<p> Assessment of Living Learning (ALL Survey) December 2010</p><p>COL Hall Response rate The ALL survey was administered over e-mail and the web using Prezza Checkbox. The survey was sent to all 6997 on-campus students. 1539 residents completed the survey (22%), a 20% increase in the response rate from the previous year. 66.5% of the respondents were first-year students. 33.5% were upper class students. 69% of the respondents were female. 31% were male. 86% of the respondents were white/Caucasian. 14% were American Indian/Native American, Black/African American, Asian American,/Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino/a, or other.</p><p>Invited Completed % All Campus 6997 1539 22.0 COL Hall 144 46 31.9</p><p>Questions about staff This information is useful to the department as a whole (implications for training and supervision) and for current staff members (implications on current perceptions and performance). Obviously, this data has implications for the staff as a group (unless there is only one academic adviser or head of hall in the building). It is not possible to break the RA data (or multiple adviser) data down to individuals. This data should be combined with the fall evaluations and other means of staff assessment to derive implications. </p><p>For the academic adviser questions, FY students were asked to respond regarding their in-hall academic adviser. Upper class students were asked to respond based on their academic adviser in their major department or division. </p><p>My Current Resident Assistant: Agree or Strongly Agree All % FY % UC % COL % ...available to me and has a presence in my community. 75.0 78.8 67.6 69.6 ...a good resource and can respond to my questions about Miami. 76.8 82.3 66.3 78.3 ...a good listener and helps when I have a problem. 71.8 76.7 63.0 76.1 ...a strong community builder in my community. 65.5 70.7 56.3 73.9 ...a good facilitator of educational opportunities in my community. 65.8 71.5 56.5 64.4 ...is effective at helping my community develop, revise and adhere to 68.8 76.3 60.6 77.8 community standards or community agreements.</p><p>My First Year Adviser/Assistant First Year Adviser (first year halls) or Resident Director (upper class halls) is: Strongly agree or agree All % FY % UC % COL % ...available to me and has a presence in my residence hall. 67.4 72.2 58.3 69.6 ...a good resource and can respond to my questions about Miami. 66.8 72.5 55.6 65.2 ...a good listener and helps when I have a problem. 58.3 64.0 49.8 63.0</p><p>Frequency of meaningful discussions with other students about…</p><p>Meaningful discussions about % all % all % all % all % all % all % COL race respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents December April 2006 December April 2008 December December December 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 not at all 33 34.2 30.8 27.0 33.1 34.3 26.1 very little 24 25.1 27.3 30.0 27.3 25.5 17.4 some 30 27.8 28.7 31.0 29.5 28.7 41.3 quite a lot 10 8.6 8.5 8.9 7.0 8.6 15.2 a great deal 4 3.9 4.8 3.1 3.0 2.5 0.0</p><p>Meaningful discussions about % all % all % all % all % all % all % COL gender respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents December April 2006 December April 2008 December December December 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 not at all 33 31.0 31.3 25.9 31.6 33.1 17.4 very little 23 24.6 26.5 28.9 25.5 23.5 28.3 Some 29 27.9 25.9 31.0 27.9 29.0 34.8 quite a lot 11 11.3 11.1 10.7 11.4 11.1 19.6 a great deal 5 5.3 5.2 3.6 3.7 3.3 0.0 Meaningful discussions about % all % all % all % all % all % all % COL sexual orientation respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents December April 2006 December April 2008 December December December 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 not at all 33 32.5 33.4 27.6 32.7 35.7 10.9 very little 23 25.1 26.2 31.2 30.1 26.7 13.0 Some 29 27.3 25.6 28.1 26.9 25.8 23.9 quite a lot 11 9.5 9.2 9.6 7.3 8.8 30.4 a great deal 5 5.6 5.6 3.6 3.0 3.0 21.7</p><p>Meaningful discussions about % all % all % all % all % all % all % COL politics respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents December April 2006 December April 2008 December December December 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 not at all 25 23.4 23.3 12.2 26.8 29.4 28.3 very little 20 21.3 20.2 13.4 25.4 26.4 21.7 Some 30 31.9 31.3 37.9 31.2 29.4 47.8 quite a lot 16 15.1 14.8 25.9 11.7 10.8 2.2 a great deal 8 8.3 10.5 10.6 4.9 4.0 0.0</p><p>Meaningful discussions about % all % all % all % all % all % all % COL class material respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents