Carnegie Mellon University - Campus Housing - Campus Housing

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On-Campus Housing Available?		Yes
Campus Housing Capacity		3,873
Average Housing Costs		$6,300
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus?		Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus		64%
Freshmen Living On Campus		99%
Number of Dormitories		13
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments		10
Best Freshman Dorms		Donner House Morewood E-Tower Mudge House Residence on Fifth Stever House
Best Upperclassman Dorms		Morewood Gardens Resnik House Roselawn Houses West Wing House
Best Dorms		Morewood Gardens Mudge House New House Resnik West Wing
Worst Dorms		Boss Donner Hamerschlag Scobell
Worst Freshman Dorms		Hammerschlag House Henderson House Residence on Fifth Scobell House
Worst Upperclassman Dorms		Henderson House Scobell House Shady Oak Apartments Woodlawn Apartments

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All freshmen are required to live in campus housing, unless they get excused for extenuating circumstances. Freshmen live in two main areas of campus: the Morewood dorms and the Margaret Morrison dorms. It's hard to discern which first-year dorm is the best; depending on whom you ask, most CMU students will answer with their own dorm. However, you will hear that campus housing is generally a great freshman experience. On the other hand, you will get mixed reviews about on-campus housing for upperclassmen. Campus housing is guaranteed for four years for all students, provided they don't leave campus housing at any point. This means that if you live in Greek housing, off campus, or abroad for even a semester, you will have to sign up for the housing wait list. While housing services does its best to place everyone from the wait list, depending on the number of students in campus housing for that semester or year, it just isn't possible.

For upperclasmen who stayed in campus housing, they sign up for the housing process sometime halfway through the spring semester. Rising juniors and seniors can keep their rooms, but sophomores can't because their rooms are cleared for the next freshman class. Those who don't keep their rooms can be pulled into coveted apartments or suites by friends, or they can wait and receive a room selection number. These numbers determine who gets to choose housing first, and unfortunately, this process is random. No cheating the system for you, so follow CMU students and try your best to get pulled into rooms.

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Campus Housing at Carnegie Mellon University

catashhhtrophe

Psychology '15

A-

E-Tower

Regardless of the dorm you pick, there are pros and cons. I live in Morewood E-Tower, which has the biggest rooms, a good house atmosphere, and a friendly maintenance staff who does a decent job of keeping common areas clean.

Apr 29, 2012

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kshark

Mechanical Engineering '15

B

Not Bad

Some dorm rooms are really small, and not all are in the best of conditions, but most seem to have a really good sense of community, and dorm life actually isn't too bad!

Apr 03, 2012

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rbullen

Creative Writing '14

B

Considering the Huge Student Body, Not Bad

CMU has a lot of students, and sometimes it gets to be too much for the Housing office because some students slip through the cracks and are forced, through no fault of their own, to move off-campus, which form my understanding is cheaper. While CMU is always adding new housing, it needs to work on the older buildings. Some of them are just barely liveable.

Mar 28, 2012

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Types of Housing Offered		Apartments for single students Coed dorms Fraternity/sorority housing Men's dorms Special housing disabled students Special interest housing Women's dorms
Room Types		Apartments Houses Prime – students share a private or semi-private bathroom with no more than five students. Standard – students share a large central bathroom facility (most first-year students are assigned to these rooms). Suites
Bed Types		Bunkable beds Twin extra-long
What You Get		Bed Bookshelf Cable TV jack Closet or wardrobe Desk and chair Dresser Internet access Window coverings
Also Available		There are eight themed living areas available for freshmen on campus, including wellness housing, PLACE (Program for Leadership and Civic Engagement), QSSS (Quantitative Social Science Scholar), SHS (Science and Humanities Scholars Programs), HSP (Humanities Scholars Program), BXA interdisciplinary degree program, quiet living, and global studies.

Available for Rent

MicroFridges are available from The Melvin Group. The cost is about $200 for the academic year, so if split between you and a roommate, that's only $50 a semester. They have 2.9 cubic feet in storage capacity, and it comes equipped with a mini-refrigerator, a mini-freezer, and a microwave on top! If you place your order a certain time before the school year begins, facilities staff will even deliver it to your room for you.

Cleaning Service

Yes, in public areas. Community and semi-private bathrooms are cleaned by staff approximately once a week. Community apartment bathrooms are not cleaned.

DormitoriesWhat's This?

Boss House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 50–99
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, television room, study lounge, laundry

Donner House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 100–249
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Special Features: Recreation area, television room, study lounge, laundry, kitchen

Hamerschlag House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 100–249
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Television/recreation area, common kitchen, laundry, pool table

Henderson House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 50–99
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, television room, study lounge, laundry, wellness housing, air conditioning

McGill House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 50–99
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, television room, study lounge, laundry

Morewood E-Tower
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 100–249
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Special Features: Study lounge, laundry

Morewood Gardens
Floors: 7
Number of Occupants: 250–499
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Special Features: Recreation room, television room, study lounge, laundry, computer cluster, mail room, common kitchen

Mudge House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 250–499
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Special Features: Living room, dining room, parlor room, study lounge, television room, garden courtyard, laundry, mailroom, common kitchen, fitness room

Resnik House
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 100–249
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Air-conditioned, TV room, computer cluster

Scobell House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 50–99
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Lounge, laundry, TV lounge, recreation room

Stever House
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 250–499
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Conference room, laundry, fitness room, study room, recreation area, kitchen, private dining, environmentally-friendly design, air conditioning

Welch House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 50–99
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Television and study lounge, parlor room, laundry, quiet living area, air conditioning

West Wing House
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 100–249
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Air-conditioned, television room, computer cluster, mail room, community kitchens

Campus-Owned ApartmentsWhat's This?

Doherty Apartments
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 50–99
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Studios (doubles), one-bedroom apartments (triples)
Special Features: Recreation area, television room, laundry, fitness room

Fairfax Apartments
Floors: 9
Number of Units: 100–249
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Studios (doubles), one- and two-bedroom apartments (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Kitchen, laundry, workout room, air conditioning

Margaret Morrison Apartments
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 25–49
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Two-, four-, and eight-bedroom apartments (doubles)
Special Features: Fitness room, lounge, laundry facilities

Neville Apartments
Floors: 2
Number of Units: <10
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Three- and four-bedroom apartments (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Air conditioning, lounge

Residence on Fifth
Floors: 5
Number of Units: 50–99
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Studios (doubles, triples), one-bedroom apartments (triples)
Special Features: Air conditioning, fitness room, in-house movie theater, piano room, kitchens, laundry facilities and several lounges

Roselawn Houses
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 10–24
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Three-bedroom houses (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Kitchen, living room, dining room

Shady Oak Apartments
Floors: 4
Number of Units: 50–99
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Studios (doubles) and two-, three-, and five-bedroom apartments (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Kitchen, laundry

Shirley Apartments
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 10–24
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Studios (singles), one-bedroom apartments (singles)
Special Features: Kitchen, laundry

Webster Hall Apartments
Floors: 12
Number of Units: 100–249
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Studios (doubles), one- and two-bedroom apartments (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Kitchen, laundry, air conditioning

Woodlawn Apartments
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 10–24
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: One-, two-, and four-bedroom apartments (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Laundry, art gallery

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