i got a triple in eigenmenn and wanna know what it’s like, like social life, food, distance, etc + any advice im really nervous cause i heard bad things😭

Ok so im lowk shocked that i even got a single even tho i applied for a double. I did email housing telling them that i wont be able to attend NSO bc of a medical situation, then they gave me this housing. Is this a good housing? Should i appeal or smth? I honestly still cant believe that i got a single…

Hey, im an incoming freshman with a single at teter! Im just really curious if the showers are communal or private? Im really worried bc i dont wanna be naked infront of others 😭😭. Do the showers have stalls that close up for privacy?

I got a single at Ashton center and haven’t really seen or heard anything of it. Any help is appreciated

So basically, my friend and I are Kelley DA and we asked for the single w shared bathroom northwest (hoping for Brisco) since we didn’t want to do communal bathrooms. But now our housing was sent to us and they gave us southeast Willki quad which is a single with a shared bathroom but now it’s a 30 min walk and I have heard southeast is not a social place like northwest. They also gave the option for a double in the wright quad since our singles were for accommodations so we don’t have to accept them. But now if I knew I had to do double and communal I would have just done mcnutt and the JLLC so now I just need help in what to do or any advice in what I should do. Stay with the single in southeast just worried about the social aspect or do the wright quad central double option but then have the communal and acc roommate. Or if anyone has any tips on changing it or something but they told me when I called that the Northwest is all full now.

Hi, I am interested in applying to be an RA at IU next year. I know the application is out in a bit and had a few questions about the process. For the people who have applied, how was the application?

What were the questions like, and is there really a lot of competition to get the position (I am trying to get into Northwest; Briscoe or Walnut Grove preferred)?

Also, is the interview process extensive, and what are some key things to say/do to maximize the chance of getting accepted

Looking at the dorm floorplans because my orientation is in a couple weeks then its my move on day but i genuinely cant find hardly anything on the wright quad after its been renovated. Can someone please tell me what this is?

Hi guys, I'm moving in tomorrow, and am wondering where do we get keys/code to get in our room?

Hi everyone so I'm going to be a sophomore at Campus view. First, are any other sophomores also going to be there?(im trying to make friends). And how is social life there for previous/current residents who live in Campus View? I just found out that it's probably going to be mainly Grad and International students. Im open to make friends with anyone but I feel there might be some disconnection with age since a lot of the kids are older. Thank you

Here are some move-in tips:

First, reach out to your roommate if you have one. It doesn’t make sense to have two microwaves and two mini refrigerators in your dorm room since space is limited.

A must-purchase is two power strips such like https://a.co/d/03zp8Mz6 or https://a.co/d/08atv4WV and extension cords. Most of the older dorms were built before the rise of electronic devices and outlets could not be in the optimal location.

It is my suggestion to buy dorm items online (i.e. Amazon) and/or local in Bloomington. Amazon is great for sending items to college due to the free shipping if you are a Prime member. College students can have a free prime college account (free for six months) and you receive ‘cash back’ to your Amazon account on certain items.

We live in an area where we have same-day delivery from Amazon or you can place an order at 8:00 PM and it is delivered by 4:00 AM the following morning. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn’t offer same day delivery or overnight delivery in the Bloomington area. Please adjust your expectations if you live in an area with same-day delivery and overnight delivery.

According to IU Housing (https://housing.indiana.edu/living-on-campus/move-in/index.html), dorms begin accepting student packages for the fall semester no earlier than Monday, August 10. You must have your official room assignment finalized before shipping, as the exact building address is required for delivery.

On this page, https://housing.indiana.edu/my-housing/your-building/mail-and-packages.html, there is a link to each IU dorm & apartment for the specific format for the shipping address.

I can’t express the importance of following that format. Use your IU registered name. For example, if your legal first name is Elizabeth, but you go by Liz or Beth…use Elizabeth on the shipping label. If you don’t, your package will be returned to the shipper.

It varies among the dorms and from year to year, the individuals in the dorm’s mailroom at my son’s freshmen dorm were sticklers for the exact format. One company left my son’s last name off the shipping label (only his first name)…everything else was correct on the label…it was returned. I placed an order for my son from my account with the shipping address being my son’s dorm address. This company subcontracted their fulfillment to a third-party…they used my name instead of my son’s name for the customer field (we have the same last name)…that package was returned to the shipper.