December April 2006 December April 2008 December December December 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 not at all 14 9.1 12.5 9.1 9.3 9.7 6.5 very little 8 6.4 7.1 6.5 8.8 6.7 6.5 Some 21 25.0 20.5 24.4 23.6 23.7 21.7 quite a lot 32 34.5 37.8 36.5 36.5 35.1 45.7 a great deal 24 25.0 22.2 23.6 21.9 25.9 19.6</p><p>Meaningful discussions about % all % all % all % all % all % all % COL career issues respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents December April 2006 December April 2008 December December December 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 not at all 19 15.1 17.1 10.9 13.1 12.7 10.9 very little 12 13.1 12.3 13.2 13.7 12.0 10.9 Some 27 31.5 27.3 33.9 33.3 32.1 23.9 quite a lot 28 27.5 28.2 30.3 28.1 28.9 39.1 a great deal 13 12.7 15.1 11.6 11.9 14.4 15.2</p><p>Meaningful discussions about % all % all % all % all % all % all % COL religion or spirituality respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents respondents December April 2006 December April 2008 December December December 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 not at all 25 20.0 25.1 20.7 23.1 24.2 15.2 very little 20 23.0 19.7 28.5 24.9 23.1 8.7 Some 29 31.9 26.4 31.7 32.7 31.3 45.7 quite a lot 17 16.6 16.0 13.1 12.5 15.1 21.7 a great deal 9 8.7 12.8 6.0 6.8 6.3 8.7</p><p>Community Standards/Agreements When someone in my corridor is violating a % All % All % All % All % COL policy (noise, trash, alcohol for example) to the respondents respondents respondents respondents Dec 2010 degree that it bothers me, the first thing I do is… April 2008* Dec 2008 Dec 2009 Dec 2010 …go directly to the resident to express my concern 28.0 30.0 27.4 29.3 34.8 …talk with other residents on the corridor 25.0 24.0 24.9 26.8 28.3 …do nothing 29.0 27.0 27.6 25.2 15.2 …talk to my RA or adviser 12.0 13.0 14.7 14.1 15.2 …other 7.0 6.0 5.1 4.7 6.5 *prior to implementation of Community Standards/Agreements</p><p>Percentage who strongly agree or agree: All All All % All COL Dec respondents respondents respondents respondents 2010 April 2008* December December Dec 2010 2008 2009 I play a role in setting policies and standards on my 28.5 53.8 51.1 51.7 56.5 corridor and in my hall. I play a role in holding other residents of my 32.2 43.4 42.8 46.2 47.8 corridor and hall accountable to the policies and standards. I have a say in setting the living conditions in my 65.7 81.6 80.5 78.4 73.3 room with my roommate(s). My roommate(s) and I completed and revised our --- 77.4 80.9 77.6 76.7 Roommate Agreement Form. The roommate agreement process at the beginning 38.2 57.1 60.0 58.8 45.5 of the year was effective. *prior to implementation of Community Standards/Agreements</p><p>My academic adviser… Percentage who answered “strongly agree” or “agree” All % FY % UC % COL % My academic adviser was available to schedule to meet with me about 67.2 69.5 62.9 47.8 academic matters. My academic adviser asked me questions about my academic goals and 64.7 70.7 52.9 60.9 major. My academic adviser helped me understand resources for academic 66.2 71.3 56.3 73.9 decision making (DARS, Bulletin, Miami Plan, other administrative offices or advisers on campus, etc.) My academic adviser effectively answered my questions about academic 64.3 66.4 60.2 50.0 matters. My academic adviser took a personal interest in my academic success. 56.3 61.2 50.6 45.5</p><p>Community Council</p><p>The role of community council is… All All % All COL 2010 (students were able to check more than one response – percentage Dec 2008 Dec 2009 respondents % of the respondents who checked that item are shown) % % Dec 2010 …to plan and implement social events 76.0 77.0 77.4 84.8 …to plan and implement educational events 50.0 48.5 50.1 65.2 …to represent student opinions and voices in our community 68.0 66.1 65.0 71.7 …to help set and help residents adhere to policies and standards in the 43.0 43.9 45.9 65.2 community …to provide leadership opportunities for residents in the community 59.0 57.4 60.7 69.6 …I didn’t even know we had a community council 15.0 13.2 15.4 4.4 …other 5.0 4.6 3.3 6.5 Programming</p><p>How important are the following types of programs and events to students:</p><p>Percentage who answered “high” importance All Dec All Dec All Dec FY 2010 UC 2010 COL 2010 % 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % % % …recreational 37.6 36.7 36.1 38.4 30.4 30.4 …social 50.4 48.0 48.2 52.5 38.2 50.0 …educational 37.8 40.7 41.1 43.3 35.5 45.7 …diversity related 16.1 13.5 15.9 14.7 17.8 28.3</p><p>I am satisfied with the quantity and quality of the following types of programs and events in my residence hall:</p><p>Percentage who strongly All Dec All Apr All Dec All Dec All Dec FY Dec UC Dec COL Dec agree or agree 2006 % 2008 % 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % …recreational 49.4 42.5 53.6 55.7 57.0 59.0 51.2 54.3 …social 62.7 52.2 59.4 60.2 62.0 64.9 54.3 73.3 …educational 47.4 37.9 52.5 52.5 54.0 56.4 47.5 56.5 …diversity related 33.1 30.7 37.0 35.4 38.5 40.3 33.7 51.1</p><p>Percentage who answered “high” importance All Dec COL Dec 2010 % 2010 % I hang out with students in my community on the weekends. 