College-in-the-Woods

Social life is a major factor in college, and it was the main reason that I chose College in the Woods. If you like to party, then this is the community for you. My choices for housing were in this order, which also happens to be the order for partying: College in the Woods, Newing, Mountainview, Hinman, Dickinson. Obviously any community could be a party center depending on the people, but since it is typically accepted that College in the Woods and Newing are the party hubs like minded people come to these communities and I will certainly say that it has met and exceeded my expectations. I won't go into any more detail on the matter because everyone's experience will be different, but I can guarantee you that it will not be what you expect.

There are various room configurations within CIW, unlike Newing, Dickinson, and Hinman there is both corridor and suite style dorms.
There are 6 person suites like I currently live in (these are the nicest) with a large common room and 3 doubles.

5 person suites which have a small common room, a double, and a triple (not very good).

Standard doubles with two roommates same gender for all doubles on a floor

Forced triples, this is what sucks is that sometimes admissions will mess up the amount of incoming freshman, etc. and every once in a while people get forced into a standard double room, but it will have three people living there unless somebody decides to move out. This happens in all communities, not just CIW.

College in the woods gets its' name from the woods that surround the community as (college in the woods) CIW is just outside of the nature preserve. As a result, we get the best view during the fall and the best places to go for jogs, etc. The downside is that we're slightly further from the rest of the college. It's not quite as bad as Mountainview but it is still a good 10-15 minutes to get to some classes such as those in the basement of Academic A. College-in-the-woods is located straight across from the old university union.

One thing you will learn very quickly when you get to any college is that you spend large amounts of money whether you plan to or not, especially on weekends. Random things will pop up that you need to buy and every once in a while you will have a strong urge to get some pizza and wings, which will drain your wallet quite quickly. I've been playing around with various ways to make money from my dorm (I don't want to work at the CIW dining hall) and I've found quite a few decent ways. To check them out go to Easyonlinemoneymaking.

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