<p>Just wondering...</p>
<p>There is a group of us that want an apartment style dorm next year (bedrooms, living room, kitchen, etc). How many people can live in an apartment style dorm? We thought it was 4 but have been hearing you can fit more? ...and an RA doesn't live in your suite, right?</p>
<p>What are the recommended dorms?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>There are 5, 6, and 8 person suites. Usually it means 2 doubles and a single, or several doubles per suite. I also think they try to keep it at 1 bathroom/4 people, so the suites with 4+ people will have 2 bathrooms. When lottery number time comes, you’ll get to see all the floor plans in the different buildings.</p>
<p>The only issue is that the more people you put into your group of roommates, the harder it is for them to place you. A group of 4 people (in 2 double rooms) can go into nearly any dorm on campus, but a group of 5 or more is going to start limiting the number of rooms you can fit into.</p>
<p>Whether or not you live with an RA is just chance. If you request to go in as a 4, it’s possible you could be placed in a 5-person suite with an RA.</p>
<p>Recommended dorms… eh. They’re all pretty good, it just depends on what you want. A lot of sophomores are on columbus, and it’s a decent area for parties, so the Davs and Coventry are good options. If you’re looking for cheaper housing, Loftman is actually pretty nice inside, and St. Stephens has some of the smallest living quarters on the planet but it does the job and I really love that location. Then there’s always WV, which you can get into if you have a solid lottery number. But, I’m ancient and out of touch with dorm life, so someone else probably has better input than I do on which dorms are the best these days.</p>
<p>Just be aware that sophomores do not get to choose housing like third-years and above do. You will fill out a preference sheet and will be placed (based on whoever in your group has the best lottery number). I’ll probably repeat some of what Emily said… there are suites for 4, 5, 6, and 8-person suites. Generally, 4-person suites get one full bathroom, 5-person suites get one full bathroom and one half bathroom (just toilet/sink, no shower), and 6- and 8-person suites get two full bathrooms. If you have 4 people, they can keep it to just the 4 of you or add random people to your assignment. If you were placed with an RA, they would be in a single room inside of your suite. </p>
<p>I’m living in Dav now and love it. So if you want to pay the extra $$ for an enhanced dorm, I’d definitely recommend it. The West Villages are nice too of course (also enhanced).</p>
<p>Yeah it used to be (aka when I was a freshman choosing soph housing) that a few freshmen would get really lucky and get to pick their housing like the other upperclassmen do. I was the last year though, and now everyone does the form explained above.</p>
<p>Once you actually can PICK the room (it’s pretty cool) and fill it with people, you’ll be able to see on the floor plan if there is an RA in the room. Some people prefer that though, since you have a better chance at getting really good rooms in west village if you aren’t picky about having an RA.</p>
<p>so are you saying that everyone now gets to choose their exact housing (based on the lottery), or everyone’s exact room assignment is randomly assigned (based on the lottery/number of people in your group)?</p>
<p>Neither. Some first years USED to get to choose their exact housing, if they were really lucky, but now ALL first years have to fill out the form described above. It’s not really random- they really do look at who you put down and where you’d like to go. But if your lottery numbers are really bad you might only end up with one person you selected as your roommate, in a different building. It all depends on the lottery number.</p>
<p>All UPPERCLASSMEN get to pick their exact housing for the following year, if they were given a lottery number.</p>
<p>The survey you fill out will ask who you want to live with, what type of housing you’d like (single/double, enhanced apartment-style, enhanced semi-private sutie, etc.), what buildings you’d prefer, what price level you want, etc. Then you rank how important each of these aspects are to you. Based on all this info and your lottery number, they assign your housing to you.</p>