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<p>My daughter applied ED to Univ Of Delaware. We love the school. My question has to do with the dorms. I heard that if you are accepted, you can put in a request what dorms you would like. Where do you suggest for a freshman who would not be in the honors program. Would you suggest Rodney or Dickinson (because they are all freshman) or somewhere that is more centralized, near the honors dorms? Also how did you like the school, and what was your major?</p>
<p>Ray Street has the nicest dorms I'd say...I'm only in high school but my brother (honors program) and boyfriend attend. Ray St. is fairly close to Main St. and has the largest, nicest rooms in my opinion.
Does anyone know my chances at Honors (in state)? I have a 1290 SAT (700 v 590 m) and my gpa is 3.25 from a tough private school. I also have taken some classes at the school over the summer, if that helps at all. Thanks!!</p>
<p>how did you like it far? Any complaints? Anything you especially liked while you were there? Why did you choose it over other schools?</p>
<p>To Brighteyes09:
Did your brother and his friend stay on Ray street as freshmen? I think we passed Ray Street on our tour, but I didn't realize there were alot of freshmen in that dorm.</p>
<p>Ray Street is the special housing dorms. Different groups live there, like nursing political awareness, etc. but also a lot of kids end up there just because they like it. From what I've seen it has a pretty random mix of people, groups/clubs and non-club involved students, and freshmen to seniors. I think (not positive) that if you're in the honors program you have to live in special honors housing which is also close to Main Street, but pretty small and less attractive than some of the other dorms. I might be off on a few things, as I've only seen a few of the school's dorms, but I hope this helps!
Goodluck!</p>
<p>The University of Delaware was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I was a double major in the honors program (elementary teacher education and special education). I think that it is a great place and I wouldn't change my experiences there for anything! I highly recommend the school to anyone who is interested. UD is not without faults, but after being here in the Ivy League for a while for my Master's, I would say that I received a similar education and better academic counseling than the students here at Penn believe it or not. </p>
<p>For housing, if you are Honors - go Russell, Lane or Thompson and if you are non-Honors, then Ray St. is good, but although they are a bit smaller, the environment in Rodney and Dickinson is much better for freshman living and I would suggest those two. I suggest checking out the Learning Integrated Freshman Experience (LIFE) program which is where students of similar interest live together in a cluster of a residence hall and take 1-2 of their classes together. </p>
<p><a href="http://life.ugs.udel.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://life.ugs.udel.edu/</a></p>
<p>With respect to what other choices I had beyond Delaware, I would say that I had opportunities to attend better schools [whatever that means] and after being at Delaware and meeting people there, I realized that it just fit nicely with me. I definitely wasn't alone in that regard either. I met students who turned down much more selective schools for the opportunity to be at Delaware, and that goes for a lot of schools too. The value was great and the administration helped me out so much. I am deeply indebted to the people there. </p>
<p>Upon graduation, I was admitted to the top programs in my field (Penn, Harvard, Stanford and Columbia) and chose to matriculate here to Penn. I actually deferred my acceptance to Penn until the Fall of 2005 because I was cast as a professional figure skater in April of my senior year (I competed for U of Delaware for all 4 years nationally). Delaware gave me opportunity, which is what I wanted. It opened so many doors for me which is the purpose of a college degree. Some people want specific jobs, but you don't always have to go the cookie-cutter route and Delaware allowed me to do whatever I wanted, which was fantastic. </p>
<p>I still keep in touch with my professors and I graduated in 2003. We just developed a friendship while I was there, especially while writing my Honors Thesis. </p>
<p>I'll stop my rambling, but best of luck to the ED people out there. =)</p>
<p>Mark
Delaware '03
Penn '05 [hopefully!]</p>
<p>you don't have to be in the honors program to get into the honors freshman dorms....if you want to get into russell, lane or thompson, then request it....ed applicants get first choice of housing and you may end up there</p>
<p>what does delaware specialize in? like what majors is it espeacially good for?
