School with Lowest Percentage accepted?

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

Also - the nicknames given to people living in some of the apartments would bother them? What sorority or fraternity hasn't been given an unflattering nickname by someone? A college junior or senior would care about that? That just kind of baffles me.

Cooking and cleaning aside - personally I'd want some privacy and independence by junior year....at the latest. I guess I just can't picture that many girls doing that well together over that length of time but if IU's making it work - hats off to them.

Trust me, by my senior year, I was going insane. I wanted to live out just so I could cook my own meals. My house went from a 4 year to a 3 year live in policy (or until you're a senior, depending on if you rushed as a freshman or sophomore) and girls whined at first, but they're used to it now. As long as you give them advance notice...like saying that starting with the 2013-2014 school year, seniors will have to live out, I think it's fine.

In terms of the first, I guess an unflattering nickname was a poor choice of words. IU has a large Asian population, and when they move out of the dorms, they move to the on campus apartments...IU students in general thus avoid the on campus apartments like the plague. They're also extremely outdated.

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by IUHoosiergirl88

Trust me, by my senior year, I was going insane. I wanted to live out just so I could cook my own meals. My house went from a 4 year to a 3 year live in policy (or until you're a senior, depending on if you rushed as a freshman or sophomore) and girls whined at first, but they're used to it now. As long as you give them advance notice...like saying that starting with the 2013-2014 school year, seniors will have to live out, I think it's fine.

In terms of the first, I guess an unflattering nickname was a poor choice of words. IU has a large Asian population, and when they move out of the dorms, they move to the on campus apartments...IU students in general thus avoid the on campus apartments like the plague. They're also extremely outdated.

Without knowing much about the specific culture of your school - I would agree with your first paragaph in that people as whole typically whine about changes to longstanding traditions and then adjust pretty well after the change go into effect.

As to the bolded - hmmm...I've lived in Pacific Rim states (Oregon/Washington) for 30 years now. A large percentage of our population is Asian or Asian-American and our universities reflect that. I can't say I haven't heard that sentiment but why would someone want to avoid apartments like a plague because a lot of Asian kids live there?

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

I can't say I haven't heard that sentiment but why would someone want to avoid apartments like a plague because a lot of Asian kids live there?

Poor souls must not enjoy Asian food.