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[quote=Anonymous]Hereford Residential College has bi-modal happiness outcomes.  It works well for some students, but not at all for others; I will try to outline how and why.

1st year students who choose to live there (i.e., the student requested Hereford as 1st year housing) usually are happy with their choice and end up staying there for upper class housing.  By contrast, 1st year students who choose a different 1st year housing location, but were “assigned” by UVa to Hereford, generally are not at all happy and nearly always leave after 1st year.  Their standard complaint is too far to walk (although there is free UVa bus service to central grounds and The Lawn area).

Hereford’s location is pretty close to classes for an Engineering student (if walking, it is important to take Stadium Rd, not Alderman Rd), or to the Physics or Chemistry buildings, but Hereford is visibly farther from The Lawn and most “arts & letters” buildings than other 1st year housing.  It is even farther from the Architecture School or Nursing School, which themselves are not on Central Grounds.

The other quirk of Hereford is that very very few students involved in fraternities/sororities choose to live there.  Again, this is because of location; it is farther from Rugby Rd (where most greek houses and events occur).  It thus attracts a more “nerdy” set of upper-class students who are less interested in fraternity/sorority involvement.  Thus, by self-selection, it can be a very good choice for students who have no interest in the fraternity/sorority activities.  [/quote]

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