<p>Hi, I'm beginning to consider my college options, and I have a few questions for students at St. Louis:</p>
<p>Are there co-ed dorms? By floor or by section? Co-ed bathrooms?</p>
<p>Is there air conditioning? How spacious are dorms? How prevalent is WiFi?</p>
<p>How is the food?</p>
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<li>Co-ed dorms: Yes, but no co-ed suites on the South40. </li>
<li>Floor or by section: Floor. Tho what do you mean by section?</li>
<li>Co-ed bathrooms: No. All bathrooms on the South40 are per gender.</li>
<li>Air conditioning: Yes. Some dorms have central AC. Others have per room AC. </li>
<li>Spaciousness: “Dorms like palaces” per The Princeton Review. However, don’t expect hotel style large rooms of course! From personal experience, there is room for the desk+dresser+bookshelf (included) as well as personal decorations and devices (I had a hot water cooker, steam cooker, and printer in my room). Most dorms have a common suite, and these are quite roomy. When I was in Rutledge (which sadly is gone and now replaced by brand-new modern dorms), our common room had enough space for a flat-screen TV (not included, my suitemate’s), two mini fridges, one circular dining table, two sofas, one coffee table, and a giant shelf. With more room to spare. We also had a very nice balcony (but I’m not sure if the new dorms have these)</li>
<li>WiFi is virtually everywhere on campus. </li>
<li>Food - Marvelous, delicious, huge variety! Fresh-baked pizzas, Asian food, sushi bar, pho bar, custom-made sandwiches and wraps, different soup every day of the week, carvery, vegetarian, kosher, grilled meats, Indian food, specialty pastas, fresh-baked bread, fullscale bakeries, ice coffee, chai, sweet potato fries, toasted ravioli-- the list could go on and on. One year The Princeton Review put WashU as #1 for Best Food. There are also many places to eat-- you can check out Bon Appetit on the WashU site. </li>
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<p>There is also housekeeping service in your suite certain days of the week. You still have to take out the trash yourself of course.</p>
<p>Hope this helped!</p>
<p>Which eateries are open during summer session?</p>
<p>Hi biology91,
I looked at the Bon Appetit website</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://diningservices.wustl.edu/]Washington”>http://diningservices.wustl.edu/]Washington</a> University in St. Louis - Dining Services / Bon App</p>
<p>I think I heard somewhere that the DUC would be the main (and/or only) real eatery on campus for the summer, since they’ll be doing the last phase of construction on the epic new Wohl dining area. (I’m going to be at WashU all summer doing an REU, so I’m looking out for this kind of info… 
)</p>
<p>I pretty much agree with zenith though. The food is really great, but you do have to consciously mix things up now and then to avoid getting tired of eating the same stuff. There’s lots of variety if you look for it though. IMO, the village’s chocolate-chip-chicken-waffles are the best thing ever invented. Now that i’ve thoroughly undermined your respect for my taste in “good food,” I guess i’ll just go on to say that the WiFi is good (you’ll have a solid connection in <em>most</em> classrooms, depending on what you study), and almost every floor is co-ed, with combinations of all-male and all-female suites scattered around the floor. Traditional dorms have per-gender bathrooms, whereas modern dorms have separate bathrooms for each (single-sex) suite. AND the bathrooms are cleaned weekly by housekeeping staff. It’s great. :)</p>
<p>One thing about having in-room air-conditioning, though, is that you have to keep an eye on your roomies for it to feel “air-conditioned…” …I’ve had times where i’d be working on homework in serious discomfort, only to discover that my suite-mates had decided to turn the thermostat up to 85º…</p>
<p>Ok, question here: what is the difference between traditional and modern dorm? </p>
<p>I think I’ve seen some answer before but couldn’t find it. Besides, that one didn’t give out enough information, so hope your guys can help.</p>
<p>Thx</p>
<p>@soundwave,</p>
<p>Man, the South40 has been going through a lot of renovations to modernize all the dorms so I’m not even sure if traditional dorms exist. Anyways, if they still exist, here would be the differences:</p>
<p>Traditional: the “older” dorms. Narrower hallways (people say this allows greater socializing). Some have balconies. Some have humongous common rooms (much larger than those in modern dorms). Some have personal air conditioning (per room as opposed to central suite). May not have a floor common room/living room. Cheaper than moderns. Some of the floor is bare (no carpeting). </p>
<p>Modern: more recently built. Wider hallways. Carpeting. Elevator (which is nice if you have to move stuff up to the top floor). Most have kitchens. May have smaller suite common rooms. Usually central AC. Most have a floor common room/living room that includes a flatscreen television. None have balconies. More expensive than the trads.</p>
<p>If you need to buy basic groceries where would you go?</p>
<p>avocado: which dorms do u prefer?</p>
<p>pixeljig- if you have enough meal points, from either bear mart of the village mart.</p>
<p>If you’re talking about off-campus, there’s a Schnuck’s within walking distance on clayton.</p>
<p>What Johnson181 said: Schnuck’s for basic groceries. 15-20 minute walk from campus down the sidewalk past Fontbonne. </p>
<p>Bear Mart and Village Mart are very convenient, but overpriced also. I only buy there cuz I’m too lazy/busy to go to Schnucks.</p>
<p>oh yea,
I’m going to “move” this thread into the WUSTL 2014 subforum by copy and pasting the posts. That way once this thread sinks into Page 2 or 3 on the main page, at least future freshmen can still access it in the WUSTL 2014.</p>