<p>I second soshi’s questions! Any info would be much appreciated. :)</p>
<p>@radiosonde–P-Comp (Parsons Complex) is the most amazing hidden gem at Smith, in my opinion, at least. It’s not a bad thing that you haven’t found info about Parsons. A lot of people on campus just don’t know about Parsons because our location is a bit hidden (but not any further from anything than the rest of Upper Elm). We have a really great and welcoming house community, with lots of unique, fun individuals. Let me know if you have any other questions about Parsons or Smith in general!</p>
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<p>For first years living in Cutter: Plan to get a nice big area rug, and lots of posters. Christmas lights/lamps/star lights don’t hurt either. The nice thing about Cutter is that the rooms are uniform, so you can really put your stamp on them. The bad thing about Cutter is that the rooms can look like prison cells if you don’t bring something in to color them up. Think the brighter, the better. Also, buy bed risers. </p>
<p>Also, there are not kitchens on the second and third floors. There are kitchenettes, which are essentially small rooms with microwaves, sinks, and sometimes fridges (I can’t remember if they have fridges or not, and it may have changed anyway). The only kitchens in Cutter are the ones that dining services uses, they’re in the dining hall and they’re not open to students. </p>
<p>When you’re putting things away in the trunk room, look for the downstairs smoker room. Let me know if it’s still painted like Dr. Seuss.</p>
<p>Hey, S&P, an org I’m in had its senior banquet down there in the spring–all I can say is one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish… ;)</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Capen has wood floors or carpeting? Thanks!</p>
<p>Keep in mind that some of the houses may have a mix of flooring. They may have wood in some rooms, tile in other, and carpet in the living rooms, or some combo thereof. </p>
<p>@phanatic – That mural was part of a very long Cutter beautification effort when I was there! Glad to know it still lives.</p>
<p>Do you miss out on anything by being one of only three, possibly four, people on a floor? It seems like it will be just me, my roommate, the head resident, and maybe someone else if the handicapped room needs to be used.</p>
<p>Question for phanatic or others with knowledge of Lawrence.</p>
<p>On the floor plan for the first floor it shows a Dining Room. Yet there is no listing for a dining room there under Dining Services. Am I missing something?</p>
<p>Before the days of dining consolidation, each house on campus had its own dining room and residents of that house could eat only in that particular dining hall. Running those dining rooms became too expensive, however, so Smith eventually closed dining rooms in Lawrence and most other houses, instead allowing students to eat wherever they chose. The floor plans still labeled as dining rooms, even though most (such as in Lawrence) have been transformed into living rooms.</p>
<p>OK thanks!</p>
<p>Anyone want to talk about Tyler? I stayed there during Open Campus and loved it and I’m really psyched to be living there, so anything anyone wants to tell me would be great :)</p>
<p>Does anyone want to talk about Lamont? It looks really awesome so far, and I’m pretty excited to be living there next year :).</p>
<p>Lamont is host to the famous/infamous Immorality party each year. They also have a mounted moose head in their stairwell, which rival houses attempt to steal each year.</p>
<p>S&P I thought that was Talbot…? Anyway Northrop/Gillett (I’m inclined to think Gillette) is in for a huge awesome renovation this summer and everything inside will be brand spanking new avec an elevator apparently!</p>
<p>@zmb2711 Capen has some kind of plastic flooring. Not the prettiest but nothing a good rug/carpet cannot fix. Also it makes for easy cleaning :)</p>
<p>Typical overexcited first year post:
I’m going to be in Capen. Anything I should know/please divulge everything you know.</p>
<p>Yeah, its Talbot, not Lamont, that has the moose head, immortality, and the rivalry with Capen. Lamont is a pretty nice house, its got a great dining hall -maybe not the best food, but one of the prettiest, and I don’t know too much about house community there but I had a couple friends who lived there that loved it.</p>
<p>I can tell you guys more about Capen though. I graduated a few years ago, but guess most things havent changed. The floors are linoleum in the rooms and this horrible carpeting in the halls, but i was fond of it. it somehow fits our personality quite well. we have an amazing house community, and are all (or almost all) completely insane. we party hard but are some of the smartest people i met at smith. its a good combination of getting work done but knowing how to have fun. send me a message and i can talk for hours about capen -figured i dont need to flood this thread with my gushing about the house.</p>
<p>Brittany and any others in Capen: There’s some renovations going on in the house this summer. “Students returning to Capen and Sessions houses in the fall will be surprised to see new wallpaper on their walls, a fresh coat of paint on the woodwork and more efficient lighting fixtures. Fifteen of the rooms are getting new vinyl tile flooring.”
So that’s something to look forward to :)</p>
<p>(also, if you have any questions about Capen send me a PM! I have fairly unstable Internet this summer but I’ll do my best.)</p>
<p>This is a neat thread!! Do all campuses have housing “characteristics” like this? I’m interested in Wheaton college IL at the moment, but they only have 4 res halls. There are quite a few houses and apartments, though. Any thoughts?</p>