{"id":25902,"date":"2020-07-16T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=25902"},"modified":"2020-07-16T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:52:36","slug":"youre-in-luck-either-way-new-college-has-good-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=25902","title":{"rendered":"you&#8217;re in luck either way, new college has good food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I&#8217;ve been accepted to New College, and I don&#8217;t know which residence (Willcocks 45, Wilson, or Wetmore) to choose. If you were in New or know from friends, could you give me some advice? Also- are LLC&#8217;s actually helpful\/worth applying for?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>congrats on your acceptance! unfortunately, i&#8217;m not in new or close with anyone who&#8217;s lived in a new college res. i do sorta know a few people who were in wilson, though, and had a very positive experience in terms of making friends!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/lPoxtQlcX30doRbHTN\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>sorry i can&#8217;t be more helpful. you can try reddit, if you haven&#8217;t already? reddit&#8217;s not always reliable, but for things like these (subjective experiences) it&#8217;s often the only place to get information.<\/p>\n<p>as for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcollege.utoronto.ca\/current-students\/residence-at-new-college\/new-and-future-residents\/residence-at-new-college\/our-buildings-floors-and-rooms\/living-learning-communities-at-new-college\/\">LLCs<\/a>: this is such a cliche answer, but like many similar programs, they&#8217;re really what you choose to make out of them. some people join them and then don&#8217;t engage, but if you put some effort and commitment in, you&#8217;ll get more out. LLCs are great because they set you up with relevant connections\u2014 it means you&#8217;re a lot less on your own than you might otherwise be. you&#8217;ll have access to mentorship and a support system, which i definitely think are important ways to help yourself stay grounded in the mess that first year can be (oh, if i knew what i know now&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>so if you&#8217;re interested in an LLC i would recommend giving it a try! my guess is that the programming will look a little different this year under COVID restraints, but i&#8217;m sure the teams behind new college&#8217;s LLCs are doing their best work right now to make sure you get the best experience possible.<\/p>\n<p>be Boundless,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I&#8217;ve been accepted to New College, and I don&#8217;t know which residence (Willcocks 45, Wilson, or Wetmore) to choose. If you were in New or know from friends, could you give me some advice? Also- are LLC&#8217;s actually helpful\/worth applying for? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, congrats on your acceptance! unfortunately, i&#8217;m not in new or close with anyone who&#8217;s lived in a new college res. i do sorta know a few people who were in wilson, though, and had a very positive experience in terms of making friends! sorry i can&#8217;t be more helpful. you can try reddit, if you haven&#8217;t already? reddit&#8217;s not always reliable, but for things like these (subjective experiences) it&#8217;s often the only place to get information. as for LLCs: this is such a cliche answer, but like many similar programs, they&#8217;re really what you choose to make out of them. some people join them and then don&#8217;t engage, but if you put some effort and commitment in, you&#8217;ll get more out. LLCs are great because they set you up with relevant connections\u2014 it means you&#8217;re a lot less on your own than you might otherwise be. you&#8217;ll have access to mentorship and a support system, which i definitely think are important ways to help yourself stay grounded in the mess that first year can be (oh, if i knew what i know now&#8230;). so if you&#8217;re interested in an LLC i would recommend giving it a try! my guess is that the programming will look a little different this year under COVID restraints, but i&#8217;m sure the teams behind new college&#8217;s LLCs are doing their best work right now to make sure you get the best experience possible. be Boundless, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new","category-residence"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}