Housing
”In suites, it’s more difficult to have those random bump-ins that some friendships stem from.” Phil
“It depends more on who you’re living with than where you’re living in." Tony
"The first housing decision you can make is in January – whether to apply to be an RCC, theme associate, or community leader for your coming sophomore year." Tony
"Oh and I'll include that you're trained for the position after you’re accepted. You don't need to have any knowledge to apply to be RCC and stuff." Yaya
"Yeah" Tony
"Don’t let social norms tell you what housing is best for you. I’m never living on The Row. I don’t like The Row. For a certain subgroup it’s the best housing. For me the best is Roble. Same thing with Toyon – it can be very loud.” Tony
“If you play your cards right, you can end up with fantastic housing all four years, whatever that means for you. For me that'd look something like this, freshman year: all frosh dorm, sophomore year: tier 3 to RCC in a frosh dorm, junior year: tier 2 to preassign to Kairos, senior year: tier 1 to live wherever your heart desires.
The only reason to draw is if you have a large group, or if the housing you want doesn’t offer preassignment. Otherwise preassign or staff." Yaya
"All frosh dorms are overrated. Frosh in Roble have just as much fun as those in Soto. Trust me, I’ve lived in both dorms.” Yaya
“Freshman Sophomore College really is that quiet and more reserved than all frosh dorms." Mark
"It sometimes feels like there’s a divide between east and west campus due to the physical distance.” Mark
Ujamaa
“Not everyone loves it, but I think the world would be a better place if everyone lived in Uj at least once. You learn things.” Karl
“Like what? What’re your Uj takeaways?” Yaya
“In Uj, I made sense of a lot of experiences I had while growing up. I thought explicitly about my experiences. Through theme programs and conversations with other staff members, I learned more about the U.S., the world, and the role that race plays in everything.
As a freshman I hung out in Uj a lot because there were topics I was interested in that I couldn’t talk about in Alondra. In Uj we didn’t have the same views, but people were willing to have discussions. Uj is a very conducive environment to having deeper conversations that need to be had. Whether they be on class, gender, sexual identity, or race. Stanford prides itself on residential education. Uj is the model of residential education. Nowhere else do you have consistent weekly programming (Uj theme programs) that draws 60-70 people. It’s basically like a classroom.” Karl
”In suites, it’s more difficult to have those random bump-ins that some friendships stem from.” Phil
“It depends more on who you’re living with than where you’re living in." Tony
"The first housing decision you can make is in January – whether to apply to be an RCC, theme associate, or community leader for your coming sophomore year." Tony
"Oh and I'll include that you're trained for the position after you’re accepted. You don't need to have any knowledge to apply to be RCC and stuff." Yaya
"Yeah" Tony
"Don’t let social norms tell you what housing is best for you. I’m never living on The Row. I don’t like The Row. For a certain subgroup it’s the best housing. For me the best is Roble. Same thing with Toyon – it can be very loud.” Tony
“If you play your cards right, you can end up with fantastic housing all four years, whatever that means for you. For me that'd look something like this, freshman year: all frosh dorm, sophomore year: tier 3 to RCC in a frosh dorm, junior year: tier 2 to preassign to Kairos, senior year: tier 1 to live wherever your heart desires.
The only reason to draw is if you have a large group, or if the housing you want doesn’t offer preassignment. Otherwise preassign or staff." Yaya
"All frosh dorms are overrated. Frosh in Roble have just as much fun as those in Soto. Trust me, I’ve lived in both dorms.” Yaya
“Freshman Sophomore College really is that quiet and more reserved than all frosh dorms." Mark
"It sometimes feels like there’s a divide between east and west campus due to the physical distance.” Mark
Ujamaa
“Not everyone loves it, but I think the world would be a better place if everyone lived in Uj at least once. You learn things.” Karl
“Like what? What’re your Uj takeaways?” Yaya
“In Uj, I made sense of a lot of experiences I had while growing up. I thought explicitly about my experiences. Through theme programs and conversations with other staff members, I learned more about the U.S., the world, and the role that race plays in everything.
As a freshman I hung out in Uj a lot because there were topics I was interested in that I couldn’t talk about in Alondra. In Uj we didn’t have the same views, but people were willing to have discussions. Uj is a very conducive environment to having deeper conversations that need to be had. Whether they be on class, gender, sexual identity, or race. Stanford prides itself on residential education. Uj is the model of residential education. Nowhere else do you have consistent weekly programming (Uj theme programs) that draws 60-70 people. It’s basically like a classroom.” Karl