<p>Alright, I'm just going to straight up say it: I chose to register sub free.</p>
<p>I didn't party in HS, but I'm open to the idea of doing it in college. I also don't care if my roommate wants to. I'm just not into the whole throwing up in the room/halls bit. But I've heard that SubFree dorms are really quiet/boring and the people don't ever go out. Especially my freshman year, I want to be around people that are active and exciting. All my HS friends just studied all the time so I'd like a change...</p>
<p>I'm just wondering if I should try to change out. I don't want to be isolated from the action or to give the impression that I'm not interested in going out at all. And freshman year is the time to meet tons of new people and be exposed to new things. I'd rather just deal with the heavy partying if it means being more part of the community. Any suggestions? Should I try to change? Maybe I'm completely off the mark, but are the people in SubFree noticeably different? I've also heard that a lot of them DO party...</p>
<p>Don’t worry, it’s perfectly usual for sub free students to go out and party and have a good time. If you do find that your floor tends to stay inside most of the time, then go out and find some friends from other floors who like to party as well.</p>
<p>You aren’t necessarily tied down that much to where you live. It’s not like you have a bedtime like back in high school. With greater freedom, more responsibility you know? Stick with it and really, it won’t be that bad. Plus being able to adapt is a good skill too. </p>
<p>No matter where you end up, the South40 is small enough to be close to everyone and big enough to not feel cramped.</p>
<p>Yeah sub free is kind of a mixed bag. I know some people who love their floors and some people who hate their floors. I think it’s all up to you and how you want to approach the situation. We had sub free guys come to our (not sub free) floor all the time just to chill. You’ll find that a decent amount of people, who didn’t request it, get placed into sub free just by chance. Those people are great to meet if you want to start to break out of the sub free stigma.</p>
<p>some of my closest friends at school lived on subfree their freshman year and they partied a lot and even kept alc in their room. while there are people on subfree who choose to live there to avoid noise, throw-up, etc. there is a percentage that end up there without filling out ‘subfree’ on their reslife housing form. being on subfree definitely doesn’t limit you. that said, my friends did feel a disconnect between themselves and the floor as they felt their personas and social priorities differed</p>
<p>If you don’t like your sub free floor, you could always walk upstairs. Though personally I feel like sub free floors tend to bond better if there are more people who choose to be sub free than not. I didn’t choose sub free myself, but I still talk to the people I met on my freshman floor who did choose it.</p>
<p>Either way, past freshman year, everyone forms their little cliques, so use your time as a freshman wisely, haha.</p>