Everyone always says how great sophomore year is: you get a common room, you’re on Lower, which means you’re closer to all the parties and the Plex, and the best part? You get to live with all of your best friends.
But then there are the sophomores that live on CoRo, the ones that get the classic, “Oh, I feel so bad for you!” from the people they meet on campus and the pity-filled reactions when people find out they live and eat with all of the freshmen. There is no common room to decorate with flags and posters, no events are held in your room (you’re lucky if people will even come to visit), and you get to eat in the same dining hall as you did freshman year. If you’re lucky, you’ll even have a floor of freshmen living in your building (shout-out to Williams!). The walk from Lower is painful (great exercise though) and your dorm room is likely smaller than last years.
But, just as with anything, there is definitely a silver lining to CoRo. Your room isn’t constantly getting written up and you can blast your music essentially as loud as you want on the weekends without a fear of a knock on your door. The temptation of partying 24/7 on the weekend isn’t really there when you’re up on CoRo. You may feel secluded, as I definitely did when I moved in, but CoRo is actually very relaxing and homey, and a lot cleaner than Walsh (i.e. half eaten dinners and empty cans aren’t thrown around the stairwells). And of course, you can do fewer squats at the gym because of all those stairs.
CoRo honestly is not that bad. There. I said it! At the end of the day, we’re all in it together, and the walk down to Lower doesn’t seem quite as long when you’re with your friends!
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