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Quick StatsUndergrads Living on Campus
86 %
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus
Yes
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Of Dartmouth’s residential clusters, the Choates and the River are uniformly regarded as the least desirable. That being said, first-year students who find themselves in these unfortunate locations often report that the bonding experience of single-class housing makes up for the cramped, somewhat dingy quarters. According to its residents, the Choates’ major redeeming factor is its proximity to Frat Row—certainly, a mixed blessing in the eyes of many parents. East Wheelock offers what are arguably the most refined living conditions on campus, though its residents have garnered a reputation for their curmudgeonly ways and early bedtimes. The Hitchcock & Fahey-McLane cluster of dorms offers an enticing combination of features including a prime location straddling Tuck Mall near the center of campus and gorgeous, well-built interior spaces complete with world-class amenities. Dartmouth is improving and refurbishing old residence halls and constructing new ones all the time. Dartmouth’s sense of community is strengthened by the fact that almost all of its students live on campus in dorms or Greek houses. Considering the spaciousness of most dorm rooms and the sheer variety of living arrangements available to first-year and upperclass students alike, this is hardly surprising. While only first-year students and sophomores are guaranteed housing by the College, most upperclass students manage to secure comfortable living spaces for themselves, since they get first dibs during room draw, Dartmouth’s housing lottery system. Students Speak Out
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DarIM says: Dartmouth College 2013 Other  |
Overall, the dorms are really...
Overall, the dorms are really nice. There are a lot of new dorms and newly renovated dorms, but the older dorms have much higher ceilings and a lot of charm. Avoid the river cluster, if possible—it's really far away and pretty antiquated.
Campus Housing: February 20, 2009
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DarIM says: Dartmouth College 2013 Other |
There is a fairly extensive range...
There is a fairly extensive range in quality of dorms. Some of the oldest dorms on campus have recently been renovated for purposes of insulation, but they've lost some of the old charm they used to have—and asbestos, I guess. Overall, the dorms are high quality all around, and there's only one dorm down by the river, which can be a bear to deal with in the winter.
Campus Housing: February 20, 2009
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DartmouthPerson says: Dartmouth College 2014 History |
The dorms at Dartmouth vary from...
The dorms at Dartmouth vary from one extreme to the other. You might live in a traditional-looking dorm that has been around for 100 years and is maintained as best as one can. Or, you might receive a great housing number and live in a modern dorm with lights that turn on and off automatically as you walk through the hallway. Personally, I prefer the latter.
Campus Housing: February 18, 2009
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DarBB says: Dartmouth College 2014 Other |
Some of the freshman dorms are...
Some of the freshman dorms are extremely new and nice. The ones that aren't make up for it with great social scenes—except for East Wheelock. The upperclassmen dorms are generally not as nice and a little older, but they're quiet and not bad.
Campus Housing: February 17, 2009
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Big rooms, great locations; what...
Big rooms, great locations; what more could a college student want? Dartmouth employs the cluster system, typically putting three or four dormitories together in a group. These clusters often form individual identities, and students generally associate themselves as being from the Choates, the River, Mass Row, and so on, as opposed to their individual dorms. Since Dartmouth is organized around the Green, all dorms are within easy walking distance of each other. That means there really aren’t any poorly-located dorms. ? |
FactsWhat You Get
- Bed
- Bookshelf
- Cable TV and phone jacks
- Chair
- Closet
- Desk and chair
- Dresser
- Ethernet connection
Room Types
- Singles
- Two- and three-room doubles
- Two- and three-room triples
- Three-room quads
Also Available
- Affinity housing: French and Italian (in East Wheelock), Asian Studies Center, Shabazz Center for Intellectual Inquiry (home of Afro-American Society), Chinese Language House, Hillel Apartments, Kade German Center, Russian Program, Sustainability Living Center, Gender Neutral Housing, Interfaith Learning and Living Center, Foley Cooperative, International House, La Casa, Latin American/Latino/Caribbean House, Native American House, smoke-free dorm arrangements, substance-free dorm arrangements.
Cleaning Service
Yes, a cleaning service is provided in public areas, but cleaning of seperate rooms is available only in East Wheelock.
Dormitories
Choates and North Cluster: Bissell
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 76
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Singles and doubles combined into eight-person suites
Adjoining lounges, social dorm.
Choates and North Cluster: Brown
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 77
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Singles and doubles combined into eight-person suites
Adjoining lounges, social dorm.
Choates and North Cluster: Cohen
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 77
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Singles and doubles combined into eight-person suites
Lounges.
Choates and North Cluster: Little
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 75
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Singles and doubles combined into eight-person suites
Social dorm.
Choates and North Cluster: North
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 19
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Singles
Quiet dorm.
East Wheelock Cluster: Andres
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 82
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Suite-style, with students in singles or doubles sharing living area and full bath
Brace Commons, residential community, smoke-free.
East Wheelock Cluster: McCulloch
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 76
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Suite-style, with students in singles or doubles sharing living area and full bath
Brace Commons, smoke-free.
