r/UVA • u/kgibbs2008 • 1d ago

Housing/Dining IRC for First Years?

Hi, all!

I‘m a prospective first year (just submitted my ED application, fingers crossed!) and am wondering whether or not the IRC would be right for me. For context, I did an exchange year my junior year of high school and love learning new languages/about other cultures. I’m not a partier and am not planning on rushing (I’ve heard IRC/residential colleges overall is good for people not in Greek life because it provides a solid community, but of course I don’t know if this is true or not since I’m not at UVA rn). But, I am bit worried because I do want to make lots of new friends freshman year/get integrated in the class, and I don’t want this to be the reason I miss out on friends living in the regular dorms/not feel like a part of campus. Also, are the dorms themselves good quality? What are y‘all’s experiences with the IRC/what would you say for how it was as a first year?

Thanks!!

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u/JasonDetwiler 1d ago

My sister got stuck there and it was horrible

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u/kgibbs2008 1d ago

When was this? Why didn’t she like it?

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u/JasonDetwiler 1d ago

2001-2. She missed out on bonding with the majority of her peers in her first year class. I wouldn’t recommend it until later in your experience