UVA dorm recommendations

[Anonymous]

DD will be a freshman UVa this fall. Any recommendations on which dorm hall or housing unit would be good for a freshman. We are starting to look at on campus housing and it is confusing and some halls are upper classmen. We are from Nova and she is math and stem oriented and she is not likely to participate in Greek life and likes to workout at the gym and go for nature walks and hike. I tried the search feature but got a lot of info on dorms of different colleges and hard to sift through. TIA!

[Anonymous]

I don’t think he gets to choose.

The debate is old dorms v new dorms.

Old dorms are better located. New dorms are fancier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD will be a freshman UVa this fall. Any recommendations on which dorm hall or housing unit would be good for a freshman. We are starting to look at on campus housing and it is confusing and some halls are upper classmen. We are from Nova and she is math and stem oriented and she is not likely to participate in Greek life and likes to workout at the gym and go for nature walks and hike. I tried the search feature but got a lot of info on dorms of different colleges and hard to sift through. TIA!

You don't get to choose. There are old dorms, new dorms, Gooch/Dillard and Courtenay/Dunglison/Fitzhugh. You can choose to enter into a residential college - Hereford (Sustainability/Cultural Diversity), International Residential College (International) or Brown (for the "quirky kids" - requires an application).

New dorms = very nice, farther from classes
Old dorms = older but recently renovated. There is air conditioning now. Students seem to prefer these but bloom where they're planted.
Gooch/Dillard = farther from classes and suite style. They are the least desired but they have their own dining hall and people tend to form a very close community.
Courtenay/Dunglison/Fitzhugh = suite style in between New Dorms and Gooch/Dillard. Again the kids tend to form a close community since they have their own suits.

[Anonymous]

You get what you get, and you don’t get upset!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD will be a freshman UVa this fall. Any recommendations on which dorm hall or housing unit would be good for a freshman. We are starting to look at on campus housing and it is confusing and some halls are upper classmen. We are from Nova and she is math and stem oriented and she is not likely to participate in Greek life and likes to workout at the gym and go for nature walks and hike. I tried the search feature but got a lot of info on dorms of different colleges and hard to sift through. TIA!

You don't get to choose. There are old dorms, new dorms, Gooch/Dillard and Courtenay/Dunglison/Fitzhugh. You can choose to enter into a residential college - Hereford (Sustainability/Cultural Diversity), International Residential College (International) or Brown (for the "quirky kids" - requires an application).

New dorms = very nice, farther from classes
Old dorms = older but recently renovated. There is air conditioning now. Students seem to prefer these but bloom where they're planted.
Gooch/Dillard = farther from classes and suite style. They are the least desired but they have their own dining hall and people tend to form a very close community.
Courtenay/Dunglison/Fitzhugh = suite style in between New Dorms and Gooch/Dillard. Again the kids tend to form a close community since they have their own suits.

Are new dorms still suite-style? That was the big difference when I attended UVA—new dorms were suites, and old dorms were halls.

[Anonymous]

You only get to pick between traditional housing and special interest. Don't stress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You only get to pick between traditional housing and special interest. Don't stress.

yep exactly, you will not get to choose unless you do a special interest dorm such as Brown College etc. All of the dorms are very nice and it will all work out just fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD will be a freshman UVa this fall. Any recommendations on which dorm hall or housing unit would be good for a freshman. We are starting to look at on campus housing and it is confusing and some halls are upper classmen. We are from Nova and she is math and stem oriented and she is not likely to participate in Greek life and likes to workout at the gym and go for nature walks and hike. I tried the search feature but got a lot of info on dorms of different colleges and hard to sift through. TIA!

You don't get to choose. There are old dorms, new dorms, Gooch/Dillard and Courtenay/Dunglison/Fitzhugh. You can choose to enter into a residential college - Hereford (Sustainability/Cultural Diversity), International Residential College (International) or Brown (for the "quirky kids" - requires an application).

New dorms = very nice, farther from classes
Old dorms = older but recently renovated. There is air conditioning now. Students seem to prefer these but bloom where they're planted.
Gooch/Dillard = farther from classes and suite style. They are the least desired but they have their own dining hall and people tend to form a very close community.
Courtenay/Dunglison/Fitzhugh = suite style in between New Dorms and Gooch/Dillard. Again the kids tend to form a close community since they have their own suits.

Are new dorms still suite-style? That was the big difference when I attended UVA—new dorms were suites, and old dorms were halls.

I’m a UVA grad as well, and I believe most of the new forms have been rebuilt as hall-style, with the exception of Courtenay/Dunglison/Fitzhugh.

[Anonymous]

OP here, DD has expressed interest in applying for Hereford college dorms and Website said that they take some 1st years. I thought everyone has to apply for a dorm. Good to know that most don’t get a choice. I wasn’t sure what Hereford college dorm is like for a freshman, is it too far away from class, too isolating from other 1st years. Thank you for the different names of halls and I will check them out with DD.