Townhouses/Townhouse Community

<p>I don't know if I should room in the townhouse community or not. I want to have a lively freshman experience, and I realize there are some concerns about how segregated these townhouses are. On the other hand, I've heard that they're great for parties and it does not hinder you from making connections with the freshman of the other dorms. I just love the way the townhouses are built, but I am willing to give up a generally awesome room in exchange for a crappy one at the common freshman dorms, if that means I will have a much more lively experience and meet more people. I'm just not sure if the townhouses really do hinder that that much.</p>

<p>Advice?</p>

<p>Btw, are most townhouses by freshman used by guys or girls? I'm a guy, and obviously if most girls are using them, chances are my roommates might be socially awkward gentlemen lol. I just want other options if my roomies end up being a bore.</p>

<p>townhouses are the BEST in my opinion. you get your quietness and if you want to party, just go to one. they dont have to be at where you live, you’ll hate it during prelim time. townhouses alternate between guys and girls. like guy house adjacent to girl house.</p>

<p>If (dorm placement = random) & (most townhouse residents are girls), then most townhouse males will be socially awkward.</p>

<p>anbuItachi - So you’re saying that they’re not so disconnected? lol I know I can just go to a party somewhere else when I want to, I’m just wondering if all this bad hype is true that if you live in a townhouse from the other freshmen, it is MUCH harder to make friends (ex. you’re without the traditional “floormate” setup")</p>

<p>I knew a couple of people that lived in Cornell townhouses their freshman year and they loved it. First of all, the townhouses have lots of space and include your own living room and kitchen (and that fact makes it a palace in comparison to most college dorms). The townhouse community was also, from my impressions, pretty tight-knit as the houses are close together and it was easy to meet people and make friends. I wasn’t aware that girls outnumbered guys in the townhouses (seemed pretty even to me) but even so, isn’t this a good thing if you’re a guy? Ha ha.</p>

<p>one thing to keep in mind: a lot of townhousers are transfers or varsity athletes. the coaches like to chuck their recruits together (similar time patterns with waking up etc).</p>

<p>I would say probably at least half of all the townhouses are varsity athletes or transfers.</p>

<p>lol i was just asking about the girl/guy ratio. I have no idea.</p>

<p>dande - I never knew about the varsity athlete thing. That might change my mind a little bit.</p>

<p>@collegebound
lol, don’t want to live with a bunch of jocks? I don’t blame you :P</p>

<p>I wouldn’t want to either.</p>

<p>I’d definitely prefer to be in one of the dorms. You’ve got one chance it seems to make a good start towards getting friends, and I’d like to give myself the biggest margin for error when it comes to that. Haha. You can live in whatever apartment or whatever you want after the first year (or maybe sophomore, don’t remember) and you can handpick your room then, so I’d definitely prefer to be in the mix of it all.</p>

<p>No jocks for me either. lol</p>

<p>I like sports and everything, but out of all the diverse groups of friends i have…jocks haven’t exactly been one of them</p>

<p>though on the other hand they could prob hook me up with a couple of girls haha</p>

<p>lot of frat guys are jock types…they might not play for cornell varsity but they did do varsity in high school…</p>