<p>Has anyone either lived in WALL or known people who have? If so, how was your/their experience? How was it living with a professor and his family and would you recommend it for an incoming freshman over Butler or Monroe?</p>
<p>To me, the professor in residence had a very small effect other than a few facebook updates on Wall events. He was a nice guy, though. </p>
<p>The students are much more involved in ECs, including outside of Wall.</p>
<p>By far, Wall has the best rooms. No question.</p>
<p>Butler’s the honors dorm, but besides finals time (when it’s probably the best to study in), it’s really floor dependent. It depends on the people on your floor.</p>
<p>Monroe is the “typical” dorm with a bunch of people in it (400+).</p>
<p>I would recommend Monroe or Sharp. I think it is a fair assumption that you will not be spending <em>that</em> much time in your room aside from sleeping, getting dressed, etc., so you should consider the community feel of each dorm rather than the individual rooms.</p>
<p>Are you implying that it’s “community feel v. individual rooms?” I can’t speak for all of Wall, but the Wall lobby was definitely the one with the most traffic going in (i.e. plenty of people from other dorms hang out at Wall). In addition to the “community feel,” there’s also plenty of (optional) programming and by far the most involved students.</p>
<p>Your room should be a huge deal. It’s your room. You can decorate your room in any dorm, but Wall would probably give you the most (and best) options. The price difference is negligible (consider damage billing…) and you meet most people through clubs, going out, class, etc. anyway.</p>
<p>Monroe and Sharp are just bigger dorms, and I doubt the floor to floor interaction is huge.</p>
<p>Let me clarify what I meant. I was trying to make the point that unless you desire a single or do not want a community bathroom, the rooms in each dorm are rather similar, give or take a few square feet of space. So I would not base my decision on which dorm is the nicest or has the biggest rooms. JL, the all-girls dorm, has very nice rooms and bathrooms, but I do not know a single girl who enjoys living there because they dislike the community feel of their dorm, especially the “all-girl” part. I found Monroe and Sharp to be to my tastes because I prefer the traditional college dorm community feel that those two dorms provide. </p>
<p>As for Wall, I doubt Wall had the most traffic solely on the basis that it is not one of the larger dorms. Of the people I know who lived in Wall, I never hung out in their rooms; rather, they came to Monroe and Sharp to hang out. That’s not to say people don’t hang out in Wall, rather just I found that that was not what I saw. As for Wall people being more “involved” than others, I think that’s a little subjective.</p>
<p>I know a few JLers, and they love(d) it. Going in they knew it was an all-girl dorm, so to say that’s the reason they hated it is definitely prejudiced (it’s an all girls dorm, so that MUST be the reason they “hate” it). If anything, it’s the fact that they’re separated geographically from other dorms. JL might not be every girls’ dorm pick, but you have to take each dorm individually.</p>
<p>Monroe is actually tucked away in a similar fashion behind the B and Law schools. I’ve heard about the many elevator jams. Wall had a few, but it’s only five floors. Monroe has twelve and twice as many people.</p>
<p>Sharp is across the street from LBC. I’ve heard about the many times the fire alarm has been pulled.</p>
<p>If you use the “room quality doesn’t matter” rhetoric, then what about Paterson?! The only real difference between Paterson, Monroe, and Sharp is the size of the floor. Paterson and Wall co-op quad wide activities, and the Paterson lounge is used for quite a few club meetings. Paterson is the smallest dorm, though.</p>
<p>My observation about the traffic of people into Wall is based off of hearing about the desk worker’s experiences and the fact that a good majority of the people going in and out don’t live there. The fact that it’s by Bruff, and is reasonably distanced to Aron, Butler, and Willow, the traffic is pretty high. Considering that Sharp and Monroe are mostly freshman dorms, the number of upperclassmen going in and out is relatively low, while a good chunk of Wall’s population is sophomore or higher. </p>
<p>Of the non-returning Wallabies, they hold a majority of the spots in the “Leadership Village” at Willow (more of a title, but it’s at least an indication of involvement). Returning to Wall is contingent on involvement, and considering the fact that roughly a quarter want to “stay in Wall all four years” and that quite a few hold leadership positions, a good deal of them are involved.</p>
