<p>Hi, I'm new here.</p>
<p>I'm about to be a sophomore at Cornell and I'll be living in a suite in Becker. I'm pretty happy about it but I keep hearing people say that West Campus is not social? I just want to hear everyone's opinion of living on West Campus or in Collegetown. For example, I know some sophomores are living in Cascadilla. Would their social life be better?</p>
<p>I wasn’t trying to switch out of my housing that I have, just wanted to know what everyone thought of difference between West Campus and Collegetown</p>
<p>As a parent who’s spent a lot of time at Cornell (S1’10, S2’14) I would say that West is convenient and as social as you want it to be with House dining plans etc. </p>
<p>Collegetown, IMO and remember I’m a parent, is Party Central. I think of CTown as a nice place to go, but I wouldn’t want to live there. S1 lived there for a year right across from JohnnyO’s, and a year in “upper Collegetown”. Also a year in an apartment just off West Campus.</p>
<p>west campus and collegetown are pretty different–collegetown is mostly juniors and seniors, and is centered around house parties/bars. I don’t know very many sophomores who lived in ctown except in campus housing–its generally an upperclassman neighborhood </p>
<p>west campus is more similar to north campus since its a dorm situation. the dorms are mostly nicer, as well as the dining halls.<br>
the reason that west campus is not as social is because freshman year you usually form a bond with your hallmates, everyone is looking for new friends and eager to meet new people. anyone who joined greek life is living in their own greek houses, so that means that 1/3 of the student population that was on north campus is gone, often a relatively social population. most of the other people who didn’t go greek and will be living on west campus either already have their own friend groups and aren’t looking to meet new people, or are not very social and more quite/studious.<br>
For this reason, people living on west generally don’t form bonds with others on their hall or anything, most keep to themselves or their suites that are composed of people they’re already friends with. of course there are exceptions but that’s generally how it is.</p>