Access to bus stops is really convenient. Most people in my hall had a really solid friend group with people that they had met in college by the end of the first semester. I think markley has some of the best social life on campus. The walls in Markley are some of the thickest walls on campus, i found that not a lot of sound would go through them as compared to alice, east, squad, mojo, or literally any others. (The AC unit sits in the window and prevents it from being open). But that comes at the cost of not being able to open your window. If you have asthma or eczema or something like that, you might be able to get an AC for your room. And there are some ways you can arrange your stuff to maximize the space. The rooms themselves are incredibly small, but you get used to it pretty quickly. You get a little spot to put your stuff and they are defently clean. Markley's bathrooms leave a bit to be desired, but they really aren't that bad. I was an RA in Markley after living in Alice the year prior.

It'll cycle bitter and sweet, and then you'll leave, and it'll all just become a dank, nostalgic memory. Chronic latenights cramming Japanese in the lobby. I stayed in Markley and, looking back, I was stoked to get the hell out come April/May, but also I have tons of great memories of the people there who became a big part of my life and freshmen experience. Markley's official slogan is 'Well, at least we're not stuck on north campus.' 'It sucks, but it sucks together,' so to say that as you focus on acclimating to school and building social community, Markley just becomes some admittedly-jank infrastructure that falls into the background most of the time. Overall, Markley is definitely a weird and bittersweet stockholm experience. And bud, I'm not just talking weekends here. I've seen some shit, figurative and literal. Granted, it might go under construction soon, and gyms probably aren't gonna be a thing this year. It's also nice to not have to figure out busses non-sober in an unfamiliar area late at night, if you catch my drift. You'll get to live on the hill, so you're walking distance from central and can probably avoid bussing, which can simplify your acclimation to campus as a freshmen and be a bonus in the covid19 era. That means no putting on pants to go your munch on in the winter, and the dining hall is actually pretty solid and typically has a make-custom-burger-or-pizza station which was kinda awesome, especially if you don't vibe with the rest of the menu on a night. This has the social upside of meeting potential, general downside of noisiness (sucks ass if you have a morning class), and covid19 policy could get weird on that factor You get the bittersweet aspect of living with a shitload of people. If you line up every building on a spectrum, ordered by room size, it'd be on the smaller half for sure. It's nice that there are music rooms available, and two have pianos, but they highkey do not do a great job at ensuring they're both well-maintained, or didn't my year.

That building is old as fuck (although they did repaint/update the lobby area, I guess) To be super blunt but relatively level-headed,

Markly hall interior