<p>I've been told by students that the Wellesley residence halls have very distinct "cultures" and environments. I know that some are significantly smaller than others, and that the new dorms house more first years.</p>
<p>Apart from those differences, does anyone know anything about the specific cultures of each hall? Are some more preppy, studious, competitive, friendly etc? Do the small dorms have a greater sense of community or pride than the larger ones?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for any input!</p>
<p>Tower Court and Stone-Davis are among the biggest single halls. Actually both are two in one, physically connected, but with two House Presidents. I can't speak for all of the Halls, but the rooms in the Quint have the greatest sense of community. It has to do with the way that they are set up- you walk by the TV rooms and end up seeing more people. As first years you will get a good sense of community with your floor, since you have a week to bond with them before the upperclasswomen move in. As such the dorms that have the most community are the ones where there are the most first year students, like Pomeroy and Cazenove. Tower, while desireable to live in, has perhaps the least sense of community because it has the highest proportion of upperclasswomen rooms. People live there more for the real estate, and less for their friends. A lot of fangirls live in Munger.</p>
<p>What is a fangirl?</p>
<p>I think they're anime lovers..?</p>
<p>A fangirl can refer to a big anime fan, but in general it's any girl who's obsessed with a particular anime, book, videogame what have you. I was having a conversation with an full college career Munger resident about dorms (she didn't realize I lived in Tower because I wasn't the "type"), and I informed her that Munger was the fangirl dorm. She did agree Most of the fangirls I know in Munger I know as Harry Potter fangirls. They're fangirls of other stuff too. Of course the incoming Munger president is known to be practially the biggest Harry Potter fan girl on campus (as an RA, her study breaks were HP trivia).</p>