Dorm Life

I grew up with my own bedroom with my own double bed with my own bathroom, so you can imagine that I was a little worried about coming to college and sharing a room with another person, and a bathroom with about fifteen other girls. After all the horror stories I’d heard about dorm life, I came to Carolina and found absolutely none of them to be true.

As a freshman, I was lucky enough to be placed in Ruffin Dorm, which is on North Campus, and the closest dorm to classes, libraries, dining halls, Franklin Street, everything. Contrary to popular belief, freshmen can get on North Campus. I really love North Campus. It’s really nice being able to leave my room at 7:58 and still be seated in class before my professor starts the day’s lecture. Also, if you’re out late at night, whether it be studying in the library, attending a meeting in the Student Union, or going out on Franklin Street, being close to everything is very convenient.

Dorms provide the easiest way to meet people. You see the same people walking up and down the halls day in and day out, brush your teeth beside them, and when you actually cook, lots of heads will pop in the kitchen door to see what smells so good. Each dorm has Resident Assistants who will put together programs for their individual halls, individual dorms, entire dorm communities, and some that are open to the entire campus. One of the most recent programs on my hall was called “Dinner and a Movie,” where we got together and cooked enough dinner for the entire floor, then watched a movie. The first night we watched The Godfather and had Spinach-Artichoke Lasagna, so it was an Italian themed night. We all had fun cooking, eating, and talking about very random things together!

The dorms can be lots of fun, and there’s always something happening in somebody’s room