<p>I am looking at Wesleyan University, and I was curious about the dorms there. Are the dorms good?</p>
<p>-Are they somewhat large (for dorms, that is)?
-What kind of system is used for the bathrooms (suites, community, etc)?
-Is there a residential college system in place like at Yale, Harvard, WUSTL, etc? (Sorry, I can't find this in my research so far)
-Is it possible to get a singles dorm as opposed to having a roommate?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help. I would be especially happy if I could get feedback from current students.</p>
<p>I’m a pre-frosh but I spent five weeks at Wes over the summer, so I know some stuff.
The older dorms are crappier, the newer dorms are nicer, but overall, I personally think the dorms are good.
The room that I had in the Butts was larger than a Duke dorm I stayed at, so I guess they’re relatively large. It also varies from dorm to dorm. I’ve heard that the doubles in Fauver and West College are quite spacious, for example.
Well, I believe that each floor has it’s own bathroom(s) for the people on living on that floor. For example, in the Butts, you have a hall consisting of like five doubles and two singles (I can’t actually remember exactly how many rooms there were but something like that) and there are two bathrooms for that hall. Each one has a shower and two stalls. Some are gender-neutral, some (most?) aren’t.<br>
Nope, no residential college system.
You technically can get a single, although I’m pretty sure it’s quite uncommon for freshmen. If you have a particularly persuasive argument as to why you want a single, you get the chance to present it in the housing forms. And some dorms have more singles than others, so that’s something to keep in mind.
Also, Wes has two-room doubles in some of the dorms (West College, the Nics) and I think they’re awesome because you basically get the best of both worlds: the privacy of a single, the social aspect of a double. So you might want to consider that.
Sorry, a current student would probably be able to give you more insight. If you search the posts in this forum, there are quite a few about dorms, so that might be helpful.</p>
<p>Thank you very much! The residential college system is a luxury in my opinion, so it’s not a necessity. I’m not really a fan of the bathroom system, though. I’d rather have a suite-style (two dorm rooms share one bathroom) than a community-style (one or two bathrooms per hall).</p>
<p>Other than the bathroom issues, though, the dorms sound very nice. I’m going to look into the two-room doubles if I end up applying/getting accepted. Thanks again!</p>
<p>Yeah, I think most people share your bathroom sentiments haha.
And yeah, I can understand why you’d like the residential college system, but Wesleyan has a smaller student body than Yale, for example, and the campus really isn’t that big, unlike Duke’s, for example, so, in my opinion, the fact that there is no residential college system only adds to the great sense of community that exists within the University as a whole, rather than what is fostered within the individual residential colleges at other schools.</p>
<p>I really hope you decide to apply!</p>
<p>I see what you mean with the residential college system, it really isn’t necessary here. Thanks, and as of right now it looks like I will be!</p>
<p>wesleyan’s housing system is all about options and progressive independence. keep in mind that dorms are mostly frosh and sophomores. most juniors live in apartments and most seniors live in houses. there are also many (like 30) program houses/themed halls.</p>
<p>not all the bathrooms in the dorms are community style. there are single-use bathrooms (shared by multiple rooms) in the butts and I believe fauver has both. </p>
<p>it’s actually not extremely hard to get a single as a frosh if you want one, because most people want a roommate/don’t want to live in the butts. also, few people live in one-room doubles after their first year. most rooms in the foss hill dorms are two-room doubles.</p>