<p>I’m not sure that a yurt in Upstate NY would be on my own best-accommodations list, but I can see the appeal for someone a few decades younger. ;)</p>
<p>I’m curious to know about other colleges that have cool dorms or atypical housing options. There have been threads about this on CC in the past, but perhaps it’s time for another one as the current high school juniors start to plan their spring college trips.</p>
<p>Often, of course, a dorm may not look especially snazzy from the outside, but there may be unique rooms within. So, those of you who have seen such accommodations (or maybe even live in them), kindly advise current juniors and their families about recommended campus-visit stops.</p>
<p>Champlain College has several old houses that were built in the late 1800’s. The college has purchased them over the years and now use them for students. There is a lot of history behind them and they are beautiful. Very unique.</p>
<p>Wesleyan’s housing is pretty cool. As a freshman, you choose from a few dorms and a little program housing. Then, as a sophomore, you can choose from some dorms and more program housing. When you’re a junior, you can live in hi-rise and lo-rise apartments, and then when you’re a senior, you can live in woodframe houses around the campus. I’ve only see the Butterfield dorms, West College (or WestCo), and 200 Church and they were all decent. The Butterfield dorms are pretty new and they looked alright. WestCo is in a nice location and has some two-room rooms, which are nice because it’s almost like you have your own room but you still have a roommate. 200 Church is in an ex-frat house on campus and is cute. I heard the rest of the housing isn’t bad, either.</p>
<p>I personally think living in yurt out somewhere would be awesome! I was thinking about going to a resort up in Canada where they use individual yurts for guests to stay at. However, it costs a sum of $1,500 a NIGHT! This may be worth it lol</p>
<p>Many people do not know that Cornell offers many freshman single rooms and many choices of the types of dorms, several with themes. Freshman do not have to worry that the single rooms are isolating, often the singles are off a big hallway with many many singles, so it is very friendly. In addition, for upperclassmen Cornell has built a great deal of new housing and many singles are again available.</p>
<p>We also liked Cornell’s mostly freshman residential quad. Again, many singles yet the friendliness of all the freshman being together. In a large school this made it feel smaller and led to more interaction with new students.</p>
<p>U Dayton has pretty cool undergrad housing.</p>
<p>For your Junior and Senior years, you live in a house in the city with four or five other students. These houses are in neighborhoods adjacent to the university. So, it’s kinda like an apartment, but even better :)</p>
<p>Yes yes, these pictures are nice, but we all know that other dorms on those campuses are truly awful. What I’d be interested to see is what schools have the least crappy bad dorms.</p>
<p>For all you engineers out there, Rose-Hulman has large rooms… and FULL customization allowed. I know people who have out in lofts, homemade retractable beds, etc.</p>
<p>My daughter lived on the lawn at UVA. She loved it and it was a great experience. Something to keep in mind is that you have to go outside to get to the restrooms and showers. Also, because it’s part of the historical tour there are lots of visitors. </p>
<p>One of the things I really liked is that the rooms have a signature log of every UVA student that ever lived in each room by year. It really provides a sense of historical significance. Of course, perhaps the most interesting aspect is the view of UVA students streaking the lawn…another storied tradition. </p>
<p>Speaking of cool dorms, has anyone here ever seen the sorority row of houses at W&L? They are truly spectacular.</p>
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