Warren Wilson College - Campus Housing

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On-Campus Housing Available?		Yes
Campus Housing Capacity		820
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus?		Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus		90%
Number of Dormitories		13
Best Dorms		EcoDorm Sutton Hall Village Apartments
Worst Dorms		Sunderland Hall

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Because so many of the dorms are small and unique, there is a lot of freedom to try some out and find the one that fits your style. Some students fall in love with a roommate and a room and stay there for years, but most tend to float around and try out new halls and roommates for the sake of variety. All buildings have a full kitchen, at least one common room with cable hookup, residence life staff, and laundry machines. Favored dorms are really based on personal preference—some students prefer quiet, others like a little rowdiness—and there are both coed and gender-specific options. However, EcoDorm is always a favorite for its green options and stunning construction.

Freshman halls are conveniently located on Central Campus. Sunderland and Vining get a lot of negative attention, but mostly because many other dorms are so beautiful and enticing that it can be difficult to wait to live there. In 2009, the top floor of Sunderland was turned into living-learning communities, which promote community by placing the fifteen students of a first-year seminar into housing together. The students were very happy with the arrangement and recommended that more be formed, so those are in the works for the future.

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Campus Housing at Warren Wilson College

lewing

'11

Biology

B+

Very Small World on Campus! Housing Lottery Frustrating. Close Proximity to Mountain Trails and River.

Housing registration process is extremely frustrating, and it is very hard to get into many dorms. Housing placement, thus, is essentially determined by luck. Some dorms are amazing, beautiful, and cozy, with a great sense of community. Others are dirty, outdated, small, and full of irresponsible sloppy stoners and drunks that yell all the time. Walls are generally too thin, no matter where you are. Short distances between dorms and classes can be very convenient. Cost of housing is too expensive for the quality of dorm life that can exist, especially if you don't get lucky with the housing lottery. The best part of campus housing is the short distance from the dorms to nice hiking trails and beautiful rolling pastures. The campus' backyard is essentially a gorgeous river valley (farm land, mountains, and river trails) and most students don't even want to be inside their dorms much anyways.

Jul 25, 2011

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katlaufenberg

'13

Asian Studies

A

Spacious Rooms and Small Residences

The housing for sophomores and above is great at Warren Wilson. The Ecodorm is LEED Platinum certified, and all of the upperclassmen housing has less than 100 students per residence - most have under fifty. The rooms are more spacious than many other schools I've visited, and the accommodations are more than adequate.

Oct 31, 2010

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TKJeromos

'14

History

C+

If You Like It Dirty...

If you like campus housing that looks nice from afar and is filthy close-up, then WWC is the place for you. The buildings are generally all right, but really, they don't get cleaned as thoroughly or as often as they should. Also, upperclassmen housing is a bit of a hike.

Oct 05, 2010

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Room Types		Doubles Suites
Bed Types		Twin extra-long
What You Get		Bed Closet Desk and chair Internet connection Phone jack Utilities
Also Available		Theme suites are also available in Schafer, Shepard, and the Village.

Available for Rent

There are no appliances available for rent, but it’s easy to find minifridges and microwaves in the Free Store on campus, and all dorms have a full kitchen with community storage and appliances.

Cleaning Service

Common areas in dorms, as well as hall baths, are cleaned regularly by a student crew. However, all students are responsible for maintaining a clean and healthy campus.

Did You Know?

The EcoDorm at Warren Wilson College is helping to save the earth in many ways. Awnings over the windows are actually solar panels that turn heat from the sun into electricity to power appliances and heating. Rain water that runs off the roof is collected in an underground cistern—a recycled railroad tank—and reused to flush toilets and irrigate the grounds. Wood for the interior trim and siding is either recycled or grown on campus, which means no trucks were polluting the air while delivering it from miles away. The EcoDorm is surrounded by a permaculture garden maintained by students.

All dorms except Sunderland allow small, quiet caged pets.

DormitoriesWhat's This?

ANTC (Asheville Normal Teacher’s College)
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 33
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: ANTC is on Ballfield-Hillside and designed for education majors. It has a deck with a view, and the rooms have bunkable beds, linoleum tiles, and windows that open.

Ballfield A
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 40
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Mostly underclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Located on Ballfield-Hillside. Ballfield A’s rooms have windows that open, bunkable beds, and a bike room. The third floor of Ballfield A (as well as its sister dorms, Korevec, EcoDorm, and Wellness) allows room for student-built lofts.

Dorland Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 90
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Dorland is located in Sage Circle, “over the hill” and across the bridge from main campus. It consists of suites of two rooms connecting to a shared bathroom. In the basement of Dorland is the “geek cave,” with computers wired for Internet gaming.

EcoDorm
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 36
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Underclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Located on Ballfield-Hillside. EcoDorm is one of two LEED Gold certified buildings on campus, and the only dorm classified as such. It boasts tons of eco-friendly amenities.

Korevec Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 40
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Korevec is virtually identical to Ballfield A, except that is a designated quiet dorm.

Sage Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 29
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Located on Sage Circle. Sage is the closest WWC gets to a fraternity house. The only male-designated dorm on campus, Sage offers a lounge with a pool table and a deer head above the fireplace. Sage Café is in the basement.

Schafer (A, B, C)
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 90
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Mostly upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites of doubles
Special Features: Located on Sage Circle. Schafer suites are set up with four double rooms opening into a shared common room and bathrooms. Each building has four suites and a larger community space and kitchen.

Shepard Hall
Floors: 1
Number of Occupants: 16
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Located on Sage Circle, Shepard is the smallest residence hall at Wilson, and generally is a themed house.

Stephenson Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 29
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Located on Sage Circle. Stephensen is virtually identical to Sage but designated all-female. Empower, the gender and sexuality resource center that offers programming and resources around issues of gender identity, gender equity, and sexuality, is in the basement of Stephenson.

Sunderland Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 134
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Mostly underclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Sunderland is the largest dorm on campus and is in the heart of campus, close to most important facilities. The MFA Program, the Writing Center, the Swannanoa Gathering, and some writing and composition professors have offices in the basement. The top floor of Sunderland is designated as living-learning communities, where students live with others in their first-year seminar. The second and third floors are coed by room and the first is coed by hall.

Sutton Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 35
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Mostly upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Located on Ballfield-Hillside, Sutton is identical to ANTC, and also offers a deck with a view, as well as a bike room.

Vining Complex (A, B, C)
Floors: 2 each
Number of Occupants: 100
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes, except Vining A, which is women only
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Small doubles
Special Features: Located in Central Campus, Vining consists of three separate structures—A is all women, B is coed by floor, and C houses the RD apartment, the kitchen, and a large common space.

Wellness
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 42
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Underclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Located on Ballfield-Hillside. Wellness is entirely substance-free: no alcohol or tobacco is allowed in the building. Otherwise, it is identical to Korevec and Ballfield A.

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The Village (A and B)
Floors: 2 each
Number of Units: 80 residents
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: The Village apartments consist of four to six residents per unit, with a full kitchen, two full bathrooms with bathtubs, and a lounge area. These units are often theme or affinity suites. Past themes have included the Buddhist living suite, the athletic suite, and the Spanish-speaking suite.

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