<p>Linde has a dorm kitchen and then two rooms with small kitchens. Atwood doesn’t have a whole dorm kitchen, but it has 4 or so rooms that have really small little kitchens (basically just a stove).</p>
<p>As for using the kitchens, it really depends on the dorm. In general, as long as you have access to the kitchen, you can cook in it (they’re all behind locked doors. You have to either know the combination, have card access, or know someone who will let you in). It’s often considered good manners to send an email to the dorm chat list letting people know that you are cooking if its going to take a while or if you’re going to take up a lot of space (in other words, if you’re cooking for more people than just yourself). If you live in a dorm with a kitchen, then these rules will be discussed at the first dorm meeting. If you don’t, then you should ask whoever lets you in to the kitchen. </p>
<p>It really isn’t that hard to get to a kitchen if you really want one, especially after you’ve made some friends. For your first year, you can explain why you really really need to have a kitchen on your roommate matching form then they might put you in Sontag (worked for someone in my year). Of course, you won’t return to Sontag until your junior or senior year due to room draw, but hopefully after a year of living there you’ll make enough upperclassmen connections that you’ll be able to use their kitchen the next year. But still, don’t be bummed out if you end up in a dorm without a kitchen. It really isn’t that hard to find people who will let you cook in their dorm/suite/room.</p>