<p>I am a rising sophomore student at Northeastern University. I am currently debating whether to dorm or not. I wanted to live in International Village, and I am able to afford it. But I don't know whether it is a good choice. Anyone here who lives in IV? How are the dorms and the social scene there? I visited my friend there a couple of times, but people seem to be doing their own thing in their own room. :( </p>
<p>Also, is it true that most honor students and international students live there? That's what I've heard, but it's not confirmed. If any of you have lived there before, did you make friends with your neighbors? I'm quite outgoing and I would love to meet the new people in my floor, since I've made most of my friends in class only. </p>
<p>IV is mostly honors freshmen on the lower floors and upperclassmen on the upper floors. I don’t actually think it’s where international students are housed; I think they’re mingled in with everyone else in their LLCs.</p>
<p>Especially if you’re an upperclassman living there, people have their groups of friends and everything, so they tend not to mingle as much with their neighbors who they don’t know. That said, there’s nothing stopping you from being outgoing enough to knock on their doors and make friends with them! There are activities planned by the RAs, too, so that would be a good way to meet people from your floor (and that holds for any dorm).</p>
<p>My daughter lived in IV last year - with all the honors freshman (they consider it an LLC). They also do put many international students in IV. IV is a great place to live - everything is inside the building- gym, laundry, computer lab, etc. (including the dining hall which they are redoing this summer). However it is not true suite style living. The set up is either two doubles or two singles joined by a bath (which you are responsible for maintaining including paper supplies). There are common rooms on each floor and kids do hang out in them (some common rooms tend to be project/group homework places and other tend to be hang out places.) Kids even hang out in the basement classrooms (where they can hook up to show movies etc.) </p>
<p>However, most non-freshman choose to live in true suite style housing where 3-6 kids have double or single bedrooms and then a complete kitchen and living room, with either 1-2 baths. These suite style dorms (like west village) also have common and study areas on various floors.</p>
<p>Can you please explain what LLC is? I am more of a mandarin speaking student and I want to be placed along with other international students as well. What dorms have more international students?</p>
<p>LLCs are Living Learning Communties. They are the way that freshmen are placed in their dorms. They choose an LLC like music, pre-med, computer science, community service (or if they’re Honors, they’re just placed in the honors LLC) which is located in a specific dorm so they can live with people who have the same interests.
Are you a transfer student?</p>