Housing selection has always been stressful process for me and my roommate. Freshman year it was trying to get rooms closest to our friends. Sophomore year it was trying to get an apartment in the Woods, getting stuck with the very last number, losing our other roommates because they didn’t want to live in the Pi Kap apartment, and scrabbling to find two new roommates to keep the apartment. Junior year it was wondering if the Pi Kaps were going to kick us out of the apartment we signed back into because they were tired of only having the top two apartments. Now as a senior I’m even more glad I don’t have to go through this process because there will be one less dorm for upper classmen students to choose from.
As of next year Smith Hall will now be an all freshman dorm, leaving the Woods, North Hall, Mohn Hall, Krause Hall, and Court for upperclassmen housing. This is a significant reduction of available housing for upperclassmen because the Woods, North Hall, and Mohn Hall all require a certain GPA for its residents. “I think it’s stupid,” said sophomore Emily Morin. “First, in order to live in the Woods, North and Mohn you have to have a certain gpa and lots of students don’t live up to it. That leaves Krause and Court and the downside to living in Court is it’s farther away from all the other upper classmen dorms.”
Court is not an appealing option to upper classmen. I have been in there once in all of my four years here and all I can remember is not being able to move in the double rooms. “There are 28 singles in Court, so the majority of the dorm is singles,” said Morin. Renovations to Court are expected to entice upperclassmen to live there. “I think if it was actually renovated to look nice for our age group it would work,” said junior Emily Duke. “It would be like living off-campus because it’s so far away. If they made it more like living in an apartment complex it would be much more appealing.”
Albright would have to renovate Court to appeal to a group that feel we have the right to be closer to campus and have the most advantages because we’ve been here longer than the freshman. They would have to combat the distance factor with something so appealing to upper classman that the distance from campus and to where their friends live wouldn’t matter. If Court were to become something like the Woods apartments, it would definitely be appealing because the lottery to live in the Woods is so popular every year.
At least one student could see there being a benefit to having all the freshman living in three dorms. “With all the freshman together, we get to know the people in our class more,” said freshman Stacey Norman. “If you live in the upper classmen dorms you met more upper classmen then freshman.” I tried to ask the director of housing the exact reasoning behind the change for Smith, but with it being RA selection time she has been unable to get back to me.
The decision to make Smith an all freshman dorm will no doubt be beneficial for them. It will also create another housing headache for upper classmen who feel they have earned living closer to campus and their friends. Making Court into another on-campus apartment opportunity for upper classmen would be Albright’s best bet for getting upper classmen to want to live there, because right now not many do.
As of next year Smith Hall will now be an all freshman dorm, leaving the Woods, North Hall, Mohn Hall, Krause Hall, and Court for upperclassmen housing. This is a significant reduction of available housing for upperclassmen because the Woods, North Hall, and Mohn Hall all require a certain GPA for its residents. “I think it’s stupid,” said sophomore Emily Morin. “First, in order to live in the Woods, North and Mohn you have to have a certain gpa and lots of students don’t live up to it. That leaves Krause and Court and the downside to living in Court is it’s farther away from all the other upper classmen dorms.”
Court is not an appealing option to upper classmen. I have been in there once in all of my four years here and all I can remember is not being able to move in the double rooms. “There are 28 singles in Court, so the majority of the dorm is singles,” said Morin. Renovations to Court are expected to entice upperclassmen to live there. “I think if it was actually renovated to look nice for our age group it would work,” said junior Emily Duke. “It would be like living off-campus because it’s so far away. If they made it more like living in an apartment complex it would be much more appealing.”
Albright would have to renovate Court to appeal to a group that feel we have the right to be closer to campus and have the most advantages because we’ve been here longer than the freshman. They would have to combat the distance factor with something so appealing to upper classman that the distance from campus and to where their friends live wouldn’t matter. If Court were to become something like the Woods apartments, it would definitely be appealing because the lottery to live in the Woods is so popular every year.
At least one student could see there being a benefit to having all the freshman living in three dorms. “With all the freshman together, we get to know the people in our class more,” said freshman Stacey Norman. “If you live in the upper classmen dorms you met more upper classmen then freshman.” I tried to ask the director of housing the exact reasoning behind the change for Smith, but with it being RA selection time she has been unable to get back to me.
The decision to make Smith an all freshman dorm will no doubt be beneficial for them. It will also create another housing headache for upper classmen who feel they have earned living closer to campus and their friends. Making Court into another on-campus apartment opportunity for upper classmen would be Albright’s best bet for getting upper classmen to want to live there, because right now not many do.
Good, relevant topic. Please check on the accuracy of the GPA requirement. Thanks!
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