Housing Assignment

Colleges & Universities George Washington University
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<p>here are some random answers:
-all dorms are air conditioned (including Somers, which is a really nice dorm by the way)

  • I lived in a Thurston quad freshman year and honestly it is probably the smallest personal space a student can get as a freshman. The room itself was fairly big, but not for 4 ppl. We all slept, ate, studied, and hung out in the same space, so it often got to be very very annoying. However, I feel lucky to have had the Thurston experience, it was an awesome way to meet people. Also, many freshman get “stuck” on Mt. Vernon, so those of you who are on Foggy Bottom should feel lucky.
    -My next door neighbors were in a six - they had much more space than I did. The sixes have 3 rooms - a triple, a double and a single. The triple is huge, so really each person has a lot of space and decent privacy to study,etc.</p>
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<p>Thanks linzi223 for the info. And by the way, I did get STUCK at MVC. This was my very last chioce of dorms. Just assumed that International Relations majors would automatically be in Foggy Bottom. My luck.</p>

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<p>how big do the triples in thurston tend to be?</p>

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<p>I find triples to be some of the sweetest configurations in Thurston - depending on how you set up the furniture. Just enough space.</p>

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<p>Can you please tell me the bed configuation? ! was told that in order to make space it is necessary to bunk the beds. If beds are not bunked is there enough room for everyone?</p>

<p>Thurston was my 3rd choice of dorms, so I am a little disappointed. Thanks for taking the time to reply.</p>

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<p>During my Junior year I went on the tour and they took us to a Thurston 6 person. Every parent in the group was not pleased. GW prides itself on its nice dorms. They aren’t. There is a strong possibility you will get put into Thurston. I did and it was my 3rd choice. Remember they place you according to interests and even though my first interest was the Arts, I was placed into Thurston. I was an EDII candidate. Maybe others can elaborate on the living experience as I am an incoming Freshman.</p>

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<p>keep in mind that GW has some amazing dorms for upperclassmen (that’s where the rep comes from). For example, my quad in New Hall next year is apartment style, with 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, two bathrooms, etc. </p>

<p>Quads in Thurston: in my case we didnt’ bunk the beds, so the room was quite crowded. If you bunk beds you will have much more space - lots of people did this. If you don’t bunk beds you’ll litterally fill your room up with beds and desks with no real space to do anything except for walk in between furniture. i would bunk the beds if i had to do it again, but that def. has its own disadvantages. Just wait and see what your room looks like and decide later with your roommates. BTW, congrats on thurston!! you’ll have so much fun</p>

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<p>what are the Thurston doubles like? They used to have floor plans on the web site, but no longer.</p>

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<p>We were told it’s one big room, one smaller room, a walk in closest and a bathroom.</p>

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<p>See page one of this thread for more info</p>

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<p>insight on lafayette, anyone?</p>

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<p>This site helped me out when I applied to GW, so now I’m paying back the favor. The best thing hands down about Thurston is the social experience. It most likely will be the center of your freshman year whether you live there or not–because most likely the majority of your friends not on your floor will have been assigned there. Had a friend who was in a quad, they had bunked the beds, and it was totally comfortable.</p>

<p>Fulbright is a different story. A quad in what should be a double. In a friend’s room they bunked two beds while they other two had to be lofted in order to make room for the desks. So in essence, they had a 75% chance of sleeping more than 5 feet off the ground for the whole year. My personal advice is to get the early and reduce your chances. The dorm is old and it looks like its falling apart… which is nice if you like that bohemian-Rent sort of thing.</p>

<p>The Vern, while at first is cute and has “community,” will soon become an annoyance. The “Vern Express” will quickly become “that damn bus” that in the day is always full and in the evening never comes. I guess it has gotten better; I’ve talked to grizzled veterans who remember the day when the shuttle wasn’t 24 hours. Also, there’s only one place to eat on the Vern and it closes around nine I think (good rule of thumb though: dining options suck at GW, definitely the worst part about the school, but they’re working on it).</p>