48.9 39.1 I know almost everybody who lives in my corridor. 39.3 41.3 If I am studying and someone is being loud, I feel comfortable 44.4 52.2 asking him/her to be quiet. Other students on my corridor care about my well-being. 44.3 47.8 I feel comfortable “being myself” around other people on my 64.4 71.7 corridor. I am able to study and sleep where I live. 74.6 71.7</p><p>Percentage of those who responded Strongly Agree or Agree: All April All Dec All Dec All Dec COL Dec 2008 % 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2010 % I hang out with students in my community on the weekends. --- 65.4 63.5 66.4 73.9 I know almost everybody who lives in my corridor. 49.2 53.1 49.1 52.2 64.4 If I am studying and someone is being loud, I feel comfortable 45.9 51.5 49.0 51.9 67.4 asking him/her to be quiet. Other students on my corridor care about my well-being. 54.8 56.4 53.1 57.1 80.4 I feel comfortable “being myself” around other people on my 73.8 70.0 71.9 75.0 89.1 corridor. I am able to study and sleep where I live. --- 70.3 (16 71.0 (16 72.5 (14.7 76.1 neutral) neutral) neutral)</p><p>One-on-one conversations with RA</p><p>Did you have a one on one conversation All Dec All Dec All Dec FY Dec UC Dec COL Dec with your RA? 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % Yes 78.8 65.2 68.2 73.5 57.6 73.9 No 21.2 34.8 31.8 26.5 42.4 26.1</p><p>Of those who DID have a one-on-one discussion with an All Dec All Dec All Dec FY UC COL 2010 RA: My one-on-one meeting with my RA was… 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % % (percentage who responded Strongly Agree or Agree) …a good opportunity for my RA to get to know me 84.1 83.6 83.9 84.4 82.7 79.4 …a good opportunity for me to get to know my RA 81.4 83.6 83.8 84.6 82.0 82.4 …a good use of my time 61.1 71.3 72.0 73.2 70.5 76.5 …a time when my RA asked me interesting questions about 72.5 73.0 73.6 76.4 66.8 82.4 my experiences at Miami …helpful to me 58.3% 69.7 70.6 74.1 62.5 73.5</p><p>Of those who DID NOT have a one-on-one discussion All Dec All Dec All Dec FY Dec UC Dec COL Dec with an RA: Why didn’t you have a one-on-one 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % meeting with your RA? I did not want to meet with my RA. 17.0 13.7 12.5 15.4 8.8 8.3 We tried but could not get a meeting scheduled. 26.0 16.2 11.8 14.2 8.8 25.0 My RA did not attempt to meet with me. 28.0 48.5 59.3 55.4 64.2 58.3 Other 29.0 21.6 16.4 15.0 18.1 8.3 Other proficiencies from the Residential Curriculum</p><p>As a result of living in my community I… All Dec All Dec All Dec FY UC COL (percentage who responded “Strongly Agree” or “Agree”) 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % 2010 % …have a better understanding of how my actions and decisions 53.8 51.7 54.7 60.0 43.9 63.0 affect the community. …have developed a sense of responsibility for my community 62.0 57.7 60.3 66.0 49.1 69.6 and Miami. ...actively engage with people different from me in the 61.4 58.2 61.1 68.3 47.0 76.1 community. …have had an opportunity to resolve an interpersonal conflict, 53.9 50.5 53.4 57.8 45.6 60.9 solve some problem or resolve an issue. …have engaged in service activities in the Oxford or 44.6 39.8 43.3 46.3 38.3 63.0 surrounding communities. …have identified academic planning components (e.g. DARS, 66.2 60.1 63.2 70.3 49.9 73.9 Miami Plan, other adviser and resources on campus) and how to use them. …understand and uphold standards of academic integrity. 70.8 67.9 68.7 74.8 57.8 82.6 …have developed meaningful connections with faculty both 55.0 50.5 54.7 58.8 47.6 63.0 inside and outside the classroom. …have explored post-graduation experiences and opportunities. 42.3 40.1 43.2 45.5 39.8 41.3 …have made more socially responsible and safe decisions. 61.8 59.9 62.2 66.1 55.7 71.7 …have explored my personal values and social identity. 67.2 63.1 64.9 68.8 58.6 76.1 …have identified my own strengths and areas for improvement. 69.6 64.2 66.9 71.7 58.9 80.4 …have engaged in positive interactions with people of 65.3 62.3 62.1 67.1 53.0 78.3 backgrounds different than my own. …have participated in various cultural events and activities. 