<p>i was placed in a triple in claflin hall. bc my visit on campus was very brief last summer, i never got the chance to look at the inside of this particular dorm hall. </p>
<p>can anyone who has lived in this hall share some pros/cons of this building?
and also anyone who has had experience living in a triple share some of their experience as well?</p>
<p>thanks thanks thanks!</p>
<p>I lived in Claflin my senior year. It's a decent dorm. It's close to the Academic Quad, right next to the lake, and has easy access to one of the best dining halls on campus. You can get to the Tower dining hall without going outside (fantastic on cold winter mornings), and the living room is beautiful. The best thing about the dining hall: it doesn't make Claflin smell like lunch. There is a bakery in the basement of Claflin, but cinnamon rolls and cookies are much pleasanter to smell than the lingering odors of fried bacon or London broil. The TV room has a big-screen TV and elliptical machines (I'm pretty sure they're still there, at least ....) The building hasn't been renovated in a while; unlike many of the dorms that have lovely hardwood floors in the rooms, Claflin has industrial carpeting. Many Claflin rooms have window seats with storage inside.</p>
<p>If memory serves, the Claflin triples are a decent size. I only went into one of them once--and that was after the semester had ended and the residents had moved out. I did, however, live in a single-room triple in Dower, my first year. There are pros and cons to the arrangement. You probably aren't going to get the room to yourself very often, but you'll also have ready company if you want it. Make sure you all talk about your sleeping schedules, acceptable noise levels, allergies, and pretty much everything that's in the roommate starter kit. Sleeping schedules, in particular, are important to discuss. Our biggest issues, that year, revolved around who was awake at what times and how much noise they made. </p>
<p>The closets are a nice size, in Claflin. Mine wasn't overly wide, but it was deep--deep enough to store a trunk, my laundry basket and several suitcases with plenty of room for clothes and shoes.</p>
<p>I've never lived in Claflin, but I visted one of the triples there, some are two room triples if I recall correctly. There are one room triples in Claflin.</p>
<p>I lived in a one room triple in Tower sophomore year. It was voluntary, so we were already great friends. I would say sleeping schedules prompted the worst disagreements among us. But we were happy. </p>
<p>As much as I prefer sleeping alone, I liked the fact that roommates make you social. A con of a triple is that multiple roommates stop hallway friendships to a small degree. There is also the likelihood of two of the musketeers pairing off, but roommates are not required to like each other.</p>
<p>Your mileage, naturally will vary, as other conflicts will come from you and your roommates' sexual inclinations as well as what everyone's sleeping arrangements were like before Wellesley.</p>
<p>A major pro of having a triple is the desire to have more "group" possesions. Three people was an incentive for me to bring a TV (the only year I had it), and we went a little crazy with the decorations (okay, that may have just been one of my roommates who is always crazy with the decorations).</p>
<p>Claflin's location is good for West Campus related place (Cam</p>
<p>I'm a big fan of Claflin. The two room triples are quite nice, and the dorm in general is on the nice side. Certain halls developed reputations, so one hall was a louder, party hall due to a lot of friends living there together, but in general it is quiet and clean. The bathrooms are relatively small, but they're sanitary. Also, its right next to the lake, which is nice.</p>