<p>Hello! I am a rising sophomore at Cornell University and I want to know more about west campus but the website is not very helpful :/ My time slot is on March 5 at 8:20 and I'm hoping to get a single. Could anyone tell me which house has the most social singles? I would like to be able to live by myself in the room but also be in an environment where I could easily make friends and hang out with the people near me.</p>
<p>It would be much appreciated!!! Thank you!!!</p>
<p>Hey Carient,</p>
<p>I live on west now and honestly the amount of how social your floor is depends on who lives on it. In general west is more of a quieter place (and I’m making this comparison after living in Donlon last year). Honestly you can’t go wrong with any place you pick, provided you can get on west. Which brings me to my more important point. Your time slot is a bit late in the day and you may not be able to get housing on west unless you block with someone with an earlier time slot. Talk to people and see if they would be willing to pull you in their block if your main concern is living on west. There’s a chance your time slot might be able to get you on west but I wouldn’t depend on it.</p>
<p>Right now I live in Balch, so it’s pretty quiet and I don’t think it can get much quieter than this. Also my slot is on the first day so I thought I would have a good chance of being able to choose a house I wanted</p>
<p>I don’t know…West fills up VERY quickly - as in, sometimes it fills in the first few hours (it starts at 4:00). There may be limited room at 8:20 but I would be very surprised if you could pick which house to live in. You probably should look into blocking if you want to be sure.</p>
<p>With a time slot that late, you may not even be able to get on West at all. If you’re lucky C-town, but very likely a program house. If I were you, I’d quickly start looking for apartments (it CAN be done).</p>
<p>Is there anyone else out there who thinks this housing lottery system is a little bit screwy? As a parent, I wish we had looked at this aspect of Cornell life a little more closely. I would have preferred him to attend a school with guaranteed housing for all four years, just in case! I’d be eager to hear from other parents and upperclassmen about their sophomore living arrangements. Our son, who would like to live on West Campus, has a late time slot on Monday. He will probably be okay with the Gothics or Ctown, maybe even one of the Program Houses. But what about the kids with a time slot the second day? Where do they end up? They must live SOMEWHERE!</p>
<p>I think housing is only guaranteed the first 2 years. You should never have to worry about having a place to live since there will always be something available in C-town. One year I lost the housing lottery and even at that late date, was still able to find a decent apartment. With most apartments, you’ll actually end up saving a significant amount of money over Cornell housing. Plus, living in an apartment I think is part of the “becoming an adult” aspect of college, that you don’t get nearly as much in dorm life.</p>
<p>When we did the housing lottery two years ago, someone I know got the last room (a double) on West in a gothic around 7:40. Another someone I know had a timeslot on the second day, and she got a single in HILC on North.</p>
<p>So if you’re adament about a single, you should be able to get one as long as you’re not picky about the dorm. But with an 8:40 timeslot I really would not count on West campus, let alone a West campus single.</p>
<p>There still might be stuff open in Collegetown other than distant Schuyler. I had a very late time on the second day and wound up in a double. I don’t regret living in Sheldon, but I don’t want any more roommates and will have my own place next year.</p>
<p>I would contact the housing office via e-mail and ask them what they think your chances are for a single on West Campus at that time. You will probably get one in the Collegetown dorms but I’ve heard mixed reviews on them. Maybe you could block with someone with an earlier time slot just to ensure a better selection.</p>
<p>My daughter is a rising sophmore and received a 9pm time slot on the second day. She was considering blocking with her friends ( 3 other girls) but they received second day late time slots. When I called up housing they told me it was unlikely that she would even be able to be in a double with her friend. The only likelihood is that she will be in college town in a room with someone she doesnt know. So what is the point of blocking when ALL of her friend got terrible time slots. Now my daughter is sooo stressed already this semester worrying what she will do for housing. She wanted to be with her friends but that will not happen unless she looks for a apartment off campus. Which I was told that all the good and close apartments are taken already. She really wanted to remain on campus. Now she is considering program houses but she will be secluded and not with her friends.</p>
<p>Very dissappointed with Cornell’s housing system. Perhaps they should be building more dorms on campus so students don’t have to rush being off campus so soon. If this has been an issue for so long why aren’t they building new dorms. My daughter loves being on campus dorms and close to dining halls. This should be available all four years! </p>
