<p>Are the freshmen dorms crappy. I have heard that they make the freshmen go to the other side of the river which is a long way from the main campus.</p>
<p>Unless you apply for a program house, housing is determined by lottery. All of the freshman dorms are on the other side of the river, but location-wise this is not that bad. The quality of the dorms vary; if you're lucky you'll get nice new dorms with suites and air conditioning, and if you're not you might get one of the older ones.</p>
<p>I'm the parent of a current freshman -- who lives in a single room that is bigger than her room at home and also nicer than her room at home except that her particular dorm is not air conditioned.</p>
<p>One of the nicer things about freshman housing at Cornell is that quite a lot of singles are available. If you want one, you can request it on your housing form. Singles do cost more than doubles, though.</p>
<p>if you live in a frat or sorority house you'll be living high class. depends on the house though..</p>
<p>they aren't as skeezy as the frat stereotype likes to convey. most of the houses at cornell are huge mansions that are over 90+ years old.</p>
<p>What river are we talking about? It's a 10 min walk from north campus to central campus.</p>
<p>but for AG students, that 10 minute walk is actually 3 minutes plus about 7 directly uphill by MVR. that was terrible. bad memories</p>
<p>if you want to take the lazy route (like moi), drive to class and park in the pay to park lots. that $1.50 a day offsets my walking agony. others don't agree with my approach, but its the best way to do it.</p>
<p>river = gorge</p>
<p>And yah, North Campus, aka Freshmanville, is only 5-10 minutes from central campus, max (depending on where you live).</p>
<p>its not 5 minutes! well, i guess for ag students.
anyway, I live in Balch. My roommate and I have a big room, with our own bathroom. With a shower/bath/toilet/sink/mirror. Very nice. I'm in engineering, so my walk is more like 13-20 depending on the wind ;) no, I can walk reallly fast and get there in like 13 on a good day. The buses are always running if you're too lazy to walk. </p>
<p>balch is generally quiet, too, which is nice. I've stayed the night in like...Donlon...and it's loud. Much more social, which is good, but I like to be able to go visit that and then come back to study in my room. </p>
<p>the rooms are pretty nice though, I mean, balch rooms are huge, and then the other ones I've seen are pretty good. You don't really need air conditioning. I did for like...a couple of weeks? maybe? but opening the window and turning on the fan worked fine.</p>
<p>The only time you need air conditioning is in the winter cuz Cornell turns up the heat so damn high.</p>
<p>Just take the bus system if ur lazy...but since u'll be next to the nicest dining halls on campus walking to class becomes a good thing lol. If i lived next to rpcc and appel id eat so much hahaha</p>
<p>Does anybody know about the Cornell Center for Jewish Living? I plan to apply to Cornell as a transfer student, and one of the things I read about that, at least on paper, looked good is the CLJ housing option. But the website is fairly devoid of details.</p>
<p>im in low rise 6. when i first got it i was pretty upset, but honestly i LOVE my dorm now. its really isnt about where you live, but the people youll be living with. the low rises are the farthest away from central, but right next to the bus stop and RPU(which has the best food - for dinner and sunday brunch). there's no air conditioning, but that wasnt really a problem, put a fan at the end of your bed and youre good to go. you'll stop using a fan within the first 1.5 months anyway.</p>
<p>best housing for freshman got to be townhouses!!! its HUGEE and clean and good looking. next would be mew/court. donlon is loud. very loud. even at 2 ams on weekdays and stuff.</p>
<p>one child lived in Donlon - loved it! One is living in Dickson -loves it!</p>
<p>The singles are a godsend. I love my single.</p>
<p>The High Rises are older, some walls in room are all brick-but it's actually pretty cool, I like the kind of atmosphere that sets up-feels like I'm at a bar or jazz club.</p>
<p>to gprime: my dtr does not live in the cjl, but, spends a lot of time there. for more info, you should e-mail the president of the cjl and he can provide you with the info you need</p>
<p>compared to other schools they are niceee. mews and court kay bauer were built in 2001. if your a girl Balch hall has HUGE dorms.
its not far from campus its within 10 min from central campus. (15 min for engineering) plus there is a bus for the winter</p>