Anyone familiar with Bissell in the Choates?

<p>D got assigned to a single in Bissell. Does anyone know if these rooms have real closets or is there a wardrobe? Any other info or tips? Thanks!</p>

<p>You've probably already looked here, but...: <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eorl/housing/communities/choates-north.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~orl/housing/communities/choates-north.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Other than that, I don't know :( Sorry!</p>

<p>All I know is that Choates are all freshman housing. they were recently redone, and they are suppose to be pretty centrally located. Maybe Cangel will pop in as her D lived in the choates last year. </p>

<p>My D lived in EW freshman year and the treehouses sophmore year, and they did have real closets. The Dorm room funiture is pretty standard, bed, night table and desk. You cannot loft the beds you can move the bed springs up to raise the bed in order to place stuff under the bed.</p>

<p>Ah, the Choates are generally known as the ugliest dorms on campus, and probably with good reason - at least on the outside, they're none too attractive. And they aren't central, either... aside from the River, they're probably the furthest from central campus.</p>

<p>If the singles there are like the singles in the River Cluster where I was last year, you'll have a wardrobe - closets are pretty much exclusively in the older dorms (Mass, Hitchcock, Gile, et cetera). </p>

<p>You are lucky to be doing the all-freshman thing, though. That really is the best first-year experience - you should really enjoy.</p>

<p>Hi! She will like the Choates!
Rooms are VERY small, if you went to college in the 70s like I did, you will be amazed. Although the singles are a little larger, relatively, than the doubles.
Bissell was renovated last summer with D's dorm, Cohen. A single in Bissell will have a wardrobe, a chest of drawers (4 drawers), desk and chair, hanging bookshelf over the desk and bed. The bed can be raised to approximately 3-3 1/2 feet off the ground, above waist height, which greatly increases the storage space. D was in a double, and there was virtually no way to rearrange the furniture, in a single you might be able to move the bed around a little, but if the heater is under the window, that will limit moving the bed.</p>

<p>We were able to fit D's frig under the bed, as well as 2 stackable wire mesh cubes and 2 small open bins. A large zipped plastic dust bag went behind these storage items. She kept out of season bed linens in the zip bag. She also had room to stuff her ice skates, ski helmet, ski jacket and boots in the extra under the bed space. The doubles don't have chests, so we bought a set of plastic drawers from WallyWorld to go into the wardrobe.</p>

<p>Thanks so much for the helpful info. She's happy about the Choates!</p>

<p>1ofeach - I was just going to post a question about closets vs. wardrobes, and saw that you beat me to it. :cool: (Makes a difference if you can't just toss in a ton of extra stuff and close the door.)</p>

<p>cangel -- thanks for all of the details. I <em>knew</em> this thread would have answers to most of my questions. FYI, my S just got his ORL letter -- he's in a single in Little, one of the rare corner singles in the Choates, larger than his bedroom at home, so he's pretty happy.</p>

<p>I think my daughter's room will be small, but no dimensions are given on the Bissell floor plans. But that's OK.. It looks like her hallway is mostly singles so she should have the best of both worlds. Floor mates for friends but a bit of privacy too. Even though people on here say the Choates are ugly, she's choosing to focus on only the good comments :)</p>

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<p>Hmm. I could be wrong, but the dorms in the Choates cluster seem to be more-or-less identical in their room configuration -- I suspect if you checked the corresponding room on the floor plan for either Brown or Little (which do have dimensions), you could get some idea of how large your D's room is.</p>

<p>Good idea! We'll take a look at those plans. Thanks.</p>

<p>What is with the boxes some rooms have in the plans?</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eorl/images/floor-plans-03/cohen-1.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~orl/images/floor-plans-03/cohen-1.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>For example, look at 103e and 103a, which each have a box structure in there room...anyone? 103e has a sink maybe...can't tell about 103a...but would a room really have a sink?</p>

<p>anyone?..........</p>

<p>bluequest --</p>

<p>Hmm. Maybe the boxes indicate utility spaces, location of ducts, wiring, circuit breakers, etc.? I dunno -- but a sink does seem like a long shot.</p>

<p>not a sink unless the architect misdrew the plans. A sink would be shown with a solid wall behind it. Possibly water line and/or utility duct.</p>