44.7 43.0 45.9 49.7 39.0 64.4 …have explored other cultures. 44.8 41.1 45.5 48.7 40.7 56.5 …have contributed to creating a climate within my community 66.9 61.4 62.8 68.7 55.5 72.7 where everyone feels welcome.</p><p>Written Comments</p><p>“Other” responses for policy violations, community council and one-on-one</p><p>Hall FY/UC Sex The role of community council is..._other Why didn't you have a one-on-one meeting with your RA? First Collins Year Female I don't hear much about it First Collins Year Female plan fundraisers First Collins Year Female i did not have time to First I don't pay attention to what the Collins Year Male community council here does </p><p>Diversity and inclusion questions</p><p>Hall FY/UC Sex Racial or ethnic How would you describe the To what extent, if ever, have identification climate in your community as you ever felt discriminated it relates to diversity and against in your community as a inclusion? result of who you are? If ever, please briefly describe one example. Relatively inclusive yet not Collins First Year Male White/Caucasian very diverse. Not to my knowledge. Collins First Year Male White/Caucasian Idk Not really I love my community. We are all different, but there is little judgment. Everyone are friends, and we have a great time together. I feel like we Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian definitely include everyone. Never. My roommate doesn't respect me, my fellow resident hall members are rude, and I I am never there so I don't always feel left out. I hate Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian know. Collins. everyone accepts everyone, Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian great community never We are all crazy, loud, silly, and extremely accepting group of people. No one is left out because of what they look like, race, or sexual orientation. We as a group are just happy to make some I have never once felt Upper Hispanic or new friends, no matter who it discriminated against in my Collins Class Female Latina/o is. community. My corridor all got together and exchanged gifts for the holiday season together. This shows how well we all get along. We can be completely Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian ourselves and it is wonderful! I feel comfortable as a gay It's always just one resident male in my dorm, and also being rude or not thinking and think that it's pretty inclusive saying offensive things in my to those of other races, presence, but they always Upper genders, sexual orientations, catch themselves and correct Collins Class Male White/Caucasian and religions. themselves. Clearly Miami isn't a really diverse school but I found it interesting that two black theatre majors got roomed together and another black theatre major was down the hall. I love the friends I've made in my little section of the corridor. I feel like the rest of Collins isn't really big on inclusion but then again I don't think me and my friends tried to include Black or African ourselves for the major I don't feel discriminated Collins First Year Female American Collins events either. against. Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian Our community is very open I cannot recall a time when I and welcoming. There is a have ever felt discriminated good sense of inclusion, and there is quite a bit of diversity. Everyone seems to get along and enjoy themselves. against as a result of who I am. Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian haven't had any problems. none. We are all open doors and willing to help and grow from one another. Not really any huge conflicts have come about in my corridor so far, Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian which is nice. Never. I think the climate in my community is neutral. There is no dicrinination but that is Black or African because there is not much to Collins First Year Female American discrinminate against. collins does an excellent job with this. the leaders in this dorm make a huge effort to create a community of inclusion and acceptance and Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian they were successful Collins is widely accepting of everyone, as so many walks of life call this dorm home. Collins First Year Male White/Caucasian This is a great place Never Collins First Year Male White/Caucasian Its fine. no. I honestly wasn't home a lot during the week because of Asian, Asian classes and extracurricular American or activities, so I don't really Collins First Year Female Pacific Islander know. Well there is this girl who is a drunk on our floor and decided We include everyone..its to talk badly about me all the Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian what we do! time! Collins First Year Male White/Caucasian Collins is all inclusive. ... I feel very included. Noise after quiet hours is very distracting some nights when Never felt discriminated. Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian sleeping. Always feel included Collins First Year Male White/Caucasian Great None The only way I have been discriminated against was with Inclusion and diversity is someone I was involved with large in Collins hall. However, who wouldn't date me because if people don't put of my religion. It was upsetting themselves out there, people because it's 2010, and I aren't always willing to seek thought that most people were Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian those people out. accepting of other religions. i would say we are a Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian relatively diverse group no I think our dorm in the more inclusive dorm on campus because being Celebrate the arts, we get so many different people , with so many different backgrounds, and they all have something I have never felt discriminated Collins First Year Female White/Caucasian unique to share or celebrate. against. We're all very inclusive and Collins First Year Male White/Caucasian get along very well. I, personally, haven't felt discriminated, but I know others that live in my community who don't feel as if they belong because as a result of incidents that happen, they're the first to get the blame. And because some people don't understand certain backgrounds, they tend to become offended by minorities when what was said wasn't even meant to offend. Collins is a really nice dorm When people don't choose to when it comes to the social learn about others aspect and everyone gets backgrounds, people tend to along quite nicely but clique up with those who they diversity doesn't very much are closely related to, creating Black or African intertwine with the social social cliques of the same race, Collins First Year Female American aspect. gender, belief, etc.</p><p>Academic advising</p><p>Hall FY/UC Sex One way I would improve academic advising at Miami would be… Collins First Year Female Have more than one in each building. Collins First Year Female they actually are able to answer questions... Don't automatically meantion changing major if struggling in a few hard Collins First Year Female courses, such as sciences. Upper make them more accessible, and have them come to you. If I got emails Collins Class Male from an advisor about making meetings, I'd be more inclined to. I would like it if my first year adviser actually tried to get to know me. I felt like he was never there and we couldn't find a time to meet for that one meeting and that was all I saw of him. Being a first year adviser, he should've been more influential/present in our lives and advising and Collins First Year Female everything. To just have the advisors actually be available to us for most of the hours Collins First Year Female in a day. TO make sure that the advisors are willing to listen to other issues and problems, other than things based around classes and school. They aren't a therapist, but if I have concerns or something, they should be an open Collins First Year Female door and right now, some aren't. Collins First Year Male More advisers, so the current ones are not spread so thin. Collins First Year Female Well Phil not only made me cry but he was not ingaged in our meeting at all, and when was upset he showed no concern and was very rude... And it was just me he was rude with and made CRY at least 4 more of my friends were treated in the same manner! Be specific. Let's try to avoid confusion. It's not conducive to getting things Collins First Year Male done. I would have the advisors become more knowledgable about all majors Collins First Year Female (even just a general idea). have them be more available. My Ra advisor is almost always gone which Collins First Year Female makes it hard to ask questions and get things done. Don't assign a first year student an advisor who is taking off spring Collins First Year Female semester.