<p>My son just got word of his Residential College at Yale today and he is in Saybrook, (very excited!) and he will be in Vanderbilt Hall on Old Campus next year as a freshman. Anyone know what the suites in doorway F are like? Or happen to know where we can find a floorplan? He is in a double/single on the 4th floor room F43.</p>
<p>Did housing info come by snail mail or email? I’m supposed to be checking for my son who is out of town.</p>
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Like last year, there is a link to SIS (Student Information Services) on the Class of 2016 web page. If you know your son’s Net ID and password you could check.</p>
<p>[Class</a> of 2016 | Yale College](<a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/class-2016]Class”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/class-2016)</p>
<p>My daughter said each residential college has set up a Facebook group and that floor plans and photos are being provided.</p>
<p>Last year, my son was in entryway ‘F’ of Vanderbilt. The bedrooms are very small. Each bedroom, which two people share, is 8 X 11 with a small closet. The beds are raised waist-high, with drawers underneath for clothes. The common room is large, about 20 X 15. Each student is supplied with a desk and a chair. In my son’s suite, three desks and chairs were in the common room and one desk and chair was squeezed into a bedroom. All four kids went to the Salvation Army store, which is several blocks away, and purchased a large couch for their room. (I think it cost about $70.) The kids do need to coordinate who is bringing floor lamps, fridge etc.</p>
<p>DD just found out she’s in TD. The blueprint we found shows 3 quads and 3 other rooms sharing a bathroom with 2 showers and 2 toilets. Can anyone confirm this sort of setup for TD?</p>
<p>Thanks Gibby - My son is in a three person suite, so probably one of the bedrooms is just smaller.</p>
<p>Well, DS was very anxious to have me find out and notify him but somehow failed to realize it was log-on information. Maybe when he calls he’ll walk me through it.</p>
<p>tamara6: my daughter was in E doorway of TD and that pretty much sounds like her set-up. She was in a quad (two SMALL bedrooms with bunk beds, and a largish common room). Her quad ended up opening up the door to the next quad over, so they essentially had an octet with two common rooms. There was one bathroom on the hall for 16 girls, 2 toilets, 2 showers. I expressed amazement that this was enough, but she said she never really had to wait; it all worked out ok.</p>
<p>Thanks DonnaLeighg, she is in the E entryway. I’m glad to hear the bathrooms work out - 17 girls and two showers really sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Too bad about the bedrooms being small. It also looks like the closets are small, too. Did your D have enough room for all her clothes?</p>
<p>So my son was able to get his housing info but we can’t figure out the meaning of the room number other than the letter signifies the entrance. The link to Farnam doesn’t link to a blueprint of the building. Also, under the list of suitemates he only has one name as opposed to several. I have a feeling he might be in the basement as the first digit after the letter is 0. There is a letter at the end – does that indicate a roommate (and does only one name listed indicate a roommate)? DS is currently without internet access so he can’t email the roommate or freshman counselor for more details.</p>
<p>0 is the basement. If no other name listed with the number then he or she is not sharing the room. Many students especially in the basement have no roommates. They share a suite. I noticed that a couple of suites in the basement have at least one room that is shared.</p>
<p>tamara6; yes the closets were kind of small as well; one “one door size” closet for each pair of girls. There was also a high top bureau for each bedroom, so it seemed like there was enough space for everything. (My daughter’s not much of a clothes horse though) To be honest, even though my daughter was a typical suburban kid with her own large bedroom at home, she never complained, or even seemed to notice, the size of the accommodations. She loved TD, and the suite arrangement. She had a blast. So just try not to “notice” the space, and maybe your kid won’t either!</p>
<p>Beyond, one name listed on suitemates has the same exact number so I assume it’s a double. But there are no other names listed. Are there non-suite rooms in freshman housing where it’s just two people?</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me anything about the Bingham Hall rooms for 7? </p>
<p>My daughter will be in one of the two double rooms, and there are also 3 singles. I am wondering if the doubles will have bunk beds, or if there is enough room so that they are not bunked? And what about their desks – space in the bedrooms or all in the common room? Also are the bathrooms in the suites, or down the hall? She is in Trumbull, and it sounds like she’ll be on the 4th floor in Bingham Hall. Fingers crossed that Yale’s matchmaker software has worked it’s magic and they will have good camaraderie.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>tugtraveller, my D will also be in Bingham 4th floor and Trumbull also! She is in a 6 person suite, 2 doubles and 2 singles. So our Ds will know each other well. The kids on the Trumbull facebook page can tell your D about the layout of the rooms.
P.S. Bingham has the washers and dryers!</p>
<p>Another Bingham question: My S (also in Trumbull) will be on the 9th floor of the tower. Does the elevator now go up to that floor? I’ve read conflicting things. It seems that floor was only recently renovated for dorm space and has the round windows. Is that right?</p>
<p>Ok, so I’m thinking about space saving solutions for a small room. Lots of talk on CC about “lofting the bed,” but I believe that Yale doesn’t allow that (?). Not sure my kid wants to be up in the air anyway. Bed risers that lift the bed up 6" seem like a good idea. I’ve even found a couple that say they lift the bed 8" or 10".</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for what form of storage to put under the bed once it’s raised those 6"-10"? Hard to judge how much total room there would be under there since I don’t know the height of the existing legs on the bed, I guess. A friend suggested plastic storage bins, but they are a pain to slide in and out, remove lid, etc. Anyone know of any great inventions for this purpose?</p>
<p>I’m also looking at those shelves that can go over a bed. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Finally, what about using risers to raise the dresser? Or shelves over the dresser?</p>
<p>Closet solutions that have worked?</p>
<p>I’m hoping that Hooraykid can glean enough info about the room from online floorplans, facebook group, etc to get a bit of a sense of what we can purchase in advance.</p>
<p>Thanks for any tips!</p>
<p>It appears that my son has a ground floor room in a dorm on College Street. It appears his window(s?) overlook the Old Campus quad, not the street, however.</p>
<p>Anyone have any security comments regarding buildings right on College Street? My kid has never lived in or near a city and is not too street-savvy. I am particularly wondering about the need to shut and lock windows during the heat of the early weeks of school. And do the rooms typically have shades? His room is also right by an entrance, so it could be a quick and easy in-and-out for him – but also for anyone else passing by. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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There used to be at least one double in the basement of Farnam–seems like there still is. I don’t remember what the configuration of the room was though.</p>