<p>Hey. I was just wondering what you guys thought were the best dorms at Brown. All I know is tht I don’t want to live in perkins!!! Lol</p>
<p>You mean freshman dorms? That’s where you’ll be, also you aren’t really choosing correct? </p>
<p>Check last year’s and 2008’s threads. (click search above, type “dorms”, choose Brown forum on the list)</p>
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<p>sorry, when I wrote this i was on my phone and somehow couldn’t work the search so i just posted a new thread. Thanks for the references :)</p>
<p>I don’t understand what everyone has against Perkins. I love it here: the only thing is that I have to pack a couple more things as I don’t go back in between classes. But we’ve got a great lounge, and we’re the perfect size to have a real community.</p>
<p>The LCD TV’s in Perkins aren’t something you’ll find everywhere.</p>
<p>I actually like Perkins a lot (I don’t live there, but I’ve been before). It’s just too darn far! I was there today and nearly died from the hike back (I had a heavy backpack on and on top of that this god-awful heat—terrible allergies)! Other than the distance factor Perkins is a lovely building.</p>
<p>How far away is Perkins from everything?</p>
<p>from everything? That’s a lot of different numbers. How about the main green? 1/2 mile.</p>
<p>I walk a heck of a lot farther than Perkins all the time.</p>
<p>Is it separated from campus or is the campus just really big? (I sound really stupid, haha)</p>
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<p>There are other, upperclassmen, dorms near Perkins, as well as other campus buildings. Compared to most freshmen dorms, it’s farther away from a cafeteria and classrooms. And rooms are on the small side.</p>
<p>Ok so the deal with Perkins is that, for BROWN it’s far from campus. Brown’s campus is relatively closed-in, though, so that’s not saying much. Half a mile to the main green, but I believe it’s the closest freshman dorm to Barrus & Holley, where engineering and lots of math classes are. As modestmelody said, the real problem is that it’s not near any cafeterias: so even Pembroke, which is about as far from “everything” as Perkins, but both The Gate (for late-night snacks) and the V-Dub (our other eatery) are literally under the dorms. Whereas our nearest eatery is Joe’s (personally I like it better than The Gate), but it’s two blocks away. That doesn’t stop us from making 1 AM runs to it, but it’s different. And our dining hall, the Ratty, takes walking another two-ish blocks. Again, not a big deal, but for BROWN it’s about as far as things get.</p>
<p>Oh, that’s weird, I didn’t know Brown was separated into city blocks like that.</p>
<p>Hope College is the best dorm, without a doubt.</p>
<p>But in all truthfulness, there’s pluses and minuses to every dorm, but some dorms tend to garner a lot more pride than others.</p>
<p>@Jaddua Brown is interwoven into Providence. Many Brown academic departments just look like houses on the street.</p>