<p>So I was looking at those rankings (the ones that say they "for students by stundents") and saw that Wellesley recieved a D- on Campus Strictness. As a matter of fact the only school rated lower than them was West Point. From what I have read Wellesley seems to have very lenient dorm policies and it doesn't seem like a repressive environment. Does anyone know whay students would have rated it so strict?</p>
<p>Weird the world Prow-ler gets bleeped out...</p>
<p>Wellesley's dorm policies are pretty lenient, so that is kind of weird. Students here have few qualms about knocking on each other's doord and telling them to shut up, that might be it.</p>
<p>Yeah, that does sound odd. I wonder who contributed to the rankings. The dorm policies are considerably more lenient than at several other schools I've seen. Students can access any floor of any dorm, guests are governed solely by their host's adherence to the horizontal/vertical rule, the fire chief is probably the only person who will ever force you to move your shoes and other belongings out of the hallway and into your room, and ... yeah, it's pretty lenient. Sure, there are quiet hours, but they're fairly reasonable and it's not that big of a deal to ask the louder students to turn their music down a bit. </p>
<p>The main times I can recall people getting really snippy about the dorms: when bugs and mold threatened to infest the kitchens because students refused to wash their dishes; when students took dishes from the dining halls and left them (unwashed) in the dorm kitchens; and when umbrellas, shoes, and boxes invaded the hallways and created serious fire hazards. Oh, and students parking outside the dorms when they weren't supposed to (often claiming the RD's parking and/or handicapped parking), but this shouldn't be so much of an issue now that the parking garage is up and running.</p>
<p>I wonder if the D- is partly in regards to bells. (Do students still have to do them, now that mail is centralized?)</p>
<p>"I wonder if the D- is partly in regards to bells. (Do students still have to do them, now that mail is centralized?)"</p>
<p>Ringer05, What do you mean by this?</p>
<p>Every dorm has a desk at the front door. I'm not sure why they're called the bells desks, but most dorms have disconnected door bells. At one time, guests/UPS/etc. may have had to ring to get in. There are phones, now, but sitting bells primarily requires a student to spend between thirty minuts and an hour once a week sitting at the desk and monitoring traffic in and out of the building. (Making sure unescorted visitors aren't getting into the building, signing for UPS packages, things like that.) Weekend bells are longer (one to two hours), but most students only have to do them once a semester. Juniors and seniors are typically exempt from bells, except during exam week, when everyone has to sign up for a slot.</p>
<p>It's not a big deal, but it is a slight irritation. The ramifications for skipping your bells slot aren't nice (extra bells, particularly on the weekend). Most students don't see the point of the practice, but I thought it was good that people have to contribute to the smooth functioning of the dorm. If nothing else, it's a guaranteed 30 minutes a week to do some homework :-)</p>
<p>Bells have died. :-P There was supposed to be a service project for the dorms but I don't think anything on this has come up all year. No one has said anything.</p>
<p>Ah, the death of bells. It was bound to happen, sometime. I think my class was the last one to have even a few people who thought they were a good idea :)</p>
<p>But, goodness, what will students do without the frantic dash to get the good exam-bell slots?</p>
<p>What's the horizontal-vertical rule?</p>
<p>Horizontal-vertical rule means you have to escort your guest through different floors, but they can wander around on a floor as long as they don't go up or down.</p>