<p>I’m going to assume that communal and community baths are the same thing. You will have at most a sink in your dorm. If you want to use the toilet or shower, you will have to leave your room and go to the community bathroom. They are kept clean for your convenience.</p>
<p>Semi-private baths would be connecting baths. This means that your room opens up to a bathroom that is connected to another room. You and three others will use this bathroom. Cleaning it is the responsibility of you and your suitemates.</p>
<p>Thanks, also I was wondering if San Jacinto or Duren have private bathrooms with showers?</p>
<p>They do have showers!</p>
<p>San Jac and Duren only have rooms with private bathrooms.</p>
<p>Okay, here’s my preference list (because I’m weird and I like planning really early):</p>
<p>San Jac, Duren, Jester East, Moore-Hill, Jester West. </p>
<p>I’m a super godly girl, so I feel like I’m really going to appreciate those private bathrooms. How much will living in San Jac affect my making new friends?</p>
<p>A super what girl?</p>
<p>GIRLY* Oops. Not godly. HAHA sorry.</p>
<p>Natalie…you if are a girly girl, go look at Scottish Rite Dormitory if you are in State. If you are out of state, go look at the website. Having our daughter room here has by far been the very best decision we have made during this whole college process. If you want more information, let me know. And it doesn’t have to be more expensive. It is cheaper that Duren and San Jac and more than Jester.</p>
<p>The only thing about SRD is that it’s off campus. ): I’m living there sophomore year!</p>
<p>Do you realize SRD is directly across the street from Duren? You could literly throw a rock from one to another. I am not sure why being off campus is a negative for a freshman? Over 300 freshman women live there every year and SRD is thriving under that model. I can assure you, the nuturing environment at SRD rivals ANY dorm, apartment or co-op anywhere on campus or off campus. What are your concerns about it being “off campus”?</p>
<p>Just that I won’t meet that many people. I really want to stay on campus my first year, as do my parents. I’m staying at SRD the rest of my college life though!</p>
<p>Natalie, I just really encourage you, if you can, to actually visit each of the dorms on tours including the private dorms. Just because you live on campus, it will not make you magically meet people. Groups of friends are created in a community. Some of my daughters most unsatisfied friends live “on” campus. They complain of roommate issues, lack of community and noise. (SRD does a crazy remarkable job of roommate matching…and I don’t care where you live, if you have roommate issues, your year is not going to go well) Frankly, I don’t consider Dobie or SRD “off” campus. Yes, they are on the fringe but so are many “on” campus dorms. As a parent, what was most important to me is that my daughter was in a nuturing, loving environment with healthy and yummy food, and for our family SRD fit that bill. She really couldn’t be happier and I feel really bad for some of her girlfriends that are struggling “on” campus.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree with collegeshopping. If your concern is not being in the center of the action, then yeah, that area wouldn’t be the best for you, but if you’re concerned about just not living on campus, Scottish Rite is LITERALLY “a stone’s throw” from Duren (i.e. just across a narrow street)</p>
<p>I’m going to tour SRD and the other dorms in October! 
I do want to be in the center of the action, too. As does my future roommate!</p>
<p>nothing wrong with that. Lots going on in the Jester area.</p>
<p>My son is one of the few freshmen living in the Taos co-operative and he loves it. This is “affordable” college housing, but requires the students to work 4-6 hours a week. If you are mature and are accustomed to helping out around your house and don’t have to have the newest, coolest, hippest accomodations and you are concerned about affording your living expenses at Texas, check it out:</p>
<p>[College</a> Houses Cooperatives: Student Owned and Student Run](<a href=“http://www.collegehouses.org%5DCollege”>http://www.collegehouses.org)</p>
<p>A Taosian! </p>
<p>Yes, co-ops are the best for college kids who don’t necessarily want all the solitude of apartment style living and all the boundaries of dormitory rules & regulations. </p>
<p>It’s a mix I could say. Anyway, I fully support and advocate living in co-ops. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>I’m considering a co-op for my third year… I had all these preconceptions about them before but this year I’ve met an abundance of people who really love them…I’m living alone in an apartment this year and I never see ANYONE and I’ve gone days without talking to anyone besides my parents. Honestly, I wasn’t ready for this and i’m constantly lonely and depressed.
is it true that there are some co-ops with a more quiet, academic character? I mean, I know they all have this reputation of party-party-party 24/7, but that can’t be true… I just really like the idea of keeping the cost of my living situation down by contributing to its upkeep…</p>
<p>Pearl and Taos are the most “balanced” I’d say in contrast to 21st Street which - those people are amazing, crazy, and good people - but they are the ones who take home the trophy for being rough and loud. At Pearl, we can have CRAZY & WILD parties that are loads of fun on the weekends and during the summer, but we are all college kids here and have agreed upon quiet hours during the week. I think it’s like 11pm-10am Monday through Thursday and 2am-10am on Fri-Sun (although we can vote to push it back for parties). There’s always that one kid who likes to blast dubstep or the drunk kid that runs down the hall saying “WAKE UP PEARL STREET!” but that’s rare during the school year. </p>
<p>I like my house. Generally, like I said, when there isn’t a party going on, it’s pretty clean – because everybody has a labor to do. For me, I garden and do a light house clean on Thursday and Saturday. </p>
<p>It’s nice. Not being alone - or I mean I can if I want to - just go to my room. Someone’s always around to help if you need something like help on homework or moving stuff. The pool right after class is the best, especially since I came from the dorms - nearest thing would have been Gregory, but nah I’ve got one in my own backyard!</p>
<p>Can you tell me anything about Dobie or University Towers? Pros, cons, etc…</p>