faster, a bike can help; waiting for a bus might not cut it timewise.</p>
<p>The FSU campus is relatively compact, and it is not as far as it looks. If you are headed to class for the first time each day, you just allow extra time. Getting between Williams and Diffenbaugh is not bad at all. Sometimes if there is a little extra time between classes you hang out at Strozier (library) or get food or perch at the Starbucks, etc instead of going back to the dorm. You are an upperclassman going into a dorm of upperclassman and grad students, so less nonsense from the younger crowd and that is not a bad thing. I think it will work out to your liking. It is an apartment dorm and lots of extras.</p>
<p>Rogers is right near Salley, Kellum and Smith, so plenty of dorms in that area. you are not out in the boonies.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.housing.fsu.edu/housing/ungrad/westmap.html[/url]”>http://www.housing.fsu.edu/housing/ungrad/westmap.html</a></p>
<p>Best advice for the whole getting to far classes thing–a BIKE. Great investment. You can easily get from Rogers to Williams in 8 minutes.</p>
<p>I studied at FSU for a total of 6 years and walked everywhere. Arrange your schedule as best you can and you’ll be ok.</p>
<p>Just my opinion - bikes are kind of a hassle, unless you use one to get around town. Parking your car is worse.</p>
<p>I agree a bike is sort of a hassle at school, but it can come in handy sometimes. You have to keep it locked up wherever you leave it, and also you have to dodge people and cars riding it. If you bring an old bike from home put some new tubes in the tires so they don’t blow out from rot soon as you get to FSU, and bring an air pump and a little tool kit. </p>
<p>I really only needed the bike to race across campus between classes that were scheduled together too tightly timewise. I didn’t use the bike for much else other than riding over to the rec center most days. I learned from last semester to be wiser scheduling classes to avoid having classes far apart physically and too close timewise for class change.</p>
<p>I forgot to add that I keep my bike in my room, as could you. I’m in a triple and one of my other roommates also keeps her bike in our room and it’s no problem–plenty of room!</p>