<p>Keep in mind the OP is a freshman. I doubt a freshman would care about the dorm with the most upperclassmen traffic. Monroe is hardly isolated, which is the gist I’m getting from your post. It isn’t “tucked away”, especially relative to JL. It is right next to Sharp, the b-school, near the LBC, Bruff, and everything available on McAlister. So there were a few elevator jams and fire alarms. They were so infrequent I wouldn’t base my preferences on that. And yes, I stand by my statement that room quality is so relatively similar that I would base my choice on the “community feel” of a dorm. Monroe and Sharp are all-freshmen, and they hold quad-wide activities too, such as barbeques and movie nights where they put a massive blowup big screen on the quad and project a movie. If you’re lucky and get a high floor on Monroe (8 and up), you get an amazing view of New Orleans.</p>
<p>As for who liked or disliked a dorm, well I guess it comes down to who you meet.</p>
<p>Come on guys. One of the nice things about Tulane is that the campus is beautiful but not huge, and the area that contains the dorms is significantly less than half the campus. Nothing is that out of the way, especially among the dorms being discussed here. Believe me, I had no trouble finding JL when I was there.</p>
<p>JL is closest to the Boot (which isn’t a good/bad thing). It is definitely noticeable that JL is a little farther away from the other dorms, especially at night (the area isn’t bad, but it’s still a consideration, especially with late night outings).</p>
<p>And the distances are relatively short. I could argue that Wall is “close” to Stern.</p>
<p>The “upperclassmen traffic” comment means you’d meet a wider range of people. Just from classes I knew plenty of Monroe residents without living there. Of course you could meet Wall residents from classes to, but you wouldn’t have the “pleasure” of living in Wall.</p>
<p>My cousin’s dau lived in Wall her freshman year. She liked it-- especially the semi private bathrooms. However, if I recall correctly, the students have to clean their own bathroom, which, when my s heard this policy if he lived in Wall, that was the last of that discussion!</p>
<p>jym626, your son sounded exactly like my son! Cleaning bathroom somehow is NOT exactly on the list of things to do for him in college…:)</p>
<p>I lived in Wall last year as a Freshman, and absolutely loved it. Sure, Monroe and Sharp kids generally liked living in those two, but when they saw the Wall rooms for the first time, the majority of them verbally indicated that they “wished they had done the application.”</p>
<p>I personally didn’t want a huge freshman dorm. The niceness of the rooms is what attracted me first, but once I was all moved in, I finally realized the benefits of living in Wall. You have motivated kids around you, which, in turn, motivates you. The “community” of Wall is actually one of the strongest I’ve seen in any dorm (a lot of my friends from Mo/Sharp said that they didn’t really know a lot of other people in the dorm - in Wall, everybody knows everybody). And, the programming is really a nice way to connect with people/get free food (if anything).</p>
<p>I personally will not be living there next year (reapplied, got back in, but wanted to live with someone who wasn’t in Wall as a freshman), but I will be living in Leadership Village. However, I will be back to Wall as often as I can to visit my friends who live there.</p>
<p>I’m living in wall this year, a quick google search led me to this</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Wall Residential College 2007-2008](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R6AGbJLvpg]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R6AGbJLvpg)</p>
<p>i was put on the waitlist for wall so i still dont know what dorm i will be staying in. im assuming it will be my second choice, but i dont even know if i’ll get that.</p>
<p>btw, what is the leadership village?</p>
<p>Leadership Village is an option for upperclassmen (usually Juniors and Seniors, but they opened up several spots for Sophomores for next year), behind Willow Residences. The students who live there usually have some sort of leadership experience on campus (in Student Government, in their respective organizations, in their dorms, etc.); the goal of the residence is to foster leadership skills among other students on campus. Leadership Village requires both community service hours and organized programming (each resident is a part of a villa, in which students develop their own program reaching out to either the rest of Leadership Village, or the rest of campus). It also has a separate application requiring a resume, cover letter, and a letter of reference.</p>
<p>One of the real selling points (other than all the great volunteer opportunities) are the rooms - the doubles are two-story lofts with spiral staircases and private balconies. The first floor is a study/social lounge space, and the second floor has separate sleeping areas for each student. The rooms are also set up suite-style, with each room sharing a bathroom with another room of the same set-up.</p>
<p>Basically, I’m really excited. Haha.</p>