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Comparable Schools'
Campus Housing Grades:
Quick StatsUndergrads Living on Campus
86 %
Best Dorms
- Andrews Court
- Gilbert
- MacCracken,
- Rothschild Suites
- Titsworth
- Tweed
Number of Campus Owned Apartments
1
Worst Dorms
- Garrison
- Hill House
- Slonim
- Taylor
- Woods
College Prowler Take
It seems that at Sarah Lawrence, single rooms are in high demand, and roommates are perceived as burdens. When the housing lottery rolls around, students often join forces and petition for one of the on-campus houses, which offer singles, a kitchen, shared bathrooms, and a common room. The best of these is the strip of houses on Mead Way, located beside main campus. Conversely, distant from main campus is a block of student houses called Slonim Woods, where you’re surrounded by dreary red-brick walls and a murky forest. If you’re scouting out singles, check out MacCracken, Gilbert, and Titsworth, but be sure to avoid rooms that have windows easily accessible to passersby. In general, dorm furniture is adequate, bathrooms are manageable, and the college is quick to respond to problems and repairs. A place of concurrent scorn and affection is Hill House, a towering apartment structure on the outermost fringe of campus. The college owns the whole building, but some original tenants still remain and aren’t tolerant of noisy students. Students in Hill House enjoy the amenities of an apartment: a kitchen, cable television, and a lounge. Yet, Hill House is a 10-minute walk from class, the murky corridors look like something out of a horror movie, and there’s a major highway right outside many of the windows—students either love it or hate it.
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Anonymous says:  |
The dorms are pretty darn great....
The dorms are pretty darn great. Your chances of getting a triple or a double in a funky, old, brick, Tudor dorm are good, and your chances of getting a single after your sophomore year are very promising. People still like to complain, though. |
Anonymous says: |
There aren’t that many colleges...
There aren’t that many colleges where the chance of getting a single your sophomore year is more likely than not. The most desired dorms are the Old Dorms, with MacCracken being the best of these, even if it’s had a reputation for being infested with centipedes. |
Anonymous says: |
As a freshman, you don’t a have...
As a freshman, you don’t a have choice where you’ll end up. I lived in the New Dorms my first year, which people have mixed feelings about, but I had a positive experience. Sure, it’s cramped, but you meet a lot of people and it’s in the hub of all events. |
Anonymous says: |
Dorms at SLC are generally okay,...
Dorms at SLC are generally okay, except for the New Dorms, which I’d rather die than live in. It’s pretty easy to get a single after freshman year, and it’s also feasible to get a kitchen if you’d like. The dorms here are generally a lot less cookie-cutter and institutional than other colleges. |
Anonymous says: |
The dorms are extremely varied. We...
The dorms are extremely varied. We have Tudor-style, cell-block, traditional apartment-style, co-op housing, and more. I’d say avoid the New Dorms as you’re cramped in there like sardines, and they’re noisy. I like Hill House, though many people complain it’s too far away (it’s a 10-minute walk to main campus). The co-op houses can be lots of fun, as well. |
FactsWhat You Get
- Bed
- Closet
- Desk and chair
- Dresser
- Internet connection
- Phone jack
Available for Rent
Storage containers can be rented to hold your stuff between semesters.
Also Available
- Cooperative Housing – In some dormitories, you share appliances, bathrooms, and a lounge with other students, hence the term “Cooperative Housing.” Dormitories with this option include Slonim House, Slonim Woods, Marshal Field Carriage House, Mead Way houses, Hill House apartments, Tweed, Morrill Apartment, Andrews Court, Andrews House, Lynd, Rothschild Suites, Kober, and Curtis.
- You can apply for theme housing during the housing lottery. Typically, you find students who share a common interest and petition together. Examples of theme houses include the International Cooking House and the Art Collective. If you are conscious of your global footprint, Warren Green is a great option. You and your housemates live and cook together using only locally grown food. The idea behind Warren Green is all-sustainable housing.
Cleaning Service
Common lavatories of cooperative housing are cleaned once a week. In some, garbage is removed and spare toilet paper supplied. For individual rooms in dormitories such as MacCracken, you’re responsible for your own bathroom and garbage.
Dormitories
Andrews Court
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area, mixed and single gender
Coed: Yes
Andrews House & Andrews East
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area, large rooms, hardwood floors
Brebner
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Coed: Yes
Curtis
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Dudley Lawrence
Bathrooms: Private
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, suites
Smoking permitted
Floors: 3
Garrison
Bathrooms: Communal
Room Types: Traditional
Gilbert
Bathrooms: In-suite
Room Types: Singles, doubles, suites
Quiet housing, alchohol-free
Floors: 3
Kober
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Lynd Annex
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, common area
Coed: No, men only
Lynd House
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Coed: No, women only
Mansell
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Coed: No, men only
McCracken
Bathrooms: In-suite
Room Types: Suites
Morrill
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Morris
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Good Life co-op, kitchen area, common area
Perkins
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Good Life co-op, kitchen area, common area
Rothschild
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area, private air conditioning
Schmidt
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Slonim Woods & Slonim House
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Taylor
Bathrooms: Communal
Room Types: Traditional
Titsworth
Bathrooms: In-suite
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, suites
Smoking permitted
Floors: 2
Coed: No, women only
Tweed
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
Co-op, kitchen area, common area
Warren Green
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Room Types: Co-op
All sustainable co-op, kitchen area, common area
Westlands
Bathrooms: Communal
Room Types: Traditional
Great location
Campus Owned Apartments
Hill House
Floors: 6
Bathrooms: Semi-private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Full kitchen area, common area, quiet housing
Did You Know?Hill House apartments get cable television. What Sarah Lawrence refers to as the New Dorms, although most recently renovated, are not actually new—in fact, most students prefer to end up in the Old Dorms, such as Dudley Lawrence, Titsworth, or Gilbert. The cluster of Taylor, Garrison, and Rothschild make up the New Dorms, which were built in the late ‘80s by Bauhaus architect Philip Johnson.
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