<p>So just asking out of curiosity...
What are Yale dorm rooms like? Spacious? Comfortable? Attractive? Or not? </p>
<p>Do most dorms have their own private bathrooms? And if you do get a private bathroom does it have shower, bathtub,big sink area, small sink area? </p>
<p>Also are there kitchens/kitchenettes?</p>
<p>And how big are the closets or wardrobes? </p>
<p>Some pics would be nice. I cant seem to find any of the bathroom or closet. </p>
<p>This is really something you should look up to understand better – it’s far too complicated to explain it easily, but I did my best. </p>
<p>Basically, Yale doesn’t have dorms in the traditional sense – students live in suites in one of twelve residential colleges. Each college houses its 400-500 students and provides them with a library, a gym, a dining hall, a game room, and basically everything expected in a dorm. However, the colleges are different from one another in that some have movie theaters, sound recording rooms, or other unique amenities. Architectural styles vary greatly, but most of the colleges look like castles. Students live in the college sophomore-senior year. Freshmen live on old campus along with other incoming students in their college, with the exception of freshmen in Timothy Dwight and Silliman, who move into their college straightaway. </p>
<p>Because the colleges vary greatly in age, and architectural style, room quality does as well. Rooms in L-Dub (the old campus dorm for Berkeley and Pierson) are tiny and cramped, while rooms in Welch Hall (houses Davenport freshmen) are spacious, with two story “Princess Suites” for girls on the fourth floor. </p>
<p>A typical living situation would be a room with a large common room and two small double bedrooms. In general the rooms are very nice – bay windows, window seats, hardwood floors, fireplaces, etc. The exteriors are very architecturally attractive. But because the buildings are so historic and varied, it’s hard to compare them to traditional dorm rooms. But they’re better.</p>
<p>Some suites will have an in suite bathroom. Other times, it’ll be shared between two or more suites in an entryway. The bathrooms vary. Some only have several sinks, a shower, and a toilet, but others are larger. </p>
<p>I’m not sure, but I don’t think any rooms have kitchens. The residential college does have one that you can use though, but you generally have to sign up in advance.</p>
<p>The size of closets vary. I think in some rooms, two students share a small closet, but other rooms have walk in closets. It really depends. </p>
<p>That said, students at Yale tend to be happy with the residential college system, even though it creates some housing inequalities. </p>
<p>Look up “Yale cribs” for an idea of the interior of the suites. </p>
<p>Hands down the best freshman housing on Old Campus is Durfee (Morse). It has 12 foot ceilings, 80% singles, a great central location, and Durfee’s Sweet Shoppe right in the building. Also, all the suites on every floor connect (unlike other Old Campus housing, in which you have to go outside and exit the building to go into a different entryway), allowing all of the Morse freshman to really bond.</p>
<p><a href=“JE H-31 - YouTube”>JE H-31 - YouTube;
<a href=“Durfee E21 - YouTube”>Durfee E21 - YouTube;
<a href=“Pierson C33-34 - YouTube”>Pierson C33-34 - YouTube;
<a href=“Davenport D13 - YouTube”>Davenport D13 - YouTube;
<p>@yalie18 </p>
<p>lol, you haven’t even lived in Durfee yet and you’re already saying that it is “hands down the best.” I seem to recall having to console you about your housing assignment a few weeks ago because you weren’t happy with Morse…</p>
<p>The specific rooms or sizes of closets or singles vs. doubles really doesn’t matter in the long run. I guarantee you that Silliman and TD freshman are more bonded than Morse freshman. No matter what your housing ends up being like, you will make friends and you will survive. And more importantly, you’ll learn to live with other people and work out your problems.</p>
<p>@bulldog2017</p>
<p>No, Durfee is indisputably the best 
If you think not, at least I don’t have L Dub.</p>
<p>And I’m so excited to be in Morse. I would not give up Old Campus to be in Silliman or TD, even if they are “more bonded.”</p>
<p>I’m glad to see that freshman are now realizing that they have been randomly assigned to the best residential college even before they arrive on campus!</p>
<p>I spent my freshman year in what was then Wright Hall, now apparently “LDub.” I didn’t have any idea it was “tiny and cramped”; I thought the rooms were the coolest thing ever (except for the 5:30 am mail deliveries to Yale Station right below my window). </p>
<p>We also thought, every one of us, that Durfee Sucks. We even hired a plane to fly over the Yale Bowl one Saturday with a banner to that effect.</p>
<p>Farnum has connecting suites too. It houses Jonathan Edwards (JE) freshmen.</p>
<p>JHS- I was in Wright Hall too in 1978 long before it was renovated. While it was the only non-renovated one on Old Campus at the time (all of them have since be re-renovated), I kind of enjoyed it. I lived in Durfee junior year when I was a freshman counselor.</p>
<p>Durfee did really suck, once upon a time: like in 1975. I’m an agnostic on the Wright-Durfee conflict, though, since I was in Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>I lived in Durfee the first part of my freshman year, in 1976. It was pretty dilapidated. Midyear we moved to the newly renovated Farnam, which was palatial in comparison.</p>