<p>Angry Mom</p>
<p>There are still decent options for housing. My son will be a junior in the fall and is living in the fraternity house this year. He has decided to move off campus for junior year. We just finished this process. There ARE houses available on north and west campus. Just look on the off-campus link from Cornell, through real estate agencies, ithacarenting.com. Many housing options are taken, but there are still walkable options available.</p>
<p>No disrespect to the above poster, but since your son lived in a fraternity house/sorority house as a sophomore then you probably do not fully understand this mom’s frustration as perhaps their D does not truly want to live off campus as a sophomore and will not be living in a frat/sorority as yours did which alleviated some worry for your son for one year. True, there is semi-decent housing left off campus now but not many sophomores live off campus and for this student to start that process now as a second semester freshman could be very overwhelming.</p>
<p>We went through this last year - a great welcome back to second semester freshmen! My D was fortunate - she was on the first day in the 3rd time slot and even then, things were filling up fast. Rising juniors can request to live in the dorm (although they only take so many) and then transfers are also placed ahead. Then, considering that each time slot has x amount of people that can sign up at the same time and, in turn, these people can block - even the earliest time slots start to fill up fast in the better dorms with singles.</p>
<p>Your D should still block with her friends if their time is slightly better, although I won’t snow you, the times that you gave are not good and the likelihood that she will be with her friends or even on the West Campus are not at all promising. Does she know anyone else in the dorm that has a better time that she could block with that may have extra spaces? She could even ask a guy because when you block, you just need a space in the block - you don’t have to live in the room or the suite of the people you block with.</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>If she blocks with her friends, they may end up together in program housing. My freshman son is staying in Risley, so he is not concerned (he will have to deal with the in-house lottery for a better room for next year). The girls next door to him are sophomores who chose to live together but expected a room on West campus. Though they didn’t choose Risley, they are staying for their junior year. They have a huge room and are very happy in Risley. Students have the option to stay all four years there.</p>
<p>Keep an open mind and don’t worry (what will it help?). As was said above, all sophomores are guaranteed housing.</p>
<p>My son wanted a single on West campus last year. I can’t remember his time slot (it wasn’t late …), but they were long gone nevertheless. He ended up with a choice of two program houses or the dorm that was so far away that it comes with a bus pass. He took a single in one of the program houses and has been happy with his choice. He and his friends from the program house are moving to an apartment virtually on West campus in June. I hope you have better luck. The lottery system is screwy! (FWIW, I have heard similar stories, some even worse, from other universities – including a friend’s daughter at Princeton who is living in a basement and has to go up at least one floor to the common bathroom!)</p>
<p>Can they get Risley with that late time slot? That does not sound so bad!</p>
<p>^^
Which west campus apartment? Campus Hill or Ravenwood? I’m moving to Ravenwood.</p>
<p>Risley is a program house. It reserves about a quarter of the rooms for each year of students (on north campus, but not just a freshman dorm, it is also the closest building to the bridge to campus). It is a great old building with all sorts of quirky features including a theater and music practice rooms. They even have their own dining hall open for lunch and dinner M-F. The program houses have separate applications. Chances are extremely good for someone who selects Risley to get a room, since they have had openings in recent years that went to people who hadn’t even chosen to live there. They have many singles, though some are small. Each room in the building is unique. Though it is the arts dorm, students come from all departments. My son is a math major.</p>
<p>Applications for program houses are due February 4. This is the application for current undergraduates to live in program houses.</p>
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<p>Galen, what program house did your son live in?</p>
<p>mlbrown, my daughter applied this year as a rising sophmore for a single at Risley. She also applied to other program houses that I don’t think is a fit for her. Does anyone know if this will hurt her chances of getting into Risley (which is more of a fit for her). She applied to the Holland International one and the multicultural but i dont personally feel that is a fit for her. She even applied for the native american house and she is not at all Native american. Just curious if the program houses directors get together and see if they are applying to other houses, will this hurt her chance of getting into Risley?</p>