<p>Hello! I saw your post and it seems like you know a lot about these campuses.
I'm having a hard time trying to choose one that fits me best and I was wondering
if you could help me out? :) I'm going to major in French (I think the department is in
Ruth Adams, which is in Cook/Douglass, but I'm not sure about required classes for freshmen or where all those classes will take place...</p>
<p>First, I don't think the Residential Housing Options really apply to me because I haven't
earned honors or have already took college credits and other things like that yet
since I'm an incoming freshman. Thus I chose "I do not wish to make an optional
Residential Program selection."</p>
<p>Then on the next page, I chose "Mixed gender floors with single-sex bathrooms"
just for the sake of...not wanting to be with the same gender only.</p>
<p>Then, according to good and bad things I know, the order of preferance was:
1. Busch - because of high tech, quite some freshmen
2. Coll. Ave - because it's in the middle and seems fun
3. Cook - because I do like greenery although it seems a bit isolated
4. Douglass - it's closer to Ruth Adams than Cook again, I didn't want the same gender
5. Livingston - most freshmen go there(?) but seems REALLY isolated and empty...dead(?)</p>
<p>And which option should I choose: Campus/Living? I'm just scared that whichever I choose,
I could get lesser chance of being accepted to the campus of my choice?</p>
<p>So yeah, this is what I'm thinking but I'm really not sure...do you have any comments?</p>
<p>As long a it’s not “too late” and as long as there is someone wanting to share rooms,
I think it’s possible to have a roommate change. But not sure if it’s going to be easy…</p>
<p>Another question…what did you put as option thingy?
Campus option or Living option? Whatever I choose, it could result in me getting
lesser chance of being accepted to the campus I want, right? :(</p>
<p>To Letronghy: If you get stuck with someone that you don’t get along with, you can always request a room change. I would only switch if you truly can’t stand the person and/or their (bad) habits. When you change during the school year, you and your roommate must consent to switching in the presence of your resident assistant. The RA will then make you guys switch keys and from there, you just move your stuff.</p>
<p>To parkjm1103: Yeah, Busch is a good choice. I don’t remember there being a campus/living option. I guess I would choose “campus” just to be on the safe side.</p>
<p>id personally pick housing based on proximity to most of your classes. for example, if you take a lot of science courses and are a science major, most of your courses will likely be on bush, so to save yourself a lot of time everyday you’d want to be on that campus. im not sure where language classes usually are but it probably isnt bush, anyhow. taking buses between classes can be a huge time sink.</p>
<p>Language courses, I find, are mostly on College Avenue.</p>
<p>The bus can be a pain some times (and I hear it might get worse considering this stupid renovation of College Avenue that’s supposed to happen soon), but it isn’t bad if you make sure you leave early enough to arrive at least 10 minutes before class starts.</p>
<p>i don’t mind the buses, and I wouldn’t choose where i will be living based on the location of my courses as a freshman. You’re not going to be taking mostly french classes anyway your first semester, since you have to worry about gen ed stuff like expos and such. so for right now, i would just go with the campus that i like the best. which would be douglass :D</p>
<p>and i have friends who are majoring in french, and their french classes are actually all on douglass. that might just be a matter of coincidence, but it’s very convenient since they all live on douglass. </p>
<p>residential housing is not limited to honors students or upperclassmen. so if you wanted to, you could live in demarest on college ave or global villages on douglass as a freshman. </p>
<p>i don’t know what campus/living means. also who was your post addressed to?</p>
<p>Ahhh, I now realize what the “living” option is (via the housing wait list link) =)</p>
<p>GO with “campus” preference. As a freshman, you WON’T be placed in an apartment . . . or a suite . . . or a single . . .</p>
<p>There are only certain circumstances that may allow you to be housed in some place other than a double – for i.e. McCormick suites on Busch allow first year students in the SAS Honors program to dorm there.</p>
<p>college ave is the best pick…its in the middle of everything…cook/douglass is alright…busch is good if your a science major…Livingston sucks!! do not go to livingston…</p>
<p>Hi, OP. I think Busch is the best campus for studying and probably the safest campus. It is mainly populated by students from science majors (biology, chem, physics), and Engineering students. As you can see, both types of majors are challenging and require discipline. </p>
<p>It is the safest since along with Livingston because the university owns the land. College Ave and D/C is somewhat close to the city/town. </p>
<p>Overall, Rutgers is an excellent University, but be careful. Today, I was walking back to my dorm and I was cut off by an aggressive panhandler. This is the first time in my 3 years at Rutgers, but the experience was quite traumatic. </p>
<p>im transferring to ru in the fall
im trying to fill out the housing forms and i have the option of transferring into the general transfer dorms on douglass or picking another campus… i want to be with other transfers but i would prefer to be on college ave… which one should i chose?</p>
<p>I think I would go with Douglass, if I were you.</p>
<p>I don’t know the update on the housing shortage, but it would suck if you were put in a hotel. Transfer and continuing students are being put there. </p>
<p>College Avenue is a popular campus, so the odds of getting space there if you get off the housing waitlist is kind of slim. . . although there is hope! I mean, I was about to live at the Holiday Inn, but because I chose “temporary stay” for the hotels, Rutgers were able to place me on College Avenue (my first choice) since people canceled their housing contract. Yet again, I am a continuing student and was only 600 spaces from the lottery cutoff.</p>
<p>The way I see it, though, is that you can take a risk and pick College Avenue, or you can stay on the safe side and stay on Douglass. Even though I did not reside on Douglass, I loved the campus. Plus, you want to stay with other transfers. If you are placed on the waitlist, they will stick you just about anywhere (most likely with continuing students).</p>
<p>It’s your choice though =) Don’t let me influence you. I’m just adding my two cents.</p>