Do you live on campus??

[KSUViolet06]

Living in the dorms? Loving it? Hating it?

I'm a junior and I live in upperclass housing NEXT TO a 40 year old lesbian (bathroom is connecting the 2 single rooms) who leaves hair in the bottom of the shower and hates to flush the toilet. She also loves to have her girlfriend over to do certain "activities" with that I have to listen to.

Fellow campus dwellers, how is your year going?

[ADqtPiMel]

I live off campus in a 10-person house and I love it. I HATED living in a dorm, especially freshman year. I'm standoffish when I first meet people, and being surrounded by that many people who were constantly in my face just really irritated me. I hated having RAs who were my age telling me what to do, I hated the mandatory hall activities, and I hated the forced interaction. Let me get used to school at my own pace, please.

[Betarulz!]

Lived On-campus for three years in my fraternity house. Had to move out because of space limitations, but would have slept on a cot in the basement if they would have let me. So much more conveinient. And I know more about what's going on in the house. However, I would miss out on the joy it is to drink whenever I want to at my duplex now.

[FAB*SpiceySpice]

I lived in the shittiest dorm on campus my freshman year and then lived in my sorority house for two years.

While I loved living in the house and I'm glad I had the experience I am SOOOOOOOO happy to not live there anymore. When you live in the house there is drama 24/7, I hated the food, the rules, and sharing a room the size of a closet with someone (no seriously my first room was supposed to be the costume closet but the stupid builder messed up and put two clothes closets in there and it became my room!) and my desk had to be put out in the hall, and everytime you went on a date girls would be "watching TV" which really means they're just sitting down there waiting for the boy to show up so they can check him out.

But the midnight raids from our random fraternity neighbors, living in the annex which was disgusting but so fun, and sitting out on the back deck with my best friends anytime more than made up for it.

I live with two of my sorority sisters in a house way off campus in a neighborhood that's all college students. My roommates are the two messiest people in the whole world and I am obsessive about cleaning, so it's...interesting to say the least, but it's a good time.

Ok wow I need to shut up...

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

lived off campus freshman year. due to situations going on I moved into the dorms my 2nd year. I hated both places, so ended up moving with a friend to a townhouse for summer of 03 and the 03-04 school year. In august we moved into a duplex in the gay ghetto*. But since we dont get along too well anymore, it sounds like he and the guy that he let move in without consulting with me will be moving into a 4br apartment with 6 other people next fall while I'll be living with some of my fraternity brothers somewhere.

*gay ghetto: the block I'm on in this quiet residential neighborhood built in the 70s has 5 gay men, 3 lesbians, 2 transitioning transexuals, 2 bisexual men and a bisexual woman. And that's just who I know. I only knew of 6 (me, 2 roommates and the 3 neighbors on the otherside of the duplex) when we moved here.

But I'd much rather live with my fraternity brothers. It sucks having to drive 2 miles or catch a bus to go hang out.

[Coramoor]

I lived in the dorms my first year. I had a cool roommate and my corner was full of ok people, but the rest of the floor were douchbags.

I moved into my fraternity house soon as I left the dorms. I love living here over the summer. The school year is ok for the most part except when I have to get up at 5:30 on fridays when I was kept up til like 3 by drunkards.

I've been here for three years and will probably be depressed as hell when I move out b/c I like just walking around my house and bsing with people whenever I want. Plus it's close as hell to the bars so I can just walk to them rather than driving and calling a cab or whatever.

[GPhiLlama]

I lived in the freshman dorms for two years, and now I'm in the upperclass housing, which is MUCH nicer. I can stand living here for another year.

None of the sororities here have houses. That makes us sad.

[PhoenixAzul]

I live in the same dorm I lived in last year as a freshmen. I live on the same floor as well. Most of the same people who lived here last year are living their again. Last year out of my pledge class of 9, 6 were from my dorm, 5 of those 6 were on my floor. It just worked out that way! It's a nice dorm, one of the most newly renovated that women can live in. I'm just pissed that it was forced to go co-ed last year. The guys live on the first two floors, the girls live on the top two (DK: Where the girls are always on top). Some of the guys aren't bad, but the other ones who live below me, I just want to kill. They play their effing video games at 2 in the morning at a volume that makes the furniture shake! I've been awakened at 7 AM with Ozzy Osbourne being blasted at a ridiculous volume. I can understand on the weekend, I can even understand music up till midnight (quiet hours "start" at 10). But it's just rediculous. For the most part though, our dorm is known for being the "quiet, studious dorm", which is what I wanted. I hear stories about what happens in the other dorms, and that doesn't happen in DK.

