<p>can you request a two room double rather than a one room double?</p>
<p>lol haymarket I sorta meant for myself as a freshman, but heh, see ur point.</p>
<p>could someone go over the reputations of the 6 freshman dorms, maybe wesco, nickleson, and hewitt in particular? THANKS</p>
<p>oo, also clark.</p>
<p>Haymarket: my D entered as a sophomore transfer four years ago. She got a single in lo rise, in a ten person apartment--four of them were transfers, clustered together in one area. I think that all of the sophomore transfers got singles that year.</p>
<p>Nicolson - mainly two room doubles; some balconies; close to everything
Hewitt - the most singles; made #25 among the most sexually active dorms in the country;
Fauver - the newest dorm; mainly one room doubles; closest to gym.
Clark - four floors of mainly one room doubles; formerly party central--may have competition this year from Fauver.
Butterfield - mainly suites; a few one room doubles; much quieter than the Hill.
200 Church - former frat; the only theme house allowed first-years ("self-affirming" URMs and allies)
Westco - mainly two-room doubles and a few singles; some balconies; ground zero for alternative community.</p>
<p>thanks john. which dorms are mainly freshman, and what is the reputation of nickelson and hewitt, i.e. what types of peeps usually opt to live there? any info would help</p>
<p>Nic and Hewitt are architecturally identical for the most part, and they both have one- and two-room doubles and singles (mostly singles). Westco is also basically the same building except that where a lot of two-room doubles in Nic and Hewitt were converted to singles, they were largely not in Westco.</p>
<p>Fauver and Clark are new (either renovated in Clark's case or new construction entirely in Fauver's case) and all one-room doubles.</p>
<p>Fauver, Clark, and 200 Church are all freshmen. Westco, Nic, and Hewitt are predominantly (>50%) freshmen, and the Butts are about 50/50.</p>
<p>200 Church is the "fight racism" house, and Westco has an application process which seeks to select "artsy" people. ResLife rightly got rid of the application process for first-years since it would be disheartening to have your first attempt to be involved with something at Wes end in rejection.</p>
<p>Other than those two, ignore any "reputation" you hear about various dorms. It's ridiculous to suggest that there's some sort of systemic bias to a specific type of person in a specific building. They're pretty comparable facilities. The Butts are not "far away", there are extra 100 yards from the middle of the campus. Clark is not "party central" unless it happens to have a lot of residents who like to party. The entire residency of every building changes every year, so what it was like last year is totally irrelevant.</p>
<p>I'm leaning towards WestCo because I like the idea of being with creative people (I'm into classical and jazz music), but don't want to be characterized as a stoner nor do I want to always have the smell of pot around me. Will this be a problem?</p>
<p>If I don't go into WestCo, which other dorm do you think I will find like-minded people in?</p>
<p>Not everyone in Westco is a stoner and not all stoners are in Westco. You'll find "like-minded" people everywhere because the dorms are just buildings, not different cultures.</p>
<p>Thanks, xmatt. Which dorms do you find most aesthetically pleasing?</p>
<p>Wesleyan was an early adaptor of modern architecture and regardless of what you may think of their reputation, you can see why administrators chose the first four units of Foss Hill as the venue for their first experiment in student-directed housing. Westco's inner courtyard, with its flagstone walkways and ranch-style connecting units (originally built as lounges, often converted to other uses) suggests barbecues, picnics and Sunday drives in the family station wagon:</p>
<p>Nicolson comes in as a close second.</p>
<p>Based on aesthetically pleasing exteriors alone, I'd have to go with the Butterfields. There are trees all around and a wonderful courtyard that looks like it could be its own main quad. The buildings are funky, with quirky architecture/design/layout, and hey - they even have underground tunnels.</p>
<p>Do any of the housing options consist of gothic architecture?</p>
<p>Clark is the most impressive exterior, although I think when Fauver is done it'll be pretty nice-looking too. Despite their 70s legacy, the Butts are also a nice facility in terms of the landscape design (with the central courtyard and all).</p>
<p>No buildings at Wesleysn are gothic. It's a brownstone and art-deco campus.</p>
<p>Yea, technically not Gothic (not quite sure what it is); but, when people ask whether any buildings at Wes remind me of Hogwarts, I always point to Clark:</p>
<p>Which has the largest and lightest (with the most windows) two room doubles - Westco or Foss Hill dorms? Are there corner rooms with two window exposures in any of the dorms?</p>
<p>No corner windows per se. But, both Westco and Nick were built back when Wes was flush with "My Weekly Reader" money; the amount of just plain space is tremendous: healthy sized alcoves that face a wall of glass on each stair landing, all-glass breezeways. And of course, those lounges, encased in glass on all four sides (at one point, Andrus was made into a one-room double, with the help of some drywall and lots of curtains; not sure what it is used for nowadays.) Perhaps, pulling in their horns a bit after the 50s (Foss was built in two phases: the first half in 1956; the second in 1962), the lounges in Hewitt were incorporated into the building's ground floor. As I said, in another post, Westco has the highest number of two-room doubles, but in terms of window size, all of Foss has the same wide, waist-to-ceiling, sliding glass windows.</p>
<p>Hey, I don't have as much experience as some of you guys, but what is up with the little whiteboards on each dorm's door? That is so cool!:) IMO it really gives each dorm some individuality and uniqueness. Some people used it only to write, "BRB" or "Away", but others drew cartoons or pictures on theirs. Are there ones in every dorm in the university?</p>
<p>The dorm that I visited I can't remember the name, but it basically in the center of the campus, very close to Andrus Field. I think it was a brick building... the interior was very blue... anyone know the name of it?</p>
<p>Actually, people bring their own whiteboards to put on the doors. It's pretty common practice everywhere these days and a board is like $10 at Staples.</p>
<p>The dorm you're thinking of is Clark.</p>