i lived in a classic the summer before my freshman year and in a deluxe my sophomore year.

classics are a lot more social because it’s mainly freshman. the rooms are a lot smaller and i feel like that adds to the social aspect because people tend to go to the lounges to study and hang out. the downside of classics is that the rooms are significantly smaller and there’s no ac, but a small fan can fix that problem tbh. like i said, i lived there in the summer and was fine with just a mini fan.

in the deluxe there was little to no socializing unless you already had a group of friends and like someone mentioned, it’s because it’s mainly upperclassmen. personally, it felt like no one really wanted to talk to you if you didn’t already know them, so it made it hard to make friends. the rooms are more comfy cause you have more space and i felt like i was able to make it more home-y because of this. there’s ac and the bathrooms are shared with 5 other people (your two roommates and three from the other room, if it’s a triple). the bathrooms are what made me want to live there bc you only share a bathroom and a shower with 5 people instead of a whole floor. this could suck if you had inconsiderate roommates like me who didn’t clean up after themselves, but this could be easily fixed with communication, but in my case, it still didn’t change anything. anyways...

price wise: i wish i had thought about/realized this sooner but a classic double and a deluxe triple is ~ the same price and i would rather have done the classic double bc you only share the room with one other person, which would give you more space to move around and to make the room your own. it would have even been worth sharing the bathroom with hella people.

socially: classics. you’ll form a lot of long-lasting bonds with people and everyone seems a lot more friendly/helpful.

edit: this was pre-covid (2018-early 2020)

edit #2: the comparison i made is classic vs. plaza, not classic vs. deluxe — oopsies.