Add to that the fact that there is a certain person on my floor who talks about her drama on her cell phone in the hall at an INSANE volume, and let me tell you, the things we all hear, none of us ever wanted to know.

Anywho, the good parts are that 1) it's across the street from my sorority. 2) it's a nice building 3) it's close to the art building where I spend most of my time 4) my roommate is the most awesome roommate a girl could ask for. 5) i was able to rearrange everything in the room so that I could have my bike in my room instead of having to leave it outside (especially since it cost more than my car.).

[MiamiADPi]

I live in the upperclass housing at the end of the hallway on a quiet floor (yeah, didn't know that when we signed up last spring).

JocelynC, my suitemates (rooms are connected by a bathroom) also leave their hair in the shower and think that there's no need to flush. It's so gross, no matter how many times I have a little chat with them, they never listen. The sink is full of dirty dishes, they leave dirty clothes all over the floor, and always leave the toilet paper roll with like 2 pieces.

So, I did my 2 years of oncampus living (well, 1 1/2 so far). Next year it's off campus apartment of me.

Oh this annoys me a little.... I live on the 2nd floor and when I was moving in the first day I had two big boxes in my hands and two bags over my shoulder, so I figured I'd take the elevator. I got inside, and this girl is like, "are you kidding me?! you live on the 2nd floor!!" I'm sorry..... then why don't you offer to help me carry my bags up the stairs. grrr!! Ok, that's the end of my rant. Hope everyone has a great semester break!!!

[lifesaver]

Lived in the dorms my first semester, in the fraternity house for the next year and a half, then into the apartments on campus for the next two years. Then I moved into some nice apartments off campus after that. I still live in the general area cause I like this part of town and its nice, and cheaper than the other parts of town.

[TNPhiMu]

My freshman year I lived in the all-girls dorm. It was alright, nothing special. My roomie was a great girl, and we both ended up Phi Mu's(so that was nice!).

Last year and this year I've lived in the on campus apartments. They are nicer than the regular dorms for sure! Unfortunately, I have the messiest, GROSSEST roommate ever!!! She's my sister, and I love her, but really, does the 15 pounds of makeup she uses everyday(that gets ALL over everything I own) really that necessary? And is it just me, or is doing laundry once in awhile a normal thing? (since August, I think she's done 3 loads of laundry... ICK!) I'm glad my fiance has an apartment!

I also lived in the sorority house over the summer this year. It was alright. If nothing else, I got to see lots of people, because any time anyone came in town, they always stop by the house!

Lived in the high-rise dorms freshman year, moved into a house 2 blocks from campus sophomore year, moved into an apt. for the remainder of my jr./sr. year.

[Susan_Renee]

I lived on campus for my first two years of college. Now I live in an off campus apartment. Campus wasn't bad, but I definitely prefer where I am now.

[Honeykiss1974]

A co-worker and I was just having a discussion about college life, and the subject of dorm life came up. I was going on about how when my kids go off to college, I want them to live in the dorms all four years because they would be less likely to get involved in the more "troubling side of college life" LOL (This is based on my own experience - 2 years on-campus - 2 years off). She thinks that dorm life is more likely to.

When I think of all the debauchery that went when I lived off campus, I'd definetly have to say I disagree with her. LOL

[ShyViolet]

Ooh JocelynC, doesn't sound like a good experience. Sending happy Sigma vibes your way.

Yes, I live in University housing, in an all postgraduate student building about two minutes away from my department, which is really nice when it comes to Monday morning seminars. In general, it's a good atmosphere, everyone tries to be friendly and social.
But there are a few people, one with long thick dark hair who doesn't clean it out of the showers, and some random idiot who thinks flushing the toilet isn't necessary, that turn a good situation into a frustrating one sometimes. And apparently, some people have made it all the way to graduate school without knowing how to do the washing up in the kitchen! I mean honestly, if you can do a Masters or a PhD, how hard can it be to extrapolate knowledge to fit the situation of taking the soap + a sponge + hot water + a dirty plate = washing, rinsing and drying?! Oh well.
I think the only real downside to where I'm living now is the fact that we're right next to St. Salvator's Hall, the giant, posh first year dorm. And last week, some idiot got into our building and broke the fire glass, sending us outside at 2am in the cold, windy street. Grrr. The joys of communal living.

~ShyViolet