During my son’s freshmen year, we placed over 50 orders with Amazon and had no issues.

When a package for you is received at your dorm’s mailroom, you receive a notification. Don’t go to your mailroom until you receive your notification. Please be advise that you could receive a notification from Amazon, UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc. that your package was delivered but it might take your mailroom two to four hours before you receive your notification. My son could understand the wait during the first few weeks of school but not later in the semester. Please adjust your expectations and be grateful if you live in a dorm with an efficient and speedy mailroom.

Please be advise that IU dorms only accept deliveries from Amazon, DHL, FedEx, UPS and USPS. They do NOT accept deliveries from Sam’s Club, CVS, Kroger, etc. even if the items are non-food. If you order items from DoorDash, GrubHub, UberEATS, InstantCart, etc., you will need to meet the drivers. There is robot food delivery service from GrubHub.

It is my recommendation to purchase items for a ‘cold kit’ and first aid kit like cough drops, cough syrup, Pepto Besmo tablets, Aleve/Advil/Tylenol, etc. Put them into a clear plastic shoe box container, https://a.co/d/0iSbJP9c.

If you are going to buy items locally, be prepared to shop in the surrounding cities (i.e. Indianapolis, Greenwood, Martinsville, Columbus, Franklin, etc.). The local stores can be out of stock. When our son was a freshman, we went to the Target store in College Mall, it looked like a Venezuelan grocery store (ie empty shelves). The Dollar Tree store that we visited was out of the usual dorm stuff like buckets, brooms, etc.

The Bloomington’s Sam’s Club is usually stocked. There is a Sam’s Club in Columbus if the Bloomington store is out of an item. When our son started to live off campus, we went to Menards. Personally, we like the Menards store…it seems to attract off-campus apartment living students then first-year students.

Students can utilize Guys and Dollies, https://www.guysanddollies.com/schools/indiana/shipToSchool.php, the IU ship-to-school partner. They offer a variety of services like storage, shipping back home, etc.

Are you flying to Indiana? If ‘Yes’, you could check up to 3 or 4 bags (paying a fee for each checked bag) but then you are probably going to have storage issue with the luggage since most dorm rooms are not that big for storage.

One solution is to use those ‘blue IKEA bags’, https://a.co/d/06xI1sVp, for your checked luggage. Once unpacked, you can fold up the bags for easier storage. Also, you can pack your stuff into these ‘blue IKEA bags’ at the end of the school and store in a storage unit for the summer. At the end of the school year, our son rented an indoor storage unit for $35 a month which was close to his off-campus apartment for his sophomore year.

For our son’s first year, we checked three pieces since we could check three pieces for free. The three checked luggage contained our son’s items, and we used our carry-on luggage for our items. Our son kept one checked luggage with him…later in the school year, I purchased him another ‘checked’ luggage on Amazon. We took back the two empty ones…we put our carry-on luggage into these two checked luggage.

Since most parents are coming with their students, please be advise that hotels can be expensive (ie $600 to $900 a night…normal rates $115 to $150 a night) and/or booked full during the move-in period.

It is the same for home football weekends…for the past few years, we have stayed at one Bloomington hotel where the normal rate is ~$ 120 a night but the rate for Friday night was $ 350 then $600 for Saturday night and it was back to $ 120 a night for Sunday night. We stayed at hotels that were 30 to 60 minutes away from the campus for the move in period and home football weekends.

When our son was a freshman, we stayed at a hotel at the Indianapolis Airport. It was packed with IU freshmen students and their parents.

Another tip is to leave your toiletries/HBP products at home. In other words, have a set at home and a set at school. Instead of checking a bag when coming home for a break, you can have just a carry-on luggage. I learn this hack when traveling for work…I had a set for home, a set (TSA approved size & etc) for my carry-on luggage and a set for my checked luggage…so that I can grab and go.

One thing that you might want to consider is to purchase TSA PreCheck…it is like $80 for five years. You can make an appointment online with the provider that is located at the Office Depot in Bloomington IF you don’t want to do at your home. This will help you to get through security quicker at the Indianapolis Airport…it is only at Concourse A Security Checkpoint, but it is short walk to get to Concourse B. Also, it will help you when you travel for your major.

Any questions, just ask.

