<p>I noticed that UT has a long board about their dorms, so could some current Aggies post their experiences in different halls? </p>
<p>I'm particularly interested in learning more about Fowler, Hobby, Wells, Eppright, Keathley, Neeley and the Commons. </p>
<p>Which dorms would be best for a freshman? Can I live in an LLC hall such as Aston or Hobby if I'm not in the LLC program?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’d say being a freshman you should apply for the commons. I thought I applied early enough for housing (back in January) to at least get one of the 3 dorms that I chose. I chose Neely, Eppright, and Wells. I ended up getting Appelt and I don’t think too many freshman got those dorms unless they applied extremely early.</p>
<p>^ Listen to him. This is a good lesson for everybody.</p>
<p>If TAMU is your first choice school, and you know that you will be going there upon admission, then please save yourself a lot of grief and apply for housing immediately after being admitted. This will help your odds in getting your dorm of choice. Southside dorms fill up faster than Northside’s according the the housing rep. I talked to. He told me that most people who got Southside dorm’s had a housing priority date that is no later than early February. I am sure there are exceptions to this, but I imagine there are very very few.</p>
<p>Funny, I thought the opposite was true. My son asked for 3 Northside dorms and got stuck in Appelt. He waited until late March to apply for housing. His girlfriend who applied in Jan got her Northside choice.</p>
<p>Either way, the message is clear…apply for housing ASAP!</p>
<p>Daughter applied on Feb 4 for Wells, Eppright & Krueger (in that order–all coed). Was assigned to Underwood (female only). Our understanding from conversation we had with person from housing: If all of your choices are the same price classification, you will be placed in that classification (price amt) no matter if its north or south. They will not put you in a dorm that is more expensive than the highest price dorm you applied for, but will put you in a cheaper dorm if your price is full campus wide. If, on the other hand you apply for different priced dorms (ie Wells & Krueger) they will put you in whatever is available (possibly, the highest price classification available) on the side of campus that you applied for. It appears that the coed dorms are the dorms most requested.</p>
<p>I could find no indication, but I get the impression, that price trumps south v north as far as preferences go as long as there is room available. I come to this conclusion on the notion that the more expensive dorms have characteristics and ammenaties (i.e. modular style, room size, etc) that you really want no matter the location. I would imagine that, from their (housing) point of view, it is easier to justify placing a student in a cheaper room once more expensive rooms fill up than it would be to place someone in a more expensive room and compel them to pay the higher price.</p>
<p>Allthisisnewtome: As you son was placed in a $2502 dorm on the south side, were his three choices for the same price dorms on the north side? Were all three requests coed? You might be able to smooth your sons feelings by telling him that, considering how late his application was, he should think of himself lucky for getting a modular dorm, which is high demand. My daughters friend applied for a southside dorm late in the game. She ended up getting one of those “balcony” halls on the north side. It looks like a 60’s era Holiday Inn, where the walkway to the room is on the outside of the building.</p>
<p>haha… beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess. My son WANTED a balcony dorm (I agree with your assessment and wanted him in a private dorm). He put Clements (modular) as 3rd choice and I guess that’s how he ended up in Appelt. Interesting about price being the most important factor.</p>
<p>Wish we could have traded, but I think Appelt is all male.</p>
<p>We “donated” the housing deposit and signed a contract for a private dorm :-). He wanted it bad enough to pay for the lost deposit. Hopefully it will turn out to be a good choice. The private dorm is amazing - nicer than any apartment I lived in.</p>
<p>Yeah, appelt is all male -_-</p>
<p>But it’s right across from underwood which is all female :)</p>
<p>The most popular freshmen dorms are the Commons. Then next would probably be modulars. Almost all the dorms are old. If you like to loud music and partying, north side is probably for you. South side is a little quieter but still fun. You may be able to live in a LLC hall if you applied early enough, I don’t really know… I’d recommend getting a dorm in South side if you’re going to be somewhat studious. Library and computer labs are closer there too. You’ll be also a little bit closer to the Rec than northside if you like to work out/play intramurals or something.</p>
<p>AllThisIsNewToMe - Dang, your son got a Modular dorm that late?! I applied like early March and got crappy Walton on north side. -_- Walton is like the easiest dorm to get, but it’s pretty bad. :/</p>
<p>I might have the dates wrong. He waited to see if UT accepted him and he was capped, so the following week he decided on A&M. He had a 3rd option and he took the extra week to consider it - bet that cost him a lot of spots in the housing line since many of the capped kids went directly to accept A&M.</p>
<p>He didn’t want to be Southside near the corps since he’s heard there’s some kind of horn that goes off in the early morning when they run. Not sure if that’s true, but all but one of his classes are far Northside. We’ll see how it goes…</p>
<p>Southside is near the corp, but northside is by the bell tower and the train tracks.</p>
<p>I didn’t hear train tracks, but there are LOTS of LOUD music late at night, especially the weekends. The bell tower can be heard everywhere. And yes, there are some horns (they aren’t that loud) that go off in the corps dorm area…</p>
<p>Hey do you guys know anything about the Clement residence hall?</p>
<p>Clement Hall, a modular dorm, is gear towards upper class-man in Honor or scholarship recipient. Freshman Honor/Scholarship student stay in Lechner and McFadden. All 3 of this facilities are on the Northside.</p>
<p>I got temporarily housed in Aston. Is that bad? Does anyone know how long it will take me to get permanently housed?</p>
<p>I know a ton of people who are going to be in Aston. It should be fine I would think.</p>
<p>Nevermind 
I just got permanently housed in Eppright.</p>