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On-Campus Housing Available? Yes
Campus Housing Capacity 2,043
Average Housing Costs $6,496
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus? Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus 85%
Number of Dormitories 8
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments 2
Best Dorms
  • Howe-Rounds Hall
  • Jonsson Tower
  • Wait Hall
  • Wiecking Hall
Worst Dorms
  • Kimball Hall
  • Penfield Hall

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Campus housing is divided into two Quads: North and South. Jonsson Tower, Howe-Rounds, Northwoods Apartments, and Wait Hall comprise North Quad. Wiecking Hall, McClellan, Penfield, Kimball, Wilmarth, and Scribner Village Apartments comprise South Quad. Every dorm, with the exception of Wiecking Hall, has a laundry room, lounge with cable TV, and is arranged in suites. Each suite contains three to five rooms (the maximum number of people you share a bathroom with is six) and a bathroom. Every room on campus has a window seat. North Quad dorms are air conditioned, have bigger rooms, and (with the exception of Tower) window seats with three cushions (imagine a full-sized couch) instead of one. Half of Howe-Rounds is devoted to substance-free living (no drugs or alcohol), Wait Hall houses an Honors floor, and Tower houses Campus Security, the Counseling Center, Health Services, the College’s radio station, and a quiet floor.

Though it changes slightly from year to year, South Quad has a reputation for parties and jocks, while North Quad has a reputation for being nicer and quieter. Upperclassmen can live in Scribner Village, which is on-campus apartment housing with air-conditioning, kitchen, living room, porch, and bedrooms for four to seven people. Northwoods Apartments, a new addition to campus, offers the option of a three-bedroom loft with all the necessary amenities—they even come furnished!

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Campus Housing at Skidmore College

IsisAmaris

'15

Sociology

4.6
A

Very Convenient

Some of the dorms could use an upgrade as far as appearance goes; however, the dorms make it very convenient for students to leave their building and get to the dining hall or to classes easier than if they lived in the on-campus apartments. You can choose to live on a same sex floor or a mixed floor and each floor has their own kitchen. Four rooms (called pods) share one bathroom with two sinks, a toilet and a shower. There is a housekeeper who cleans monday through friday and makes sure everything is neat. You can live in a single, double, or triple. There are washers and dryers in the basement for doing laundry as well as workout equippment for exercising. Each floor has a lounge with couches for socializing or studying. The first floor has a television and DVD player for watching sports games or movies. Overall, dorm life is pretty nice.

Dec 23, 2011

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Campus Housing at Skidmore College

mcookie8

'15

Psychology

4.6
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Dorms Are Good, Especially for Upperclassmen

There are so many dorms on campus and they are all fairly good quality. Most dorms are suite-style, which is nice. Freshman and sophomores usually live in the dorms, juniors live in Scribner Village (which is being redone right now) and seniors live in the beautiful Northwoods Village. I can't wait to be an upperclassmen and live in either of these really nice apartment complexes right on campus.

Dec 15, 2011

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Campus Housing at Skidmore College

kjanea2011

'15

Education

3.1
B-

Could Be Better

The social atmosphere is ok. It can be a bit cliquey at times, but for the most part people are nice. The dorms are ok, but could be better. Most dorms, you can't control the temperature of your room or floor. The bathrooms and kitchens can be pretty gross sometimes.

Nov 24, 2011

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Student Survey Poll ResultsWhat's This?

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Facts

Room Types
  • Doubles – Freshmen are automatically assigned to a double, but there is also an option of living in a limited number of triples.
  • Elevator Suites – All in Johnson Tower and consist of two smalls rooms.
  • Residence rooms include suite-style and hallway-style units both offering doubles and singles.
  • Single – If you get a good lottery number, it is possible to get one of these as early as sophomore year.
  • Suite – Either two singles and one double with a shared bathroom or two doubles and two singles with a bathroom between them
Bed Types
  • Bunkable beds
  • Twin extra-long
What You Get
  • Bed
  • Cable TV and Internet connections
  • Closet
  • Desk and chair
  • Dresser
  • Window seat
Also Available Smoke-free living option, special-interest housing

Cleaning Service

In public areas, community and semi-private bathrooms are cleaned by staff approximately once a week. Community apartment bathrooms are the responsibility of residents.

Did You Know?

Every dorm room on Skidmore’s campus has a window seat. In South Quad and Tower, the window seats are one cushion wide and in North Quad doubles, they are three cushions wide (imagine a full-sized couch).

All the dorms in North Quad have air-conditioning. And all the dorms on campus have study rooms, laundry rooms, computer labs (though some are small—Tower’s only has two computers), and a lounge with a television and basic cable. Every floor has a kitchen and a lounge.

Each room in Howe-Rounds Hall is equipped with a thermostat so that you can control your room temperature.

All the dorms are coed, with the exception of several women’s floors. That means that you might have members of the opposite sex living right across the hall (but don’t worry, suites are always single-sex).

There are two sets of on-campus apartments, Scribner Village and Northwoods Apartments. Both are available to all Skidmore students, though the chances of getting into one of these as a freshman are slim to none unless you have upperclassmen friends. Being that the Northwoods Apartments are newer, they are considered to be much nicer and are much harder to get than Sribner Village apartments.

All of Skidmore’s dorms are smoke-free.
 

DormitoriesWhat's This?

Howe-Rounds Halls
Floors: 3
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples arranged in suites
Special Features: Each floor of Howe Hall and Rounds Halls has a kitchen with a microwave and refrigerator and a shared lounge with a pool table and large TV. Laundry is located on the first floor of Howe Hall.

Jonsson Tower
Floors: 11 + penthouse
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples arranged in suites
Special Features: Each floor features a kitchen with a sink, microwave and refrigerator. The fifth floor kitchen also has vending machines. Laundry is located in the basement. A pool table and large TV are located in the penthouse on the 12th floor.

Kimball Hall
Floors: 3
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples arranged in suites
Special Features: Each floor has a kitchen with a microwave and refrigerator. Laundry is located in the basement of the building.

McClellan Hall
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples arranged in suites
Special Features: Each floor has a kitchen with a microwave and refrigerator. Laundry is located in the basement of the building. Study rooms are located on the second and third floors.

Penfield Hall
Floors: 3
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples arranged in suites

Wait Hall
Floors: 3 + basement
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples arranged in suites

Wiecking Hall
Floors: 3
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples arranged in suites

Wilmarth Hall
Floors: 3
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples arranged in suites

Campus-Owned ApartmentsWhat's This?

Northwoods Apartments
Floors: 2 or 3 floors for each apartment
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles rooms in either a 3- or 4-person “loft” or 4-person “garden”
Special Features: Each apartment has a kitchen with a stove, oven, refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher. Each building has a laundry room.

Scribner Village Apartments
Floors: 2 per apartment
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: All singles or singles and one double in 4-, 5-, 6-, or 7-person apartments
Special Features: Each apartment has a kitchen with a stove, oven, refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher. There are washers and dryers located in room adjacent to Maple A and Ross D.

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