</p><p>Living learning community questions</p><p>Hall FY/UC Sex Current living The thing I appreciate most One thing that could be done to learning about my living learning make my living learning community community is... community better is... Celebrate the People were comfortably Collins First Year Male Arts awkward for me. I wouldn't know. The attempt by Miami to create a living space for Celebrate the people with interest in the Collins First Year Male Arts arts can live. More aware of oppurtunities in Celebrate the visual performing arts... aware Collins First Year Male Arts of concerts plays etc... how caring and accepting everyone is. Also that music More social events. I barely Celebrate the plays such a big role in know anyone outside of my Collins First Year Female Arts everyone's lives! floor! Celebrate the Collins First Year Female Arts Noting. The people. how small it is, everyone gets Celebrate the to know each other and hang different way of selecting Collins First Year Female Arts out roommates then random That most of us are very involved and interested in the living learning community. It is spectacular how enthusiastic most Is more focus on diverse arts, Upper Celebrate the people here are about the not just the performing arts Collins Class Female Arts arts. such as music and theater. how the entire building Celebrate the knows each other and gets Collins First Year Female Arts along include third floor! Celebrate the all the people and Collins First Year Male Arts acceptance! Celebrate the Collins First Year Female Arts That everyone is very friendly the openness of the people i live with and being able to Celebrate the laugh and have fun with more communication and Collins First Year Female Arts them. events for the whole hall provide more than one practice space for students, a soundproof practice room would be fantastic. Also, if this soundproofed room had a drum kit in it, it would be more the sense of community. I inclusive to students, rather feel just as much, if not more, than assuming that all Upper Celebrate the at home here than I do in my musically inclined students Collins Class Male Arts actual home. play piano. Celebrate the More involvement from my RA Collins First Year Female Arts the friends I've made and first year adviser that everyone here shares common interests and gets along with each other. I love being able to hear music and see art everywhere I go, and I love all of the events that Collins Hall puts on to keep Celebrate the us entertained and Collins First Year Female Arts connected. Celebrate the the diversity and fun, make quiet hours more Collins First Year Female Arts outgoing people I have met. effective during the week. There so many opportunities Celebrate the for the people in this hall to Collins First Year Female Arts get together and have fun. Celebrate the Collins First Year Female Arts nice people quite That everyone is so Celebrate the passionate about some type Collins First Year Female Arts of art the open arms everyone has be a bit more sociable and Celebrate the and the acceptance we all branch out to meet even more Collins First Year Female Arts have for one another. people. Celebrate the Is that there is never a dull I don't think that it can Collins First Year Female Arts moment. improve. the creation of a real community - i know the the only thing that i don't like Celebrate the majority of students in my is that it is very one sided- Collins First Year Female Arts dorm almost too arts concentrated Celebrate the Collins First Year Male Arts How nice everyone is!!! Air Conditioning Get rid of 24hr quiet hours or at least let people be loud in Celebrate the The environment and the the basement because Collins First Year Male Arts people. seriously it's a joke. that it's such a small Celebrate the community where you Collins First Year Female Arts recognize almost everyone. Celebrate the Collins First Year Female Arts We all get along. Well most of us do. Collins First Year Male Celebrate the ... It's celebrate the arts... Not giving musically inclined Arts C'mon now. people... quiet hours. It's detrimental to our health. Celebrate the how talented and unique to do more activities Collins First Year Female Arts everyone is. surrounding Celebrate the Arts Celebrate the People around me share my Collins First Year Female Arts interests More strict on quiet hours Celebrate the the music everywhere. I feel Bring us closer to the music Collins First Year Male Arts like I'm at home. buildings! Celebrate the Collins First Year Male Arts THe fun Nothing Everyone is really open to I wish that we had more space. each other, and I'm never I know that you can't make bored. Everyone is really more space because of our Celebrate the talented and willing to help dorm, but we're all really Collins First Year Female Arts others and socialize. active. i live right by the main lobby