I went to a 2 week summer writing program there last summer and just loved Lamont. Granted, our workload was entirely different and there were less students there overall, but I felt there was a very good balance of socialization (I loved the common room) and doing work (a lot of the writers and history program people of the house got together (or worked alone) and did work in the eating area with the booths. it was super comfy, air conditioned, and had outlets everywhere for phones and computers to charge while working. and the wifi is great. it felt like i was working in a nice, slightly retro diner, with food twenty feet away if I got hungry). and the common room is two seconds away if
you want to take a break and socialize- play a game or watch a movie- look through some smith yearbooks or read something from the book shelf in the corner.
I can’t remember which house this was- but one was very small and cramped- I’m not claustrophobic but it felt like the ceiling would cave in on me (I’m 5’6). And I had trouble finding my way around or out (took thirty mins to return to the front door. I’m notoriously bad with finding my way around places but others had issues too- albeit not as bad as me.
I can say for certain if I got into Smith I would not want to live there. Wait, was it maybe Tyler.
Don’t quote me on this. I really don’t
remember.
It did have a nice fireplace and piano though.
There’s stuff about the dorms on the site though and overall, Smith has like the best housing one can possibly hope to get in college. My mom helped me move into the summer dorm and said that when she was at school, her double was the size of my single. I had a nice desk to work on with some drawers on both sides for storing stuff, a good bed, a little fan with different settings and light enough to be moved everywhere (and I’m a weakling so), a window with a view of the outside (which crazy as it is some places do not have and that makes it feel very Yellow Wallpaper-y at night) 2 bureaus with sets of drawers, which i used one to put my stuff on top of and the one by the bed to put the fan on, and a good amount of closet space to keep clothes and hang things. and I used the actual drawers to store clothes that didn’t need to be hanged- like t- shirts.
not to mention you can put your own personality into it (I didn’t but I definitely saw some people that had all this amazing decor and cool stuff on their walls and it made them feel very homey).
I think the bed was whatever size is one bigger than a twin (double maybe?). Which I was glad about as I am not tiny enough for a twin. Although, I will say,
if you are super tall- it will be awkward. I was pretty much to the end of my bed (at 5’6)- granted I have size 11 feet- but I don’t stretch them out when I sleep. There was one girl there that was 5’10 or 5’11 and I don’t know how she did it. I’m 5’6 on a good day and it was a bit tight at times.
If you ever have a guy over- lol, not ideal.