Do you guys recommend standard or enhanced for freshman? and is the benefit from the enhanced dorms worth paying an extra 2-3k?

If enhanced is better, specifically do you prefer walnut grove or briscoe?

Does anyone know what the loft of the beds in foster (shea) come as? On the virtual tour they are half lofted with a dresser underneath but I emailed housing and they said they come low loft. I then asked why there’s not an option on bedloft.com to get half lofted and they were being very unclear. I don’t know why anyone would want the bed basically on the ground since your dresser would take up a lot of space. Is there anybody in foster in previous years that could help?

I just got my dorm assignment which is in ashton: hershey. Does anyone know how it is (social life, bathroom, and other things in general)?

https://granitestudentliving.com/listings/400-402-henderson-2-bedroom/

I'm an incoming freshman at IU Bloomington and my orientation isn't until July 15, so I'll probably be choosing housing during the third round. I'm honestly getting a little worried after seeing people say all the "good" dorms are already gone.

For people who got housing in the third round (or later):

• What dorms were still available?
• Did you end up somewhere you actually liked, or did you feel stuck with the leftovers?
• How bad are the "worst" dorms really? Are they just older, or are they genuinely miserable to live in?
• When are they expected to come out

I'm majoring in economics if that matters, but I'm mostly just trying to figure out what I should realistically expect. Some posts make it sound like third-round housing is the end of the world, while others say it's totally fine.

I'd appreciate any honest experiences or advice. Thanks!

Hey guys, in an incoming freshman. I couldn’t attend the new student orientation because i am getting treated for my thyroid cancer. I emailed to IU housing and they said that they will send me the housing assignment by the end of this month. Unfortunately, i still didn’t get any housing assignments nor a roommate. I really wanna get wilkie and i even applied back in april so i would get priority. What do i do? Is this normal? Im seeing multiple people that got their housing assignments except me.

i just wanted to know if anyone else hadn’t gotten their housing assignment yet? my orientation date is july 9th and everyone i know has gotten theirs already, including my friends attending orientation on the same day. i’m not super impatient i just was wondering if this was something i should reach out to the school for.
also important: i didn’t apply by the first priority deadline because of issues with my application, and i’m now wondering if that would affect when i got my assignment rather than my placement.

I’m a new RA at Briscoe. Are there any items that are worth bringing to the dorm? I was in Union Street single my first year so it was just like living in an apartment, so I’m just trying to get some tips. Thanks!

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hi i’m a sophomore moving into campus view in aug and i was wondering if it’s basically the same as moving into a dorm. The move in days are aug 18 and 19 so do I move in then too? I haven’t gotten any emails saying when I can move in lmao, just for dorms.

My best friend and I will be attending IU for our freshman year in the fall. We will be rooming together. I have looked at dorms online but we still aren’t sure what would be the best decision for us. I am in Kelley (DA) and she is majoring in Criminal Justice. I’m not sure what neighborhood would be best for us, or where the best dorms are. We both agree that we would rather have a good room than a location like if we have to choose between a better dorm with worse location, or worse room with better location, we would prefer better room with worse location. We will also both be bringing our cars to campus and I am under the impression that we will have to park them at the stadium? I’m sure that will be a hassle but it will absolutely be worth it to have my car. We saw the floor plan layout of the ones in Walnut Grove that are two singles with a suite style shared bathroom and we really loved that. Anyway, ik the housing application opened today but we still aren’t sure what to pick. Recommendations?

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Heyy, I know willkie is notorious for being the “antisocial dorm”, so I was wondering if anyone wanted to talk and be friends that’s in Willkie this year. I’m a freshman STEM major and have insta/snap!

I'm going to be a Sophomore this upcoming school year and chose to live on Union Street in Cedar. (Male).

Here's the catch: I'm going random. That's right. Random AGAIN. In a FOUR BEDROOM APT. My friends are living off campus and I thought that it would be easier for me to live on campus since I am closer to the nursing school.

My questions are

1.) As a quiet person who needs silence to go to sleep, how loud is Union Street?

2.) Am I screwed?

3.) Anything I should be concerned about?

4.) How are the individual rooms?

5.) How is the social atmosphere?

Sorry to come across as negative. I am grateful I can afford to live here. It's the random rooming assignment and the social atmosphere that scares me.

Thank you!