and stairwell, and people are really loud pretty much all the time. i would appreciate less screaming and singing. and i would also appreciate people Celebrate the being around people who not practicing their Collins First Year Female Arts appreciate music and art instruments at 11:30 at night that we have a lot of activities and opportunities we could go on more outings Celebrate the to meet other people in our to arts places like we did in the Collins First Year Female Arts dorm. beginning of the year. My RA has been anything but helpful to me and I have had a very horrible experience with her. I would never recommend her for next year and I don't Celebrate the feel like she has the time to be Collins First Year Female Arts Everyone is very friendly. in this position. Celebrate the The people living with me more enforcement on quiet Collins First Year Female Arts were amazing hours and areas for studying The types of people in my hall is something i really appreciate about my LLC. I really treasure all of the friends I have made this year it is it because we all have a Celebrate the lot in common and are all Collins First Year Female Arts very creative people. Celebrate the Collins First Year Male Arts location more diversity We're all very close. Celebrate the Everyone respects everyone Collins First Year Male Arts else. the openness of most of the Celebrate the residents and the artsy more meetings with the first Collins First Year Female Arts feeling everyone gives. year adviser.</p><p>General questions</p><p>Hall FY/UC Sex The most significant learning experience I One suggestion I have for improving had in my residential community this the residence halls or apartments at semester so far has been... (program, Miami is... conversation with an RA, adviser or other resident, class, event, situation, etc.) Living with someone else. Although we are having a lot of issues, I've learned how to adapt to someone else, and how to stand Collins First Year Female up for myself. I don't have any. more information available people to Collins First Year Female conversation with friends. go to with questions Upper Collins Class Female Being a part of community council. I was working on christmas presents, and finding it hard to figure out what I was going to do. My friend, an art major, was Swipe access to the actual door to cutting out some design with an exacto your room. Also, Collins and some knife, and it inspired me to paint with other older halls are in much need of some hand-made stencils. So I had her a renovated heating method, as my Upper help me, and we both sat down and radiator has been busted several Collins Class Male designed some stencils and cut them out. times. Having time alone has really made me again, more involvement from the Collins First Year Female understand what is really important to me. first year advisers and RA's various conversations with people of different backgrounds, religions, sexual Collins First Year Female orientations, etc. Collins First Year Female day to day with the people in collins. just meeting new people and taking a step back to evaluate myself and the person I Collins First Year Female want to be in to hav eeven more events. Collins First Year Female there has not been any moments like that. I have no suggestions Collins First Year Male The meeting with my Adviser Air Conditioning Collins First Year Female We exchanged gifts...we all got to bond! Peolpe should be more respectful! Add water to easy mac before microwaving... This prevents a fire alarm. However, if you so choose to forget to add water and the fire alarm goes off... everyone learns who you are, so running Collins First Year Male for president becomes that much easier. Collins First Year Female class Stricter rules for quiet hours Collins First Year Male Event NOthing I think that one of the best conversations that has been beneficial to me was with an Collins First Year Female RA. learning how to cope with my depression Collins First Year Female while living away from my family. none When we went to see Idina Menzel I really got to know a lot of interesting and fun to have more activities outside of Collins First Year Female people in my hall. Miami to do as a hall. Collins First Year Female The best program I find to be the best experience in my Res Hall is coffee house. People come and showcase their talents. It is really cool to see how gifted people are and how comfortable they are sharing it with the people in our hall. Collins First Year Male more diversity working out a conflict between me and my Collins First Year Female roommate. </p>