<p>I am going to be transfering to Cornell as a sophomore in the Fall. Where is the best place to live???</p>
<p>I am also, and I would really like to do West Campus (from everything I've read).</p>
<p>So are you a guaranteed transfer student then? </p>
<p>West Campus does seem to be the place for sophomores. It is so confusing since I haven't visited.</p>
<p>Transfers are guaranteed housing. If you go on the housing site, and then for transfers, west campus is an option.</p>
<p>I was a transfer this fall, so I'll try to give you a bit of a run down of what I've seen so far.</p>
<p>West Campus: You'll actually be with people your age/grade/not freshman. It's a nice thing. Food I would also argue is better than RPCC which is on north campus, as RPCC is 90% the same thing. Another big plus is that you're decently close to collegetown, which you will likely find to be a plus when you meet other kids in your upper level classes. A lot of upper upperclassmen live there and are not interested in going up to north campus and sometimes even to west to hang out, so you might find yourself traveling to collegetown semi-often.</p>
<p>Townhouses: North campus, so you'll be around a lot of freshman. However, this year about half of the townhouses were transfers, so you'll still find plenty of people who aren't freshman to make friends with. The major benefit to the townhouses is the fact that you have your own place. living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom & shower, bedroom size varies on the individual townhouse. I live in them right now, and can tell you that I really like it aside from the enormous amount of freshman and the fact that most of my friends live in collegetown or on west, so it's a bit of a walk.</p>
<p>Collegetown (Cascadilla & Sheldon): I don't know anything about Cascadilla other than that it's in a fairly good location if you're interested in being very close to campus but in collegetown. Sheldon is in the same spot basically, so the same benefit is there. They both don't have dining halls, but you can get to Okenshields pretty easily (5-7 min walk). </p>
<p>Scheyuler (however that's spelled) is kind of out of the way compared to the other dorms, but not too bad. I don't really know anything else about it.</p>
<p>So what's the best for you depends on what you are looking for. If you want to share your own apartment with a few other kids, go for the townhouses. If you really want to keep away from the freshman, go for collegetown or west campus.</p>
<p>Thanks Grommet for all the advice! It is really helpful. Did you find it hard to adjust and get to know the campus as a transfer?</p>
<p>You will be housed with groups of other transfer students so you'll all be able to explore the campus together.</p>
<p>I spent the first few weeks with my transfer friends and as we all acclimated to campus we formed groups with people we met in classes and clubs....but we were always there for each other...especially during our first round of Cornell exams :D</p>
<p>Why is it when I filed for the housing I had to take a survey? Was there no option to choose where I wanted to stay? This whole thing really is confusing.</p>
<p>I also hated the fact that I had to stumble on the housing page to realize I could even apply... Otherwise I'd still be here waiting for financial aid packet (already 3 weeks) and no housing.</p>
<p>I take it you're entering as a spring transfer? If that is the case...you really don't have much of a choice of on-campus housing. However....since you're taking the bed of a student who most likely just graduated...you'll more than likely end up on West Campus.</p>
<p>Adjusting as a transfer was definitely not difficult at all. I completely second dewdrop's response on transfer friends/prelims.</p>
<p>And there are a few spring '09 beds open all around campus. I know of at least 3 beds free in the Townhouses from a couple dropouts and one move to another dorm. Like dew said, the upperclassmen dorms are definitely going to have the most vacancies though.</p>