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Comparable Schools'
Campus Housing Grades:
Quick StatsUndergrads Living on Campus
89 %
Best Dorms
- Row houses, especially Lambda Nu, Xanada, BOB, and 680 Lomita
Number of Campus Owned Apartments
2
Worst Dorms
- Language, Culture, and Theme Houses
- Potter
- Robinson
- SLE Dorms
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus
Yes
College Prowler Take
Student opinions of on-campus housing are appropriately mixed—there are so many different options that your housing experience can vary. There are standard dormitories, with 60 to 200 people, self-operated houses, with 25 to 50 people, where students manage finances and hire a chef, and co-ops, where residents do all of the cooking and cleaning. Mirrielees is an apartment-style dorm where you don’t have a meal plan, and you can do your own cooking. Some students are quite happy living in a regular dormitory, while others have a much better time in a smaller house. Most feel that freshman year is best spent living in an all-freshman dorm, because you’ll get to know a lot more people and have a better social life. After freshman year, you have the option to live in a dorm again, or in a Row house. Stanford’s lottery system, called “The Draw,” has a huge effect on the options you have each year. Stanford definitely has one of the most diverse housing systems of any university, and there’s a large disparity between the qualities of different options. Some students live in crowded one-room triples and have mediocre food, while others live in singles and have a great house chef. The lottery, which gives you a random number that affects where you can live, supposedly mediates the disparity. Of course, some people are just unlucky. Others will manage to find loopholes. Some people join fraternities, while others become staff members. Where you live on campus greatly influences your quality of life, though not always for the most obvious reasons. Having good food or a large room is nice, but sometimes having the right roommate or good people in your hall makes the biggest difference.
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:
annikka says:  |
Even though next year Stanford is...
Even though next year Stanford is rearranging dorms so that more freshmen will be able to live in an all-frosh dorm, I personally love living in a four-class dorm. I live in Roble, where the freshmen live in roomy, three-room quads. They are really nice, and Roble has so many freshmen, it is like the best of both housing options.
Campus Housing: March 03, 2009
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Anonymous says: |
Because almost everyone lives on...
Because almost everyone lives on campus, and housing is generally packed to maximum capacity, there is a distinct lack of singles. I would say only about half of upperclassmen get their own room. By senior year, this can be a real problem. Whether or not you have a single (or at least half of a two-room double) can have a very distinct effect on your social life. |
Anonymous says: |
Dorms are sort of like parachuting...
Dorms are sort of like parachuting into an open field—you’ll be fine wherever you land. Some spots are better than others, like those houses on Mayfield Drive (a.k.a. |
Anonymous says: |
All the dorms are okay, but avoid...
All the dorms are okay, but avoid four-class dorms if you want a really social atmosphere as a freshman. Conversely, if you are planning on getting some serious studying done freshman year, avoid all-freshman dorms, especially Branner. |
Anonymous says: |
Dorms are really sweet. Wilbur and...
Dorms are really sweet. Wilbur and Stern are the best. Avoid FroSoCo—it’s farthest from everything. FloMo is reasonable, but not as cool as Wilbur or Stern. Anything you get is pretty sweet, though. |
FactsWhat You Get
- Bed
- Bookshelf
- Cable TV jack
- Closet or wardrobe
- Desk and chair
- Dresser
- Ethernet connection
- Window coverings
Room Types
- One- or three-room quads
- One- or two-room doubles
- One- or two-room triples
- Singles
- Suites
Available for Rent
Fridge, microwave, water dispenser
Bed Types
- Bunkable beds
- Lofts
- Twin extra-long
Cleaning Service
Daily cleaning of bathrooms and common areas during the week in University housing. In co-ops, you get to do it yourself!
Dormitories
Academic-, Language-, and Culture-Theme Houses (Halls: EAST, Haus Mittaeleuropa, La Casa Italiana, La Maison Française, Murray, Slavianaskii Dom, Storey, Yost)
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 35–63 per hall
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, quads
Branner Hall
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 125
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Co-ops (Halls: Chi Theta Chi, Columbae, Enchanted Broccoli Forest, Hammarskjöld, Kairos, Synergy, Terra)
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 26–57 per hall
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, quads
Students are fully responsible for planning meals, cooking, and cleaning all common areas.
Cross-Cultural Theme Houses (Halls: Casa Zapata, Muwekma-tah-ruk, Okada, Ujamaa)
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 32–107 per hall
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Typically about half of the residents in these dorms identify with the house’s ethnic theme. Casa Zapata is the Chicano/Latino theme dorm, Okada has an Asian focus, Ujamaa has an African American theme, and Muwekma-tah-ruk has a Native American emphasis.
Crothers Hall
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 376
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Florence Moore Houses (Halls: Cardenal, Faisan, Gavilan, Loro, Mirlo, Paloma)
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 55–86 per hall
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Lagunita Court Houses (Halls: Adelfa, Eucalipto, Granada, Naranja)
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 61–71 per hall
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Manzanita Park Houses (Halls: Castaño, Kimball Hall, Lantana, Roble Hall)
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 107–306 per hall
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, quads
Self-Operated Row Houses (Houses: 680 Lomita, 717 Dolores, Bob, Durand, Grove Mayfield, Jerry, Mars, Narnia, Phi Sig, Roth, Xanadu, ZAP)
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 26–62 per house
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, triples, doubles, quads
Sterling Quadrangle House (Halls: Potter, Robinson, Toyon Hall)
Floors: 2–3
Number of Occupants: 89–158 per hall
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Campus Owned Apartments
Mirrielees
Floors: 4
Number of Units: 290
Bathrooms: Shared by apartments
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: 9 three-bedroom apartments with four people in each and 123 two-bedroom apartments with three people in each
One of the few places on campus that doesn’t require a meal plan. You have a kitchen and can make your own food.
Suites
Floors: 2–3
Number of Units: 80–168
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: 16 four-bedroom suites, 3 eight-bedroom suites, 28 six-bedroom suites
Residents eat in one of several eating clubs.
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