<p>That being said, Sommers is a very nice building and definitely feels more homey than the other GW halls. Feel more New England liberal arts college to me, although I think thats how they try and sell that campus anyway. Also, at the end of the year you can squat in your room on the Vern if you so choose.</p>

<p>As for Pelham, no one knows much about that mysterious place that other Vernies call “out there.” It is situated kind of isolated and there are rumors that only famous people’s kids live there.</p>

<p>I spent my freshman year at 2034 G Street, a 30-person townhouse. Congratulate yourself if you’re in G Street, it’s an experience that I’ll cherish because if the closeness of the house. You guys are going to love GW because Washington’s a great town and GW is a terrific school and you’ll probably have a great year no matter where you’ll be spending your nights.</p>

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<p>lafayette, anyone?</p>

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<p>Hey, that’s a cool dorm, buddy. It’s very homey and kids tend to be quite friendly. I wouldn’t be worried about living there. Plus, you’re sooooooooo close to everything.</p>

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<p>As all of you have been so helpful, just wanted to fill you in on Thurston Hall move-in. I am a parent of a freshman girl that moved in early on August 30.</p>

<p>BE ADVISED…the City of Washington is doing road AND sidewalk construction in front of and around Thurston. Getting keys is a long process. Everyone was helpful and it went smoothly, but parking will be a nightmare. Bring a tarp to cover your articles that you will have to put on the sidewalk. You will not be able to leave your car and move in. It is expected to heavily rain on Friday night and Saturday…</p>

<p>Also, I observed that all the kids had the same move-in time. Another alternative might be to show up at the scheduled time, get your keys, go to the room , pick your bed, bring some belongings into the room, then come back later in the day to finish the move.</p>

<p>The floors in Thurston are not carpeted. The floors were dirty. During the summer the rooms were painted. There was paint all over everything.</p>

<p>Bring some cleaning supplies. </p>

<p>Note damages upon the move-in. The room across the hall had a hole in their bathtub! The floor in my daughter’s room was badly damaged.</p>

<p>The configuation of beds in a quad (in this one anyway) was two singles and
a set of bunk beds that could not be “unbunked.” As my daughter was the first in the room, she and I moved furniture for an hour trying to figure out the best configuation for everyone. It’s crowded, but definitely manageable. There are two closets,
but the dressers are IN the closets, so the amount of hanging room is limited.</p>

<p>The dressers have 5 deep drawers. The desks do not all have lights, so bring one. They also have ample drawers.</p>

<p>In terms of bed risers, ours did not fit. The beds seemed high enough anyway to place 3 of the large plastic bins under the bed. The risers we had went up to 2.5 inches. Look for 3 inches in width.</p>

<p>Good luck. In spite of all I said, it really did go rather smoothly. There will be people to help you. Oh, and when your child checks in, have them request a dolly or a large moving bin. </p>

<p>By the way, my daughter loves it. Thurston was not her first request, but she is glad she is there…</p>

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<p>My son also moved in on Wed. 8/30 to Thurston. His configuration is one large room, one smaller room, the bathroom. And lots of closet space. One closet in the smaller room, dressers and desks outside of closet in smaller room. Very large closet in the larger room and another almost closet with hooks, etc. He said like storage space, no rods to hang things on. Lots of light, the refrigerator is bigger than “dorm” size, up to his neck (he’s 6’3"), with a freezer big enough for 1/2 gallon of ice cream plus more.
The weather is horrible today and tomorrow, he said very wet and windy. Parking and getting your stuff to the dorm very difficult. I talked with housing myself on Monday as we hadn’t received any information about early move in, and was told by 3 people that you could pull up front and unload. Amazing how that was completely wrong information.
I was not with my son, so the descriptions are his. He finds the security very tight, so that’s good.
Anyway, move in will probably be a challenge tomorrow, plus I’m hearing there are issues at the airport because of the weather. Good luck to you all.</p>