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Comparable Schools'
Campus Housing Grades:
Quick StatsUndergrads Living on Campus
86 %
Best Dorms
- Any of the newly renovated dorms
- Berkeley
- Branford
- Saybrook
Number of Campus Owned Apartments
0
College Prowler Take
Most students agree that Yale’s residential college system provides students a place to live and learn that surpasses any other dorm experience. By combining social activities, extracurriculars, and academics, colleges become real homes for students for the four years they are at Yale. Each college is a microcosm of the University, creating the feel of a small college within a larger institution. The residential colleges are beautiful on the outside—mostly gothic structures, but some Georgian and more modern. On the inside, however, some colleges are in disrepair with frequent power outages or plumbing problems. Most students live in suites with three to twelve students, although there are some singles. The suites have a common room and usually many doubles. Due to housing crunches, many of these doubles are supposed to be singles, so living quarters can be really tight. Many dorms have recently been renovated, however, and the college intends to rennovate all of them eventually. Unfortunately, you can’t choose your dorm, because students are randomly assigned to colleges. But in the end, most students are happy. When you look around at your college courtyards, sometimes you can’t help but think: “I live here?!” Students Speak Out
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Anonymous says:  |
I think I stayed in the worst...
I think I stayed in the worst dorm, and it really wasn’t even that bad. |
Anonymous says: |
A mixed bag. Freshman housing,...
A mixed bag. Freshman housing, with the exception of Lanman-Wright, is spectacular. And now that many colleges have been renovated, most upperclassmen housing is very nice as well. I think Berkeley has the nicest student rooms, with Branford and Saybrook close behind. |
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I’m partial to Saybrook, but I’m a...
I’m partial to Saybrook, but I’m a little biased. Actually, I have loved all of my housing—even in Lanman-Wright freshman year, I thought we had it pretty good. The key is to have a happy atmosphere and good relationships with your roommates, I guess, and to put in the effort to decorate the place together; it was so cozy, we loved it. The sextets in Saybrook sophomore year were palatial, and I’m so psyched for our triple (three huge singles and a common room) in Saybrook this year. |
Anonymous says: |
The dorms at Yale are generally...
The dorms at Yale are generally very nice. Typically, the rooms are suites with a common room and adjoining bedrooms. Freshman year, Lanman-Wright is the worst place to live, although entryways B and D are bearable. The renovated colleges are optimal, causing most students to stay in on-campus housing. Berkeley, Branford, Saybrook, Jonathan Edwards, Trumbull, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, and a couple of others have all been recently renovated. |
Anonymous says: |
All three of my pre-frosh who...
All three of my pre-frosh who visited were in awe of my dorm compared to others they’d seen. Actually, I was in the next-to-worst freshman dorm, and they still liked it. You can’t choose your dorm because of the residential college system, but they’re all at least livable, and some of them are downright gorgeous. |
FactsWhat You Get
- Armchair (apartments)
- Bed
- Cable TV
- Desk and chair
- Dresser
- Ethernet access
- Local telephone service with voicemail
Room Types
- Singles – Student has private room but no common room
- Suites – Students live in singles or doubles surrounding a common room but no common room.
Available for Rent
Minifridges
Bed Types
- Bunkable beds
- Twin extra-long
Cleaning Service
Done in public areas only (bathrooms, hallways, laundry rooms).
Dormitories
Berkeley College
Bathrooms: Shared
Built in 1934, Berkeley (www.berkeley-college.com) is located at 205 Elm St. Features include: dining hall, bagel bar, multi-purpose room, music room, kitchen, printing press, qoodshop, sarkroom, computer cluster, gym, library, reading room, Swiss Room, seminar room, game room, common room, tunnel
Branford College
Bathrooms: Shared
Branford (www.yale.edu/branford) is located at 74 High St. Features include: recycling, laundry, computer cluster, library, buttery, printing press, gym, game room, music room, TV room, bike rack, piano room, squash courts
Calhoun College
Bathrooms: Shared
Calhoun (calhouncollege.org) is located at 189 Elm St. Features include: art studio, buttery, cabaret, computer cluster, darkroom, digital studio, Fellows’ Lounge, game room, kitchen, laundry, library, music room, pottery studio, sauna, seminar rooms, squash courts, TV room, weight room
Davenport College
Bathrooms: Shared
Davenport (research.yale.edu/davenport) is at 275 Park St. It has a renovated computer cluster, dining hall, library, basement, air-conditioning
Ezra Stiles College
Bathrooms: Shared
Ezra Stiles (www.yale.edu/stiles) is at 19 Tower Parkway. It features a buttery, common room, computer cluster, darkroom, fitness room, game room, laundry, library, kitchen, pianos, seminar room, woodshop
Jonathan Edwards College
Bathrooms: Shared
Jonathan Edwards (www.jonathanedwardscollege.com) is at 68 High St., and has the JE Movie Suite, a common room, dining room, and library
Morse College
Bathrooms: Shared
Located at 302 York St., Morse (bin.yale.edu/~skf5/cgi-bin/morse) features tutors, music room, kitchen, CD Café (venue with seating and kitchen), DVDs for checkout, common room, darkroom, digital recording studio, Ericka’s Room (social lounge), Morsel Snacks, weight room
Pierson College
Bathrooms: Shared
Pierson (www.yale.edu/pierson) is at 231 Park St. and features a buttery, CD library, digital projector, DVD library, gymnasium, audio equipment
Saybrook College
Bathrooms: Shared
Located at 242 Elm St., Saybrook (www.yale.edu/saybrook) features a common room, TV room, DVDs for checkout, Nintendo 64, Playstation 2, sewing machine, library, kitchen, computer cluster, darkroom, the Athenaeum Room
Silliman College
Bathrooms: Shared
Silliman (sillimancollege.org) is at 505 College St. Features include: Common room, dining hall, art room, ballet and aerobic court, basketball court, bicycle racks, book bindery and printing press, SilliBurner (CD burner), Master B’s Buttery, climbing wall, computer room, darkroom, game room, library, Maya’s Room, Silliflicks (movie theater), sound studio, student kitchen, squash court, weight room
Timothy Dwight College
Bathrooms: Shared
Timothy Dwight (www.yale.edu/td/resources) is at 345 Temple St. and has an art room and print shop, buttery, common rooms, darkroom, dining hall, freshman orientation guide, library, tutors, multi-purpose room, music room, weight room
Trumbull College
Bathrooms: Shared
At 241 Elm St., Trumbull (www.yale.edu/trumbull) has courtyards, dining room, library, Nick Chapel
The residential college system is the foundation of Yale’s social structure, fostering a sense of community and creating a vibrant social and intellectual environment on a manageable scale. Incoming freshmen are randomly assigned to one of the 12 residential colleges on campus. Each college has its own master and dean who serve as academic and social advisors for the residents. Each college tends to have its own personality, and students bond closely with those they live with, participating in extracurricular activities, sporting events, and dining together
Did You Know?Though students are randomly assigned to residential colleges, if one of their relatives was or is in a particular residential college, students can choose to be or choose not to be assigned to that college.
Most freshmen live in the freshman dorm quad with students from their particular colleges. These are arranged into single-sex suites on single-sex floors that accommodate four, five, or six freshmen in the 10 buildings Yale has named Old Campus, located directly in the center of the University. Each entrance to each hall has a different name (such as Lanman-Wright), but students mostly refer to the collective quad as “Old Campus.”
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