<p>I have a couple of questions about Duren. Is Duren typically for upperclassmen or do freshman/sophmores also live here? Is it really quiet but at the same time have a bit of a social enviroment? and Does it typically get full fast?</p>
<p>There is
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one big list where everyone later puts in their preference and later will be assigned housing by how high up on the "master list" they are
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After you have your contract, you can list your top three ranked choices.</p>
<p>Some freshman students live in Duren.</p>
<p>It gets full fast.</p>
<p>wait so people have chosen their dorms already?</p>
<p>I thought if you paid the $50 housing fee, you reserved a spot for your choice (on a master list) and you will be able to choose later......</p>
<p>if not, you pay the $200 and then choose your preferences?</p>
<p>I'm looking into applying to UT for a second bachelor's, so obviously I'm going to be older than most of the freshman (by about a decade), but I was wondering which (if any) dorm is the absolute quietest? I'm not a very social person to start with but it drives me up a wall if I can hear people partying and carrying on at all hours. Or if you'd recommend I just skip the dorms, what would you recommend for off-campus housing?</p>
<p>I think Duren is the quietest, but have you considered the co-ops? There are two chains of co-op homes with houses very near campus. I think an older student would be happier in a co-op than in a dorm. </p>
<p>Check ICC</a> Austin: Affordable Co-operative Student Housing
and check <a href="http://www.collegehouses.coop/%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegehouses.coop/</a></p>
<p>I'm sure a lot of people will tell you to get an apartment or a room in someone's house but I think you should consider the co-ops. The co-ops offer much of the convenience of a dorm without dorm rules and with a somewhat more mature group of housemates.</p>
<p>i just recieved my housing contract a couple days ago and i listed san jac and duren as my first 2. do you think they will already be filled up or do you think i can still get a room in one of those 2?</p>
<p>^ so you paid the 200 dollar enrollment deposit already right?</p>
<p>Timeline for Housing:
1. Apply for housing. $50 Date you pay is what sets your room assignment priority.
2. Pay your enrollment deposit after you are admitted. $200
3. Housing will offer you a housing contract and notify you via email. Accept it on line or print, sign and mail it if you are under 18.
4. Pay the Advance Payment for housing. $300
5. Make your building choices and choose your roommate on line.</p>
<p>yeah i already paid my $200 a while ago. and i mailed in my signed contract today and paid the $300. i just hope san jacinto or duren isnt already filled up</p>
<p>san jacinto and other popular dorms aren't actually "full" yet right? </p>
<p>what if the people who sent in the $50 deposit early haven't paid the $200 and filled out the housing contract? They would still get priority over someone who paid everything (but at a later time) won't they?</p>
<p>They are probably all reserved at this point if you want to look at it that way. Basically if you got your housing application in before one point you should be ok, regardless of when your housing contract gets sent. This is why they only tell you to pick housing now, that way they can make the assignments come May when everyone has submitted everything.</p>
<p>Does anyone have an idea of the availability of dorms left for transfer students? Mostly San Jacinto.</p>
<p>Nobody will tell you anything about availability. Just the way it is, and if you didn't know about the housing junk before you applied to the school, you probably won't get San Jac.</p>
<p>No its not that I didn't know about the housing junk. I applied to the school last year too, so i'm aware of the process. I just wasn't sure if they set aside rooms for transfers, or how it worked. But I guess its just first come, first serve.</p>
<p>Haha, well I submitted the Housing App. in November. Do you guys think that was early enough to be able to room in San Jac. or Duren? </p>
<p>By the way, I've been looking at roomates with the UT profiler thing. What if they put in their contract a lot later then mine. Would it effect my priority on the list?</p>
<p>Priority for roommates is based on the roommate with the best priority.</p>
<p>Oh I see. Thank you for the answer. ;3</p>
<p>Couple of questions:
1) Which public dorms have the largest rooms? Smallest rooms?
2) I have heard about the Honors Dorms' dreaded "basement rooms." Can anybody tell me anything about those?
Thank you!</p>
<p>For the person who asked earlier,</p>
<p>don't live at Simkins because it's all-guys and isolated. It's a boring, desolate place, and it's far away from everything. You'll have to walk far to all of your classes, to get to the Drag/West Campus, and even to get food. The only reason I would see to live here is if you are pledging Delt.</p>
<p>dietotaku, I have never heard of anyone living in the dorms who is your age. UT doesn't have a dorm culture as it's only about 20% of undergrads, and those who live in the dorms are largely freshmen. The quietest dorm would be Simkins (if you are a guy) or Duren. With the exception of Jester, though, the dorms are pretty quiet for the most part.
I would second the co-op suggestion. There are a lot of older students in the co-ops. However, I would suggest you look at living in Riverside or North Campus. The rates are lower than West Campus, and as far as I know a lot of older students live in those areas. These are apartments, and particularly in Riverside you can get rent as low as $300 a month.</p>
<p>i had looked at longhorn landing apartments because they rented by the room and it was all bills included, but a friend of mine who lives in austin said it's in a neighborhood that's dangerous during the day, and "don't go out without a knife" at night. the reviews on apartmentratings.com are abysmal too - lots of crime and lots of noisy parties. several places on or near riverside seem to have a problem with crime and/or parties.</p>
<p>i am definitely keeping the co-ops in mind, though (i especially like the looks of the super co-op at college houses - private baths, woohoo!), and i looked into the off-campus dorms as well (good lord those places are expensive, and university towers won't even TELL ME how much they charge). do you have any recommendations for places in north campus?</p>