PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR LIVING CONFIGURATION, CLASS YEAR PERCENTAGES, LINEUP OF HOUSE EVENTS AND AVAILABLE FACILITIES WILL BE UNIQUE FOR THE 2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR.  We are updating this page as details become established.

Joining the Gregory community this year?  Below find some valuable info about your new home:

• This year Gregory will be an almost entirely first year community (220+ students).  You'll be surrounded by your peers.
• In most years, Gregory is a four-year community, with students ranging from freshmen to seniors, so you have the option to return to the House for your second year (and beyond).  For this year, we hope that our "returning" students, relocated to make room for first-years, will be able to serve as mentors throughout the year for our new students.
• Gregory averages more events per week than any other college house-- and we don't expect that to change this year, even if most are online.   Stay tuned for far more details on the rich assortment of events to help you get to know your classmates, Penn faculty, alumni and resources...and to have fun.
• We have two unique ongoing programs that bring Penn faculty, alumni and other notable guests into the House to meet with you: Dinner with Gregory and Diversity Discourse Across the Disciplines.
• Our freshmen live in four bedroom quads-- so each Gregorian has a private bedroom and shares a bathroom with no more than three students. Each bedroom comes with a twin extra-long bed, a desk, desk chair, two chest of drawers and a small bookshelf; each quad comes equipped with (1) microwave/refrigerator unit.  See more suggestions on what you'll need in your apartment at Gregory.  You can see the format of a regular quad here, including the randomly-determined bedroom assignments, but note that the A bedroom does not come with the couch pictured: 
• As you can see, you'll have three roommates! See our suggestions for conversations to have with your roommates over the summer and during New Student Orientation. 
• Gregory's dedicated staff for 2019-2020 includes the House Dean (Christopher Donovan), Faculty Director (Lisa Lewis, Professor of Nursing), two House Fellows (Bioethics Professor Lance Wahlert, Center for Teaching and Learning Associate Director Jamiella Brooks), 8 Graduate Associates and 4 undergraduate Resident Advisors.  Check out our staff page for bio/photos, though it will not be fully updated for Fall 2020 until late in the summer. Gregory has the best staff-to-student ratio in the college house system, so you will surely get to know some of the staff throughout the year.
• Gregory has two extremely active, prestigious program communities: Film Culture  and Modern Languages. The Modern Languages Program (MLP) has four set language houses-- Chinese, French, German and Spanish.  Keep in mind that any schedules listed on the webpages/syllabi are for last year--  schedules and plans for fall will be decided in late August.  Most activities will be online for the 2020-2021 year.
• First-year applicants for Film Culture are housed together on the fourth floor of Van Pelt, a predominantly freshman hall. First-year Modern Languages Program applicants are housed together on the top two floors of the Class of 1925 building; note that your roommates might be in any of the language houses, since it is during the biweekly (at least) events that you will be practicing in your target language.
• Our program community participants have the option of obtaining course credit in Cinema Studies, French, German or Spanish by participating in our residential programs!  No other College House offers that many academic options in residence. See the individual program pages for more information (but note that schedules and syllabi will be different for Fall 2020).  Don't worry about enrolling during summer pre-registration... attend the intro meetings the first week of classes and decide then.
• The House is named after Emily Lovira Gregory, the first woman faculty member at Penn. 
• Since Gregory is one of the smallest Houses at Penn, many students won't know that much about us (we kind of like it that way), and what they think they know is often way off base. In addition, many of the photos/videos out there are pre-renovation.  You can read all about our storied history, our coat of arms and our namesake, but the best way to get more information is to ask Gregorians-- if you have questions for current residents, staff, or even alumni, please let us know and we will easily put you in touch! And be sure to follow us on social media.

For more information about the various college houses and their signature programs, check out the College  Houses and Academic Services website.