<p>oh wow, thats nice to hear! One of my friends told me that she knew someone at smith that said they cant have boys over. I thought this seemed strange, since its SMITH. Guess she was wrong.</p>
<p>About houses again..I am sending in my paper work for housing. I am thinking that Elm would be nice since its close to classes and as some of you said, its sort of a mix between the "party" crowd and the study crowd. I dont really know the difference between upper and lower.</p>
<p>I'd go for Lower Elm...closer to walking into town and, more importantly, avoids Cutter-Z, which I'm pretty sure is Upper Elm. I was talking to an '04 grad about Cutter-Z yesterday. The good news is that you have an excellent chance of getting a single. But they're butt ugly, 1950's-era Soviet-style architecture with concrete or concrete-over-linoleum floors. </p>
<p>I spent some time, with some discussions here in mind, talking about Elm St. There's appears to be a lot more variety among the Elm St. houses, in contrast to the general flavor of the Quad or Green St.</p>
<p>Hey, Borgin...do you know whether any of the drama that infested Albright last year has continued or has that evaporated?</p>
<p>I asked this before, but does anyone know about gillett or northrop?</p>
<p>D says they're fairly nice, with some nice people living in them, fairly close to campus. They currently have the Vegan/Vegetarian foisted on them for their dining room...most of the residents at King/Scales are quite relieved. (Listening to the current students last night, it was like the Vegan/Vegetarian dining that everyone thought was a great idea for Someone Else to host, except those, of course, who <em>were</em> Vegan/Vegetarian. And here you may have thought that Quad/Green St. was the great fracture line on campus.)</p>
<p>I know we have talked about this..but I cant seem to decide what house to live in!! The quad...just how loud is it? I mean, its not like frat house loud, right? Not exactly wild parties every night and NO studying at all? What is a typical evening like? very social? very social compared to the other areas? </p>
<p>People that live there seem to defend and love it while people who dont say they prefer living away from it. Im sure I will make friends anywhere I go since smith students are all friendly, but, I dont want to be isolated and I also want to be able to study.</p>
<p>You won't be isolated anywhere.</p>
<p>I know I am asking millions of questions..but..are some houses or areas less "cozy" than others? On my first visit to smith, we took a tour of a dorm ( I dont remember which one, but It was sort of in the center, near classrooms..so..maybe green st. or center campus? It was down that hill near the lake, past the admissions offices..) and it was very pretty. What I remember the most (which is silly) is the bathroom! It was really cute, old fashioned, had wallpaper, and everyone had all their stuff in there together! I thought this was nice since in most schools, you have to worry about people stealing your things or ruining them. Are all the bathrooms like this? does everyone keep their things together in little cubbies? In general, are all houses that trusting? Are there some that are NOT like this at all?</p>
<p>"But they're butt ugly, 1950's-era Soviet-style architecture with concrete or concrete-over-linoleum floors."</p>
<p>They are actually called the "International Style" and C-Z are rather famous examples of it (and really not so bad, in my judgment - for the worst, see the Leverett Towers at Harvard, completed 1961, in what is now nicknamed the "Brutalist Style").</p>
<p>Really, a noisy house at Smith is a quiet house most places. My D. lives in Baldwin, which she likes especially because it is near downtown, the Quaker Meeting, and the Friday nite kosher kitchen, but, as it turns out, her best friends live in Tyler and Hopkins (and she often eats at Tyler, as her lair is the music library), and Italian club meets in the Quad. It's NOT a very big campus.</p>
<p>SC, I hesitate to suggest this, but questions about Houses are the kinds of things that you can get a million opinions about on DailyJolt. The universe here on CC, for that sort of question, is pretty small. Two million answers if one sparks a flame war.</p>
<p>But there does seem to be a lot of trust, as in many people don't lock the doors to their rooms. D says her house has had no problems with stuff disappearing from the bathrooms...can't speak to other houses.</p>
<p>Mini,
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"But they're butt ugly, 1950's-era Soviet-style architecture with concrete or concrete-over-linoleum floors."</p>
<p>They are actually called the "International Style" and C-Z are rather famous examples of it (and really not so bad, in my judgment - for the worst, see the Leverett Towers at Harvard, completed 1961, in what is now nicknamed the "Brutalist Style").
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<p>"International Style." The Soviet state was run by the Communist Party. The Communist Party's anthem was "The Internationale." <taps foot="" impatiently=""> Get with the program.</taps></p>
<p>Some pics:</p>
<p>""International Style." The Soviet state was run by the Communist Party. The Communist Party's anthem was "The Internationale."</p>
<p>The "Communist" you mean was named Phillip Johnson, though Cutter-Z are more in the style of Gropius.</p>
<p>Freshman D spent last semester in Cutter, and I must say that the dorm is rather run down and ugly. To my surprise she has said she'll likely re-up for Cutter next year. Why? 1) Sophmores guaranteed a single (and they are pretty nice and roomy), 2) she has friends there who will return, 3) it's very close/convenient to the campus center, and 4) the food is pretty good compared to some of the other houses she has visited (it has the only Kosher/Hallal kitchen on campus, which introduces some interesting variety). But it really is an ugly building.</p>
<p>I was pretty much set on avoiding the quad..but it doesnt seem that bad. Since the tours never show the quad, I didnt even know it existed until one of you mentioned it. What do they look like on the inside? I read something that said some of them look like "5 star hotels" while someone else said they were "run down". They seem to be very different than any other of the houses. What are they like? Much bigger? How do they look on the inside?</p>
<p>What do they look like on the inside? I read something that said some of them look like "5 star hotels" while someone else said they were "run down}}</p>
<p>Both. King and Scales is incredable. Emerson needs a paint job.</p>
<p>King/scales as well as wilder/comstock look like hotels. Morrow isnt too far behind. Emerson, Cushing, Jordan, Gardiner and Wilson are nice- I know Wilson is getting bathroom renovations over J-Term. Thank you God! But they are all nice houses. And believe me: the quad is not loud at all. The volume may go up a little more on the weekends, but it is by no means comparable to a typical frat house or a coed regular college dorm. The girls in the quad, for the most part, are just more social and enjoy having fun on the weekends. Any more questions about the quad feel free to ask.</p>
<p>Mini, so this Gropius was an agent of the Comintern was he? C-Z are so ugly that if they had been inflicted upon us by a foreign power, it would have been regarded as an act of war.</p>
<p>You know, it's interesting that when prospective students take a campus tour, they never see the quad! Probably because they're out of the way, and not conducive to a straight line to academic buildings? However, when I look at Scales and King online at the Smith website, they look incredible! I havn't seen the inside of them, and I am very glad to hear that although they are more social, they are not as loud as other college dorms in the area. Seems to me like a nice fit for my D, just wish we had seen them during our two visits. Unfortunately, when taking a tour, you tend to concentrate on the academic buildings, science quad, dance studios, etc, and we didn't even think about asking to see more housing, particularly in the quad area. Duh!!</p>
<p>Please tell me you had the opportunity to tour the greenhouse/arboretum--amazing and romantic.</p>
<p>I mean romantic with my wife. :)</p>
<p>It was always one of her favorite places on campus.</p>