<p>My son has been assigned to an overflow room in Brynes. He is happy about getting Brynes hall but has no idea what an overflow room is like other than there is no lofting which probably means it's very small. Would this be temporary? Does anyone have any insight?</p>
<p>When/how did your son find out about his housing? My son has not heard anything.</p>
<p>Check clemson email account for housing assignment</p>
<p>lmcmom, it’s a study room converted into a dorm room. These rooms can be bigger than the normal rooms but there’s probably not going to be a window (guess that’s a trade off?) They’ll definitely try and move you into a regular dorm room if they can but don’t worry too much about it (plus you get to pay $1,000 less for housing!)</p>
<p>Thanks for the info! I did find a diagram and it does look like he has zoom extra room although you’re right, there isnt a window. My biggest concern for him is that since he wont know anyone at clemson (we’re from CT) and it’s a temporary roommate too. I guess it’s just more incentive to get out there and meet people!
Speaking of that, how popular are fraternities at Clemson and is that a good way to get involved and meet people? Unfortunately he missed the Greek session at orientation so he didn’t get a feel for that.</p>
<p>I would say about 20% of the student population gets involved in greek life. I’m not in one but know many who have enjoyed their experience in greek life and would say it’s a good way to get involved and meet people. I would say that it’s important to get involved in a few student organization - whether it’s greek life or not to get involved on campus. </p>
<p>Here’s a good brochure that will get you introduced to greek life at Clemson: [Go</a> Greek @ Clemson 2012](<a href=“http://issuu.com/cwellhouser/docs/greek_book]Go”>Go Greek @ Clemson 2012 by Christina Wellhouser - Issuu)</p>
<p>Once again thanks Pierre0913 for the great information. I thought more students were involved in Greek life than that, so it’s good to know you won’t feel left out if you decide not to pledge.</p>
<p>lmc, my S is a jr…and in a frat. He has truly enjoyed his—has met many friends, enjoyed many events. I believe that the number of girls in sororities boosts the number involved in Greek life to about 35% For the most part, has been a positive experience for him. </p>
<p>Have your son check out the frats during rush, which I believe is after the Auburn game.</p>
<p>gosmom, in the Clemson Common Data Set - it says 17% of men are in fraternities and 23 % of girls are in sororities which is where I got about 20% from (<a href=“http://www.clemson.edu/oirweb1/FB/factbook/CommonDataSet2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.clemson.edu/oirweb1/FB/factbook/CommonDataSet2011.pdf</a> - page 21)</p>
<p>It feels a lot more because a lot of student government and other student campus leaders come from the greek life community.</p>
<p>My son may have the option of rooming in Stadium suites with upperclassmen, do you think that would be a good idea or will it be best to be in overflow but with the other freshman?</p>
<p>replied to your message, good luck with that decision!</p>
<p>Thanks Pierre. Looks like he’s going to go with Stadium Suites. Propably better than being in a temp room with a temp room-mate. He will miss out on the whole freshman dorm thing but maybe being with Sophmores won’t be too bad and they can help him get acclimated.</p>
<p>He’ll be right next to the Shoeboxes and not far from Johnstone and Holmes so there are plenty of freshman students nearby!</p>
<p>LCM…he’ll love the Stadium suites, especially on Game days! My S was in Geer (an all male SHoebox) next to Stadium. Two of the Shoeboxes were all female, I believe.
Pierrre is right…lots of freshmen nearby!<br>
S appreciated how close to Fike (work out), Post Office and ATM.<br>
Enjoy!</p>
<p>Thanks gosmom! He is really excited about the switch as am I. Gamedays sound awesome at Clemson and I can’t wait for my first one on Patents weekend!</p>
<p>Just following up here…S does room in stadium suites and is happy, although to be honest, there is a downside to not being with the freshman on the first few weeks. It was very quiet on move in day when he was one of very few students moving into the suites since upperclassmen move in was the next day. I think it did make the transition a little harder until he met other kids through club sports, but he does like his dorm and his roommate, so all in all it worked out well.</p>
<p>Glad to hear that it worked out well! That’s to be expected when living in an upperclassmen dorm - they’re not as social as the freshman</p>