<p>I wanted to ask for some opinions here. I am an incoming junior transfer and I'm trying to figure out what I want to do as far as housing goes. As an architecture undergrad, all of my classes are in the art and architecture building on north campus.</p>
<p>Obviously, for convenience sake it would make sense to choose a north campus housing option.</p>
<p>However, as a transfer I wont know anybody, and I would really like as many social opportunities as possible to try and meet people. I'm sure other people can relate to the feeling that I missed out on something with the freshman dorm 1st year experience. I'd like to live in a dorm but I haven't gotten housing info yet, so I may have to do something else. </p>
<p>My question is do you think it would be worth the hassle of getting up to north campus every day in exchange for a better social scene?
I know this is more of an opinion thing but I just wanted to see what people think.</p>
<p>I am not /sure/ that the social scene would be better. I lived in a central campus dorm my first year as a junior transfer and made no friends in my dorm because my entire hall were catty blonde freshmen sorority rushees with drinking problems. This year, in another central campus dorm, it is slightly better but not significantly. If I wanted to get a social opportunity from my housing situation, I think I would have needed to look for someplace to live with kids my own age (ie…not any of the dorms). And given that, I feel like you might as well just live near your classes since you’ll have to do significant branching out to meet people outside of class either way. That’s just my take. I chose to live in the central campus dorms because of the proximity to my classes.</p>
<p>The sooner you accept that you are just NOT going to get anything close to that “freshman year dorm experience” you think you missed out on, the more successful you’re going to be. Because you’re never going to be able to get that now, it’s just not the same when you’re a junior transfer, and you just end up feeling bitter and left out. But that freshman year dorm experience isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and it isn’t essential to the college experience. You can adapt without it. My 2 cents.</p>
<p>Thanks for the opinion. Yea that was definitely one of my concerns with choosing a dorm, I would rather avoid a situation like that. I guess off campus would make more sense for living with people my age, I didn’t really think about it like that.</p>
<p>You may want to research the co-ops. They are social and your age group. I’ve heard mixed things about the living conditions, but you may want to look into it as an option.</p>
<p>I also recommend co-ops. Lived in one for a semester (had to move out early for a study abroad), and I loved my time there. Had a good mix of ages, undergrad and grad, and was a great opportunity to make friends outside my usual circle.</p>
<p>Where can I find more information on the co-ops? Is there a link somewhere from the UMich website?</p>
<p>I found this link for you: [Inter-Cooperative</a> Council](<a href=“http://www.icc.coop/]Inter-Cooperative”>http://www.icc.coop/) and this for the houses: [Inter-Cooperative</a> Council - See Our Houses](<a href=“http://www.icc.coop/houses/]Inter-Cooperative”>http://www.icc.coop/houses/)</p>
<p>Good luck! I hope it will be a good option for you.</p>
<p>Thank you for your help I’ll definitely be looking into it!</p>