East Wheelock Cluster: Morton
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 67
Bathrooms: Private (full-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Suite-style, with students in singles or doubles sharing living area and full bath
Brace Commons, smoke-free.
East Wheelock Cluster: Zimmerman
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 84
Bathrooms: Private (full-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Suite-style, with students in singles or doubles
Brace Commons, smoke-free.
Fayers Cluster: Mid-Fayerweather
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 107
Bathrooms: Communal (by floor) and private (half-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly two-room triples
Half-baths in most rooms.
Fayers Cluster: North Fayerweather
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 56
Bathrooms: Communal (by floor) and private (half-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly two-room triples
Half-baths in many rooms.
Fayers Cluster: South Fayerweather
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 63
Bathrooms: Private (half-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly two-room triples
Half-baths in most rooms.
Gold Coast Cluster: Gile
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 112
Bathrooms: Communal and private (half-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two- and three-room doubles, three-room triples
Half-baths in some rooms.
Gold Coast Cluster: Lord
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 78
Bathrooms: Communal and private (half-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two- and three-room doubles, three-room triples
Half-baths in some rooms.
Gold Coast Cluster: Streeter
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 67
Bathrooms: Communal and private (half-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two- and three-room doubles, three-room triples
Half-baths in some rooms.
Mass Row and Hitchcock Cluster: Hitchcock
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 86
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles
Recently renovated.
Mass Row and Hitchcock Cluster: Mid Massachusetts
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 111
Bathrooms: Private (full-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Doubles, two-room triples
Private bath and shower.
Mass Row and Hitchcock Cluster: North Massachusetts
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 68
Bathrooms: Private (full-baths) and communal (by floor)
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, doubles, two-room triples
Carpeted, laundry, private bath and shower.
Mass Row and Hitchcock Cluster: South Massachusetts
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 68
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, doubles, two-room triples
Most rooms are carpeted.
McLaughlin Cluster: Berry
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 43
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles, suites
Each floor has a kitchen, living rooms, lounges.
McLaughlin Cluster: Bilder
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 61
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles, suites
Each floor has a kitchen, living rooms, lounges.
McLaughlin Cluster: Byrne II
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 49
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles, suites
Each floor has a kitchen, living rooms, lounges.
McLaughlin Cluster: Goldstein
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 39
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles, suites
Each floor has a kitchen, living rooms, lounges.
McLaughlin Cluster: Rauner
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 75
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles, suites
Each floor has a kitchen, living rooms, lounges.
McLaughlin Cluster: Thomas
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 75
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles, suites
Each floor has a kitchen, living rooms, lounges.
Rip-Wood-Smith Cluster: Ripley
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 45
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly singles, some one- and two-room doubles
Smoke-free
Rip-Wood-Smith Cluster: Smith
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 47
Bathrooms: Communal (by floor) and Private (half-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly singles, some one- and two-room doubles
Smoke-free
Rip-Wood-Smith Cluster: Woodward
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 47
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly singles, some one- and two-room doubles
Smoke-free
River Cluster: Channing Cox
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 68
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Apartment-style (kitchen, bath, four single bedrooms)
Favorite for seniors.
River Cluster: French
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 98
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Singles, two- and three-room doubles
Lounge, study rooms, substance-free.
River Cluster: Hinman
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 101
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Singles, two- and three-room doubles
Lounge, snack prep areas, study rooms.
River Cluster: Judge
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 87
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Singles, two- and three-room doubles
Lounge, snack prep areas, study rooms.
River Cluster: Maxwell
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 68
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Apartment-style (kitchen, bath, four single bedrooms)
Favorite for seniors.
Russell Sage Cluster: Butterfield
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 55
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, doubles, two-room triples
Substance-free.
Russell Sage Cluster: Fahey
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 62
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles, suites
Commons room, kitchens on each floor, living room, lounges.
Russell Sage Cluster: McLane
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 99
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, two-room doubles, suites
Commons room, kitchens on each floor, living room, lounges.
Russell Sage Cluster: Russell Sage
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 119
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Two-room triples
Laundry rooms, substance-free.
Topliff, New Hampshire and the Lodge Cluster: Brewster
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 28
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Singles
International house, library on second floor.
Topliff, New Hampshire and the Lodge Cluster: New Hampshire
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 120
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Singles, one- and two-room doubles
Spacious lounges, remodeled.
Topliff, New Hampshire and the Lodge Cluster: The Lodge
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 72
Bathrooms: Private (full-baths)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Doubles
Private baths.
Topliff, New Hampshire and the Lodge Cluster: Topliff
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 174
Bathrooms: Communal by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly singles
Many rooms are carpeted.
Wheeler and Richardson Cluster: Richardson
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 63
Bathrooms: Private (half-baths) and communal (by floor)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly two-room doubles and triples
Adjoined lounges, some rooms carpeted.
Wheeler and Richardson Cluster: Wheeler
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 106
Bathrooms: Private (half-baths) and communal (by floor)
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, upperclass students
Room Types: Mostly doubles
Half-baths in many rooms.
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