I lived in my chapter's house for two years and two summers - I loved it! I wish I hadn't caved to parental pressure to "live out" my senior year. My chapter's house wasn't huge, by UW standards, and it was old, but I loved it.

After two very bad roommate experiences in the dorm my freshman year, I loved having an entire house to frequent. If I needed to get away from my roommate for a while, I could hang out in the dining room, the study room, the lounge, someone else's bedroom, the formal living room, the solarium... You get the idea. And one quarter I even slept on the sleeping porch because my roommates schedule was so crazy - that was some of the best sleep of my life.

And cosign everyone who said that living in a sorority is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Sororities at my school (still) don't have houses, so we have our own hall in a dormitory, complete with a chapter room. The rooms are set up as adjoined suites, so two bedrooms are interconnected with a bathroom in each suite. I lived on the hall for 3 years.

The first year we did the double bed thing on both sides of the suite, and it was sooo cramped.

The second year, my roommate and I decided to spring for private rooms... except we stacked our beds and slept in the same room and turned the second room of the suite into our "living room", complete with a futon and a tv and other fun stuff like that. That was probably the most fun year in the dorms for me!

Then the third year, my roommate and I got private rooms, but we kept to our own rooms this time and didn't have a living room. A little bit more personal space this way.

The dorms closed after spring semester ended, so in the summers between, I would live in the Panhellenic house, which is the closest thing to a sorority house that my school has right now. It's a gorgeous house that was taken over from a fraternity that left campus several years ago. Finally, in my fourth year, I just opted to stay in the P-house for the entire year, because I liked it there so much! (Not to mention that by that time it had actually become cheaper to live in a P-house room than in a private dorm room.)

Living in the house/housing can be such a good experience. Some of my best college memories are from all the fun and crazy times my sisters and I had while living in the dorms!

The LXAs at William Jewel got a new house. One man rooms. So two rooms got together.

They did loft beds in one and turned the other into a study or relaxing area.

But, typical Guys rooms, still had clothes all over the place!:D

The Chapter at FIT in Fl. had Dorm floors for Greeks. They did the same thing. Bedded in one and had study and relaxing in the ohter. One for Sleep, one for fun! Of course, that did not count the floor partys!:)

Just bumping to see if anyone else has input/advice. Thanks for the insight so far. :)

I lived in my house for two years. At Franklin and Marshall you have to live on campus for your first two. I loved living in my chapter house. My chapter is really diverse, so I sometimes ended up living with girls who I NEVER thought I would have to share a house with, let alone a bathroom. It was a great experience though. A few of us from my PC stayed for both years, and just had a lot of fun with it! They also redid my house after my first year (the kitchen, and the whole basement got a makeover). I would recommend living in the chapter house, also because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity that will rarely, if ever, come about again.

I'm moving into our house in 2 days. This'll be the first time I've lived in, and I'm really excited. I'll be living in a double room with a roommate.

We didn't have houses on my campus when I was there and I was always envious of our neighbors down the road at U of Mich with their big beautiful mansions. I hope to be a house mom someday though, after the kids are grown and I'm retired!