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Luther College - Campus HousingCollege Prowler3.08
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Campus Housing Grades:
Quick StatsUndergrads Living on Campus
88 %
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus
Yes
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments
1
Best Dorms
- Baker Village (seniors)
- Brandt (freshmen)
College Prowler Take
Campus housing is a bookend kind of deal—most of the living arrangements are very solid freshman and senior year, but things get a little musty in between. Brandt and Ylvisaker, the main freshman dorms, have great locations, nice facilities, and allow for easy transition from living at home. All Ylvisaker rooms house two students, while Brandt rooms are for three students, except the “Penthouse,” which houses four students and is the nicest freshman living arrangement if you’re selected to live there. Towers is nearly universally hated for its cramped living quarters, outdated facilities, and general disorder. The only plus to it is that 80 percent of sophomores and juniors will live there, which enables you to get to know a lot of people. By the time you’re a senior, your best on-campus housing options are the college apartments, a Farwell cluster, or the granddaddy of them all, Baker Village. Unfortunately, since Luther approves so few people for off-campus housing, some seniors can get shut out of those options, leaving them with either a Larsen room, an Olson suite, or (gasp!) a third year in Towers. Since almost all Luther students will live on campus all four years, it is important to consider where you’ll wind up and what you want to get out of it. Students Speak Out
Love your school more than free food? Hate your school more than term papers?
Somewhere in between? Show the world what YOU think of YOUR school:
jac5 says: Luther College 2007 Arts, Visual and Performing  |
You Really Just Sleep There
B+
The dorms at Luther are not beautiful, but they sure are fun. My freshman year was the year that two of the freshman dorms were re-done. Looking back, these dorms are some of the best I've seen at many colleges. Even Towers is an experience, and still bigger than most rooms at NYU. The Key to succeeding in the housing is to know what you want, and to be organized when room draw comes around.
Campus Housing: January 06, 2010
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Luther believes a lot in student...
Luther believes a lot in student closeness, which is a double-edged sword. While your close quarters will no doubt lead to roommate bonding and finding other kids in the hall with similar interests, it also means that you’re going to know if someone two doors down from you is having problems with their boyfriend. Most room arrangements have two students per room, but Brandt has three, and Larsen, Farwell, and Baker Village all have a “single room” option. In some living complexes, such as the ones in Olsen and Farwell, students may live with some common areas, like a living room, but still only two per bedroom. |
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The Farwell clusters are...
The Farwell clusters are fantastic! You’ve got a lot of room to yourself and room to share with others. It’s a really nice transition out of the dorms that gives you a great location, but still provides you with a lot of the benefits of living off campus. |
Anonymous says: |
Towers is awful, plain and simple. |
Anonymous says: |
Luther does a great job of...
Luther does a great job of spinning the housing situation to make it seem great when you’re on a tour by showing you Farwell and Brandt (which are, admittedly, really nice buildings) but skipping Towers, which is where almost every student will live at some point. |
Interested in
Luther College? FactsBed Types
- Some beds are attached to the wall and immovable
Also Available
- Students who are married or engaged are eligible for married student housing, a series of campus-owned apartments.
Available for Rent
Minifridges
Cleaning Service
Hallways and Bathrooms are cleaned daily; dorm rooms are left for residents to handle themselves.
Dormitories
Brandt Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 384
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Three- and four-person rooms
Kitchen, laundry, social lounge, study lounges, TV lounge.
Dieseth Hall (Towers)
Floors: 9
Number of Occupants: 368
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Air-conditioning, connected to Miller Hall, pool table, social/study lounge on each floor.
Farwell Hall
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 259
Bathrooms: Shared by 7- to 9-room cluster
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen, mostly seniors
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Each cluster shares a bathroom, common living area, and a laundry or kitchen. All rooms are air-conditioned and carpeted.
Larsen Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 142
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Hardwood floors, social/TV lounge, study lounge.
Miller Hall (Towers)
Floors: 9
Number of Occupants: 366
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Air-conditioned, communal kitchen, computer lab, connected to Dieseth Hall, ping-pong table, social lounge on each floor, wellness floors.
Olson Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 220
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students, some upperclassmen
Room Types: Triples, four-person suites
Social lounge, study lounge, TV lounge.
Ylvisaker Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 256
Bathrooms: Shared by hall
Coed: Yes
Residents: First-year students
Room Types: Doubles
Designated quiet and wellness floors, kitchen, rec room with ping-pong table, study lounges.
Campus-Owned Apartments
Baker Village
Floors: 2-story townhouses
Number of Units: 100
Bathrooms: 2 per unit
Coed: Yes, by floor
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: 2-, 4-, and 6-person units
Environmentally-friendly features, full kitchen, furnished living and dining room, Shirley Baker Commons facility.
Did You Know?Farwell Hall has four coed clusters. Juniors and seniors can form groups of guys and girls together and apply for a 14-person cluster centered around a central living room.
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