College living

JHS
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:25:49 +0000

Yes, it’s mandatory. There are 8 or 9 dorms where first-years live (all of which have second-years and some upperclassmen, too). There is a variety of room arrangements – singles, one-room doubles, two-room quads, some with bathrooms “inside” and some with shared bathrooms on the hall, and very different sizes, depending on the dorm. Everyone eats in one of three dining halls. Two of the dining halls are in dorms, and one is across the street from the relevant dorms, but some of the dorms are a considerable distance away from the dining halls where the residents eat.

The general shape of things is going to change meaningfully next year, when The Shoreland – currently the second-largest dorm, and the farthest away from the main campus area – is replaced by a new, slightly larger dorm that is next door to an existing dorm on the south side of the campus. That’s going to shift the center of gravity for first-years. Whereas now maybe 1/3 of the class lives about a mile east of the main campus area, next year that will be less than 10%.