Allegheny College - Campus Housing

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With the three-year residency requirement, you had better like Allegheny’s on-campus housing. Just know that housing at Allegheny can vary—a lot. There are some dorms that are 100 years old and are your traditional college housing, like Baldwin. Then there is College Court, which was built very recently and is more of an apartment-style complex. A lot of the dorms on campus offer several different kinds of rooms within one building. For example, Brooks Hall, the all-girls building, has mainly singles and doubles. On the fourth floor, however, there are giant one-room quads and there is even one suite that has its own bathroom. Most of the buildings on campus have been renovated or reworked over the years. Rumor has it that Caflisch Hall, for example, was designed by someone whose normal job was to design prisons. The building is incredibly hard to navigate. There are some parts of the building that you absolutely cannot get to from others. You might have to leave your room, go outside, and enter through another door to get to your friend’s room. Or you might have to go down to the basement through a few hallways, sneak through a bathroom, and climb a flight of stairs to get there. The place is a maze. Then again, it makes life a challenge.

On the plus side, none of the dorms are far from the important stuff on campus. Campus itself is so little that you’re never more than 15 minutes from classes or anywhere else you might be headed. There is new furniture in all the dorms, and the school also allows the students a lot of freedom with their rooms. For example, you can paint your room as long as you paint it white again at the end of the year, or you can get the next occupant to agree to keep it. You can have any kind of pet that lives in an aquarium, although lots of people secretively have furry pets. The college is pretty lenient, so you can make it as homey as you want.

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Students Speak Out

Anonymous says:

The dorms are all right. Baldwin... The dorms are all right. Baldwin is like a hospital, and it smells. Caflisch has short, narrow halls and lots of doors. I lived in Brooks my freshman year, and I loved walking back to my room by Brooks Walk. The building is just so nice, and it seems to grow bigger as you approach it. 12345 Campus Housing Report

300789 says: Allegheny College 2012 Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

I got into Schultz Hall my... I got into Schultz Hall my freshman year and I love it. The furniture is nice, the room is decent and carpeted, and it's not too loud. It's also a nice distance from Brooks and the library. I'm going to try to get onto the quiet floor next year. 12345 Campus Housing: November 12, 2008 Report

Anonymous says:

The dorms are pretty nice. The... The dorms are pretty nice. The rooms are small, but that’s to be expected from a dorm room. Everyone gets to be such good friends from living in a hall together. 12345 Campus Housing Report

Anonymous says:

Dorms here are like dorms... Dorms here are like dorms everywhere. They give you enough space to do homework, sleep, and hang out a little. Our buildings on campus are all pretty old, and sometimes you can tell. (In Brooks and Caflisch, they have steam heaters that can be loud at times.) The administration, along with some trustees and students, are working on designing a new area to live in on campus. They will be apartment-type housing, much like College Court, which is very popular. 12345 Campus Housing Report

Anonymous says:

Dorms are dorms. They’re not nice,... Dorms are dorms. They’re not nice, but you won’t be scarred for life either. Baldwin is the freshman dorm, commonly known as ‘the hive.’ If you like a little more of a subdued environment, try to avoid it. I lived in South Highland my first two years, and while there were some social traumas and other very disturbing instances because of its very small size, it was okay after it was all said and done. 12345 Campus Housing Report

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Did You Know?

Two Allegheny College fraternities have housing on campus, Delta Tau Delta and Phi Kappa Psi. DTD is located on Highland Avenue and has a deck and large lounge. Phi Kappa Psi is located on College Avenue and has been recently renovated.

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