<p>Freshman dorms are sex-segregated by room, upperclassmen have the option to share apartments/suites/rooms with members of the opposite sex if they choose to.</p>
<p>Sometime in the summer you will probably receive a mailing from a company that can provide laundry service. As far as I remember, though, it’s a pain in the neck. It’s expensive and you have to haul your laundry to a drop off point and then pick it up (a week?) later at the same point. There are laundry machines in the dorms that are probably cheaper and more convenient. Between now and September, learn how to do your laundry!</p>
<p>Phew, haha thanks :P</p>
<p>Semi-private and hallway bathrooms are not the same thing (though semi-private bathrooms are in the hallway…). Semi-private bathrooms are usually one small room with one shower, one toilet and one sink. They’re intended for private use. Hallway bathrooms have several stalls, showers and sinks so there could be others in the bathroom at the same time as you. In general, as long as the bathroom is clean and functioning no one seems to have much of a preference.</p>
<p>^I was just making sure because Andrews definitely has hallway bathrooms…</p>
<p>Yeah, my experience with Andrews has been hall bathrooms as well. </p>
<p>Okay…this is about to be really creepy…but i was browsing the posts about Brown theatre and noticed your replies…KH!!! is it you? haha</p>
<p>Incredibly stupid question here:
Do you switch dorms each year or can you stay in the same place if you wanted to?
Seems such a shame all the work that goes into decorating a room, only to rip it down at the end of each year! And would you have to move your stuff out anyway over the summer or do they let you keep your room as is if you were coming back into it?</p>
<p>No, you switch after freshmen year. After that you can squat (stay in your sophomore room your junior year). But even then, you have to move everything out. Many dorm rooms are used for commencement and summer@Brown housing.</p>
<p>Are the freshman dorms and the university premises air conditioned? I am extremely sorry if you find this question silly. I am from a very hot country and here, an air conditioner is a must!</p>
<p>Only one building in air conditioned and it’s not a fresh/soph dorm, so no in your case. It doesn’t get very hot (80’s) in September but it IS humid, not like Florida but still humid.</p>
<p>Buy a fan. Or two.</p>
<p>Depending on the position of your room, it may be much warmer, too. My room last year trapped heat and my room this fall was probably easily 90 degrees. In December. It was 16 degrees outside and my roommate were sleeping with a fan running and the windows open. Somewhat ridiculous. Be prepared for a warm room, in case.</p>
<p>Does that mean we don’t even get a ceiling fan in our room? If that’s the case, Brown really could have done better!</p>
<p>This is standard in all schools across the US. It’s very rare anywhere in the North of the US to have built in AC, and I’ve never heard of ceiling fans.</p>
<p>It just isn’t hot when students are in school.</p>
<p>What is the weather like in Providence? Is it cool at most times and extremely cold in the winters?</p>
<p>the Internet is helpful: [Climate</a> in Providence, Rhode Island](<a href=“http://www.rssweather.com/climate/Rhode%20Island/Providence/]Climate”>http://www.rssweather.com/climate/Rhode%20Island/Providence/)</p>
<p>Define extremely cold.</p>
<p>In some parts of the country, like northern New England and the upper midwest, it is normal to have weeks of below 10 degrees F weather, with many consecutive days of below zero. Compared to that, Providence is positively balmy. Compared to Florida, it’s extremely cold.</p>
<p>Providence has four well-defined seasons. The fall and spring are quite nice; the summer can be hot and humid. In the winter, it is often cold enough to snow, but being near the ocean does moderate the temps a bit (it is often colder and snowier in Boston). Brown students joke that it rains a lot in Providence, but it actually doesn’t rain much more in Providence than the rest of the east coast (although there was just 200 year floods there). </p>
<p>Ceiling fans? LOL.</p>
<p>I was also wondering about the pollution levels in the city of Providence, especially around the university. Help anyone?</p>
<p>I don’t that it’s on anyone’s list of things to worry about. They spend more time on trying to keep the bay water clean. Are you referring to air pollution? Trash? There’s not much of either really.</p>
<p>I am asthmatic and hence do not personally prefer air pollution. So, air pollution is what I am talking about. Is there much?</p>