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On-Campus Housing Available? Yes
Campus Housing Capacity 1,247
Average Housing Costs $7,100
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus? Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus 95%
Number of Dormitories 13
Best Dorms
  • Merion
  • Pembroke West and East
  • Rhoads North and South
  • Rockefeller
Worst Dorms Erdman

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For better or worse, everyone from rambunctious freshmen to thesis-writing seniors lives in one of Bryn Mawr’s dorms. Occasionally, this creates abrasive situations, but far more often, this amalgamation leads to an atmosphere of beneficial social mingling and a strong, united community. Freshmen who do not specify a preference for a single room or a language hall could wind up in any dorm, with none of the results being too disastrous. Rock is the most spectacular dorm visually. Its location, beauty, spacious rooms, and reputation for being a fun place to live make Pembroke a favorite among upperclassmen and freshmen alike. Erdman’s cave-like architecture emphasizes concrete and empty spaces, but this dorm does provide the most extensive food selection and single rooms for everyone.

As upperclassmen, students are assigned a random number for room draw. The many singles in dorms like Rock, Rhoads, and the Pembrokes fill up fast, though dorm preferences tend to depend on the class. The rest of the singles follow for the lower-numbered students. Some students aim for a dorm with window seats and lovely architecture, while others want the dorm with the best parties on campus. Regardless of their final choice, almost every student who wants a single can get one, and everyone winds up in a living arrangement that makes them feel at home.

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Campus Housing at Bryn Mawr College

jpaynejohn

'12

Art History

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Buildings Like Castles

The buildings on campus are in the traditional ivy league school stone castle structure. The rooms in each dorm vary in size and have their own unique charms. We do not live in rooms like those classic cinder-block ones of larger universities.

Jun 30, 2011

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Campus Housing at Bryn Mawr College

akilahar

'12

English

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BRYN MAWR LIFE

fun, unique, quirky, interesting, frustrating, comfortable

Sep 02, 2010

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Campus Housing at Bryn Mawr College

mkec89

'11

Russian and Eastern European Languages and Literature

4.6
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Erdman

Although this dorm is known as "the ugliest building on campus," it is my personal favorite. I lived there happily for three years enjoying its unusual architecture, cavernous hallways, and student dining hall on the first floor.

Jul 23, 2010

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Facts

Room Types
  • Doubles
  • Quads
  • Singles
  • Suites
  • Triples
Bed Types
  • Cots available
  • Twin extra-long
What You Get
  • Bed
  • Bookshelf
  • Closet
  • Desk and chair
  • Dresser
  • Fireplace (some rooms)
  • Lamp
  • Mirror
  • Window seat (some rooms)

Available for Rent

There is nothing available for rent on campus.

Cleaning Service

Yes, in public areas.

Did You Know?

Two dorms are said to be haunted. Merion has a friendly ghost named Lilian, who has been known to turn off a TV and be sighted in the room she inhabited as a student. Some students claim to have seen a male ghost wearing a military uniform in the halls of Pembroke West.

Pembroke West is also famous for being the college home of Katharine Hepburn when she attended Bryn Mawr in the late ‘20s. Her room is on the first floor.

Architecturally set apart from more traditional castle-like dorms, Louis Khan designed Erdman Hall to resemble a modern Scottish castle. Students’ level of appreciation varies, but the building has won international awards for its design.

On Dorm Dress-up Day during Hell Week, the freshmen in each dorm dress up to match their dorm’s theme. Rhoads residence dress like rodents, Erdman residents dress as nerds, Merion residents are ghosts, and Breconits are Catholic school girls, as Brecon used to be part of a Catholic school.

DormitoriesWhat's This?

Batten House
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 13
Bathrooms: Two shared by the house
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles
Special Features: Kitchen, living room, breakfast nook, terrace, laundry, basement

Brecon Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 82
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Game room (air-hockey and pool tables), living room, tea pantries, Kosher kitchen, laundry

Denbigh Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 109
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen doubles and triples, upperclass singles, doubles, and triples
Special Features: Back smoker, living room, tea pantries, laundry, language lab in basement

Erdman Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 153
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen singles, upperclass singles, and suites
Special Features: Living room, the Pit, back smoker, tea pantries, laundry, Women’s Center Library, dining hall

Haffner Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 78
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles
Special Features: Living room, courtyard, foreign language hall, audio-visual resource room, library, dining hall

Merion Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 97
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen singles, doubles, and quads, upperclass singles and doubles
Special Features: TV room, living room, back smoker, tea pantries, laundry

Pembroke East
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 131
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen singles, doubles, triples, and quads, upperclass singles, doubles, and suites
Special Features: TV room, living room, tea pantries, laundry, dance studio, attic study room

Pembroke West
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 107
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen singles, doubles, triples, and quads, upperclass singles, doubles, and suites
Special Features: TV room, living room, tea pantries, laundry rooms, dance studio

Perry House
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 7
Bathrooms: Bathrooms centrally located; double has a private bathroom
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles and one double
Special Features: TV room, kitchen, dining room, living room, laundry

Radnor Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 71
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen doubles and one quad, upperclass singles and one double
Special Features: Storage, large entry room, living room, TV rooms/study lounges

Rhoads North
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 106
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen doubles and triples, upperclass singles, doubles, and triples
Special Features: Two TV rooms, living rooms, laundry, tea pantries

Rhoads South
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 71
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen doubles and triples, upperclass singles, doubles, and triples
Special Features: Two TV rooms, living rooms, laundry, tea pantries

Rockefeller Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 158
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Residents: Freshmen and Upperclassmen
Room Types: Freshmen singles and doubles, upperclass singles, doubles, one triple, and one suite
Special Features: TV room, extra-wide stair cases, living rooms, laundry, tea pantries

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