To be completely honest, go with the shittier one. Not trolling, dead serious. You will bond better and with more people. The nicer dorms with separate bathrooms and whatnot are full of shut-ins and anti-social types.Poseidon wrote:
Hmm. For my college (Pace University in NYC) I have a choice between A) A pretty shitty dorm that's all freshman which allows me to better know the freshman class B) A really nice and relatively new dorm which has freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Not to mention the 55 John Street dorms (the newer ones) have their own bathrooms per 2 people... and I have IBS and I'm lactose intolerant. Might be better than the public bathrooms you're forced to use in Maria's Tower (the all freshman dorms).
I spent a few years in one of the oldest and shittiest dorms that was the furthest from campus and up at the top of a huge hill; was the most social dorm around and it was a total blast, met lots of people and had some great times. You're not gonna be spending much time in your room anyway, so who cares if it's small crowded and older. When I visited friends who were living in the nicer places, yes the facilities were nicer, but it was like a hotel. All the doors were closed and it was dead silent.
trust me, go with the older dorm full of freshmen. More people of your age who are in the same new setting and meeting new people. Go live with the older kids and not much will happen. They're not going to befriend you and hang out as much since they've already got their own friends. Which leaves a smaller amount of new kids to get to know.