Honors Residential Communities

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0:05 Hi My name is Jackson my major is going to be public policy analysis and economic consulting 00:09 My name is Eli Schantz I am from Westfield Indiana I'm majoring in and microbiology and 00:14 philosophy and minoring in psychology I'm Makenzie Johnson and I'm a freshman in human 00:20 bio. I'm Chris Klein I'm a freshman studying in 00:23 both media and econ I think that overall the community has a very similar basis for what 00:29 we want out of the college experience I think that there's a lot of the academic drive we're 00:34 here together and so because of that motivation being the same we can still enjoy each other's 00:38 presence have a great time together it's just not studying and homework and the typical 00:45 nerdy stereotype which I think is huge to know the honors residential community is a 00:52 supportive and meaningful family-esc community and you're able to build a community into 00:57 IU which is a lot of people this is something a lot of people worry about as they're trying 01:01 to figure out how there going to make a family here if you have a question about a class 01:06 nearly everyone on this floor and the others on honors floor are all taking the same section 01:11 of organic chemistry right so it's a team kind of as we're all trying to support each 01:17 other in our education and I mean even socially as well but also the community in the family 01:21 the honors floors are specifically built to have a community within them there's specific 01:27 programming on each floor to allow for such things and allow you to meet new people and 01:32 form relationships interact with people who are different than you and that's truly the 01:37 sole mission of the honors residential communities I love the community so much it just really 01:43 built my Foundation here at IU as a whole just having that nice friend group. 01:49 especially from coming yeah also like I'm from Massachusetts. 01:52 So like I knew no one and it was so nice and helpful to just have this community that was 01:59 welcoming open arms to me when I came from halfway across the country I also love the 02:04 fact that as you said earlier that we have all kind have the same academic goals. 02:10 But those goals bring us together like we're not competitive with each other we like most 02:15 of my friends have been made honestly asking for help you basically have floor of tutors 02:21 because there all super smart kids I might not know how to do this finite problem but 02:24 you do do and they just like they help you out they're 02:27 also nice and just welcoming and yes like the little things the movie nights are huge 02:31 also like the ice cream parties the floor ice cream parties are great because just once 02:37 a month for birthdays is but just be like hey everyone come to the lounge and celebrate 02:42 like everyone's birthday this month and people are just like free ice cream I love that I've 02:48 built great friendships with my floor I can go over and just knock on their door and hang 02:52 out and play some video games go to different events at IU that with other students and 02:57 have built great friendships that way and in an HRC see you get to see all of the different 03:02 majors across all of IU it's hugely diverse section that you get to see I know people 03:08 that are majoring in everything from informatics to all these different majors in arts and 03:13 sciences global studies which allows me to develop as a person because I get to hear 03:18 their perspectives in the world the coming back from like a long day of classes all your 03:21 close friends are right don the hall You always just feel included and I think 03:26 that's the best part.