I know I'm responding to a 10 month old post, but this was great. On the dorm issue, I lived in Markley and wouldn't have it any other way. In fact, my two best friends from college, and still, moved from West Quad to Markley (one had a bad roommate situation). My sense of the Quads is that, because they are so close to everything and in the case of West and South to each other, that there's less of a sense community. Markley was a hike on some January/February days but for most of the year the walk wasn't bad, the parties and sense of community were great (I'm guessing parties in the dorms are more tightly regulated), the CCRB/Arb etc. were nearby, etc.
I know I'm responding to a 10 month old post, but this was great. On the dorm issue, I lived in Markley and wouldn't have it any other way. In fact, my two best friends from college, and still, moved from West Quad to Markley (one had a bad roommate situation). My sense of the Quads is that, because they are so close to everything and in the case of West and South to each other, that there's less of a sense community. Markley was a hike on some January/February days but for most of the year the walk wasn't bad, the parties and sense of community were great (I'm guessing parties in the dorms are more tightly regulated), the CCRB/Arb etc. were nearby, etc.