<p>Anyone know how big the rooms are at Speare? I know they are small, but I'm trying to decide what size rug to buy.</p>
<p>i lived in speare for orientation… i didn’t measure it but i would say it’s about 8 ft x 10-12 ft</p>
<p>Don’t buy a rug for Speare before you move in! Lots of rooms have the furniture stuck to the floor in semi-awkward positions. So just because a room is 11 by 8 doesn’t mean you’ll be safe if you buy a 10 by 7 rug. Wait until move-in.</p>
<p>Yeah don’t buy a rug. The furniture in the rooms aren’t the same in all rooms. It’ll be annoying to place it esp when your roommates unpacking.</p>
<p>Speare hall is terrible man. Was there for orientation. ):</p>
<p>What is so terrible about it? How does it compare to the Stetsons? I was there for orientation and it was a small room and hot but it is a freshman dorm.</p>
<p>NONE OF THE DORMS ARE “TERRIBLE”. Please don’t freak out about it. You said it perfectly, “it is a freshman dorm”. So yeah, it’s not great, but you have a dresser and a desk and a/c doesn’t matter for most of the year and you can put in an internet router and you’ve got a bunch of other freshmen all around you. I personally like it a little more then the Stetsons because it’s closer to Hunt (some people dislike it for that reason) and because the walls, while dull and depressing, are less cell-block-like.</p>
<p>I’ve practically lived in Speare all summer, and it’s seriously not that bad. My bf’s biggest complaint (other than the A/C obviously, which won’t be an issue for non-summer residents) was that the furniture is stuck to the ground in his room so he can’t move it around- which is why you shouldn’t buy a rug.</p>
<p>i was actually pleasantly surprised with the room we had. there was a dresser, some room to hang clothes, and some shelves… my roommate and i thought we would be fine if we had to live there for a year…</p>