<p>i think i'm either going to send in my deposit for birnkrant or fluor</p>
<p>have you visited? which one do you think has the prettiest view of campus?</p>
<p>(lol, yes my priorities are in the right place)</p>
<p>I highly highly recommend New/North if you are social-type person. It's typically the most popular choice. If you can't get in there, Birnkrant is good too. And on your deposit you specific your first/second/third choice/fourth choice. Since you will send your deposit in early, you should get your first choice.</p>
<p>i've visted fluor and the suite is very tempting. i really don't want to have to share one bathroom with an entire floor of guys. i also like its proximity to the lyon center. i'm very active and i plan on working out at least every other day. i'm trying to stay away from new/north because i'm a mechanical engineering student and i don't want too many distractions. everyone i've spoken to recommends birnkrant. i also like that it's so close to the library.</p>
<p>Gotta say, my S is a very happy freshman in the Great Outdoors Floor of Pardee. One plus is that there are built-in safes in every closet--one per student. It is conveniently located & quieter tahn New, North, Birhkant but not as quiet as honor's dorms. He's an engineering student & there are kids in all fields in his dorm; his room mate is an English major.</p>
<p>Point taken, but it's more like a hallway rather than a floor. :)</p>
<p>True, they do have LONG hallways, but my S does seem quite happy there. Do you have housing suggestions SFGiants?</p>
<p>i dont really have a choice, i'm pretty sure that RHP kiddos have to live in marks hall. sounds cool tho.</p>
<p>honestly, its a room- hopefully its not the place where i'll be spending most of my time while at SC, so as long as the mattress isnt too awful i'm happy</p>
<p>My S has a friend who lives in the honor's dorms. He's fine with it, but bring a BIG & GOOD fan because it gets hot. He was thinking of returning for sophomore year but decided to branch out & try for an apartment.</p>
<p>Try to get- New, North (social) Birnkrant (mix of social/quiet)</p>
<p>Stay away from- Trojan Hall.</p>
<p>Everything else is pretty much inbetween.</p>
<p>Trojan Hall is VERY cramped. Tiny rooms with low ceilings. I felt like it was a prison when I first went in there.</p>
<p>Birnkrant is mix of social/quiet and rooms are good sizes.</p>
<p>Agree with uyulove.</p>
<p>fluor tower for sure</p>
<p>Really? I've been in Trojan Hall rooms, and they're not that small. Marks Tower rooms are super cramped though.</p>
<p>Trojan Hall laundry room = instant asphyxiation.</p>
<p>Oh, Birnkrant has the slowest elevators ever. Which sucks if you live on one of the top floors like me.</p>
<p>Pardee's a good choice.</p>
<p>what about the radisson?</p>
<p>oh and what the heck is a "deans hall"? it says in my scholarship letter that I may be eligible to live there, but I can't figure out if it's just a hall in a dorm, or a separate dorm for the scholarship kids.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it's just a hall in a dorm, or else there wouldn't be a Facebook group called "I Lived in Trojan Hall but Ain't in No Honors College." :)</p>
<p>The "deans halls" are Trojan Hall & Marks Hall are supposedly for merit scholars only, but actually house other students as space is available.</p>
<p>^And as nerdy as this sounds...I'm actually kind of excited about that. I plan to put Marks or Trojan as my first choice. I like to have fun, but my closest friends are definitely academically serious, so I think socially it would be a good fit.</p>
<p>Probably I'll put Marks down...</p>
<p>I know Parkside/Birnkrant have music practice rooms - ? Does Marks?</p>
<p>Marks hall has two common areas and a library downstairs. People tend to practice music in all three. Also, the common areas each have a piano (although I won't promise anything about them being in tune!).</p>
<p>lol The Marks Hall piano is pretty out of tune, I have to say.</p>
<p>I'd recommend Birnkrant (good mix of social + academic, right next to Leavey and TroGro), or New/North if you're really social and you don't study in your room... maybe even Marks Hall if you just want to live in a Dean's Hall.</p>
<p>There are merit scholars and TO/FSH/BacMD kids in all buildings, on every floor, so to be honest, non-Dean's Halls can be pretty academic too (well, not New/North so much)... For example, on my floor alone, there are 8+ scholarship people, and most of us in TO or FSH. </p>
<p>Some people prefer co-ed floors while some want gender-separated floors, so be sure to look into that as well (Pardee, Marks Tower, and the Dean's Halls have separate floors for guys and girls, but Birnkrant and New/North have co-ed floors).</p>
<p>Just stay away from Trojan Hall... not in a good location (right next to the street, and you can hear cars zooming by at all hours), tiny rooms, etc... the rest of the dorms aren't too bad.</p>