thanks</p>
<p>i'm applying there for either economics, international relations, and finnance. Any comments about those programs?</p>
<p>Econ, IR and Finance are all good programs at Delaware. IR is in College of Arts and Science whereas Econ/Finance are in the Lerner School of Business and Economics. You'll have different requirements with each of these. </p>
<p>Delaware is especially known for Engineering and Education. I also think it has strong Life Sciences.</p>
<p>I wish U.Del had a law school</p>
<p>I'm actually glad that Delaware doesn't have a strong graduate program other than Chemical Engineering (Eng in general) and to a lesser extent business/education because it would really draw away from the ug's</p>
<p>Did you have any major compalints or concerns when you attended UDel?</p>
<p>I really enjoyed my time at Delaware to be honest. I thought the faculty was great. My classes were small, I think I had maybe 4-5 class which were 100+ in my four years which is fine by me. </p>
<p>My biggest complaint would be the homogeneity of the student body (15% non-white) but in essence, you can't control that when you're there, you can only control who you talk to and who you choose to mingle with. </p>
<p>I can't think of anything that stands out other than that as being a drawback to the university.</p>
<p>How is Delaware with scholarships? </p>
<p>I applied there on a whim one day thinking it would be a safety but as I researched it I found that it is a pretty nice/good school. I have a 28 ACT, 3.94 u/w, 4.6 w, lots of ECs, and from out of state(also a female for engineering).</p>
<p>Chances??</p>
<p>(I did not apply for honors)</p>
<p>my chances?</p>
<p>3.3 unw / 3.84 w at a very competitive public school. Supposedly one of the best in the country. Its pretty hard to get good grades. 5 people got into Harvard early :-x.</p>
<p>NHS
President of a Humanitarian club and co-founder
Model United Nations
Cello player in award winning orchestra</p>
<p>thats just senior year i have more stuff before that</p>
<p>Board scores: (i'm a very bad test taker)
SAT1: 660m 620v
SAT2: 680m2c 580writing 570bio
Bio AP: 2 :(</p>
<p>Current APs:
AP Calc AB
AP Physics C
Honors Economics ( will prepare me for AP and I will be taking both macro and micro APs )</p>
<p>Good essays. I'm getting one good rec from a teacher and another AMAZING rec. And my guidance counselor knows me really well, hes the faculty sponsor of the club I run so yeah.</p>
<p>10 family member legacy. </p>
<p>Should I apply to honors program?</p>
<p>Also, my parents know people there because they both went there and my dad used to work there.</p>
<p>But I am out of state :( and my board scores are the suckage.</p>
<p>I'm not really good at predicting chances. I think all you can do is really wait and see. Best of luck to everyone applying. --Mark</p>
<p>UDel is great. I met the love of my life there. BTW, if you can, live off-campus one year. I am currently a freshman there and am living off-campus.</p>
<p>Don't live in Ray Street if you are an incoming freshman. I have friends who live there, and although the rooms are nice, you will have a hard time meeting people because it is mainly upperclassmen, and suite-style rooms so there isn't as much socializing going on as there are in the freshmen dorms. I live in Rodney. Rodney is ok, but the majority of rooms are singles. Because of this, many people seclude themselves. Freshmen: although most of you will request doubles, many of you WILL be assigned to live in singles. It happened to me and almost everyone on my floor because not many freshmen request singles so they have to put random people in them. Dickinson is an annoying walk because it is far so it's almost not worth it to live there. I have friends who live in Russell, Lane, and Thompson. The rooms are bigger and the halls are coed by room. These dorms are MUCH nicer. I don't know what people are talking about when they are saying these dorms aren't all freshmen, because they ARE. The ones that aren't freshmen dorms are Harrington and Gilbert, and those are on the other side of the beach. If I could do it all over again, I would choose East Campus over West Campus.</p>