Incoming Freshman: Questions about North Campus

by BumbleBee

I’m an accepted student into engineering (mechanical) and the honors college. I visited the campus and thought that it was depressing, interested to hear others thoughts.

On my visit it was a cloudy shitty day but I thought that everything was kind of gray and brown and old. There is no new construction and all the building just seem depressing. There is not much natural light and I felt that all the hallways and rooms were dark and the lights were dim. Just cinder block gray dark hallways and everything is connected so you never see any real light. Not many open fields or plants or trees. I was shown some labs that were small and dark with little windows.

My other option is Purdue which has newer building and big windows and overall I thought a more open and visually pleasing campus.

Just wondering what actual students think. Do you notice how the campus looks. Do you ever feel that it’s depressing? Are all the buildings the same and would my MechE courses be in similar dark dim rooms?

How’s the average weather is it normally overcast and dreary?

How is it to get from dorms (ellicott) to the academic buildings?

How are the dorms and are people social?

Are their parties and are people social would joining a sports club allow me to make friends easily?