<p>I’m a spring transfer student and just realized I get to fill out a housing preference form. I thought I would just fill out a little questionnaire about smoking and times I slept and such. </p>
<p>I found a bunch of advice for freshman dorms, but I was hoping someone could give me an idea of the pros and cons of the upperclassmen dorms. I figure I’ll want want roommates so that at least someone will be forced to hang out with me… haha. </p>
<p>I know I probably won’t get exactly what I want, but I figure it’s worth a shot.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Housing is extremely tight right now, so let me know where they stick you and then we can tell you the pro’s and con’s :)</p>
<p>They put transfers all over the place, especially right now. When housing is short they even convert lounges into rooms (something I did for ResLife). Opinions on dorms are very subjective as well, though some dorms may have a slight advantage. Remember that the people make the hall, not the other way around.</p>
<p>you have little control over where you go, but they generally set transfer students pretty well and pretty centralized with each other</p>
<p>i was in a freshman dorm single and i really liked it, because i was able to make a lot of friends with other new people. But i was also rather separated from the main transfer group who were located on another part of campus</p>
<p>you may be put in a triple lounge, or a double, or a grad center or hegemon suite, all of which aren’t bad</p>
<p>the thing with brown housing is that it isn’t bad, it just doesn’t just much better as you get older. </p>
<p>i hope that helps. </p>
<p>and don’t think that your roommate wiill automatically hang out with you, i made that mistake</p>
<p>as far as being in an upperclassman dorm, just make it known that you are new and be very very friendly, try to meet as many people as you can. generally speaking people at brown want to be your friend.</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice! I guess I’ll list some stuff near the center of campus on the form, but it doesn’t sound like it can really go horribly awry, which is reassuring.</p>