Every dorm has quiet hours every night and during the weekend. I wouldn’t say any dorm is quieter than others, but some dorms tend to be more social. That being said, I believe that Quad is considered to be very quiet.
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Should I buy the school laptop or buy my personal favorite laptop? What software would you need to have for computer engineering or mechanical engineering. I’m pretty sure you don’t need all of the imaged software they include in the computing package. Thanks!
At this time we are trying to keep questions on here to mainly to housing. Please check out your Class of 2020 Facebook group to get recommendations about laptops.
Could you post pictures of the freshmen halls bathrooms
We just added some pictures of the Freshman Five Bathrooms! Check them out here.
What are the rooms like for freshman at the Quad White I, II, III, IV?
Please see all of the pictures for Quad here.
What freshman dorm is the closest to the Computer Science building?
The closest dorm to the Computer Science Building is Quad, but it should be noted that that is not a freshman only dorm.
On August 2016, I will start my exchange program at The Lally School of Management and I would like to know which is the best residence taking into consideration: – I will only stay for the Fall Semester – I would prefer to stay in a single room (are there private baths for single rooms?) – Distance from the Lally School of MGMT – New/Modern furniture Thanks!
One thing should be noted about RPI: most of our residence halls have not been updated in a while.
If the distance from the Lally School building (Pittsburgh) is the most important to you, then room in Blitman Residence Halls. It is the closest to the Lally School building (Pittsburgh) but it does not have singles, there are only doubles.
If having a single room is the most important to you, then consider rooming in Quad. It is the second closet to Pittsburgh and has singles.
Private bathrooms for single rooms are scarce in Quad. If you want that you will have to go much further away from the Lally School building.
Can we rent a mini fridge and microwave or buying it on our own is better?
RPI has a vendor that allows you to rent a MicroFridge for the year. When you move in it is already in your room and you can just leave it there when you move out. The cost of this is $220 per year.
You can buy a mini-fridge for anywhere from $100-150 dollars. You can buy a microwave for about $50.
If you buy a mini-fridge and a microwave separately, you still are under the cost for renting from RPI’s vendor. And you would save money in the long run because when you buy your own stuff you can keep it for more than a year. For that reason, I recommend buying your own mini-fridge and microwave instead of renting it.
I’m an incoming freshman, and was wondering which freshmen hall is the best/most popular? Also wondering what the situation is with incoming athletes and rooming. I know some schools make you dorm with teammates
There are pros and cons to each freshman hall. If you talk to current students you will hear each of them say a different hall. If you want to see pros and cons for some of the halls check out the list on the official RPI Class of 20XX Facebook Group, you should be added to that soon. In regards to athletes and rooming, as far as we know you are not required to room with teammates, though highly recommend and most of the time athletic team members room together.
Can you leave the dorms at night? Do you have to sleep in your dorm every night? How regulated is this?
You are able to leave your dorms at whatever time you choose, as long as the campus is not on lockdown (does not happen often). You do not have to sleep in your dorm every night, you can choose where you sleep. You are a grown adult in college, no one is micromanaging you while you are at RPI.
If we have 3 people in RHAPS B that is supposed to have 4 does RPI make the 3 people make up the payment for the missing person? If the spot doesn’t get filled?
RPI will try and fill your spot, but if they can not, they will not charge you for the empty room.
Are there any singles in Warren Hall or are they all doubles?
There are no singles in Warren Hall.
RAPH B, is the “large double occupancy room” two beds?
Yes in RAHPs B there are two singles and a double for a total of 4 people. The double occupancy room has two beds. If it helps, here is a floor plan of RAHPs B http://www.rpi.edu/dept/cct/apps/reslife/images/plans/beman21-28.gif
I am a French student, in April 2016, I’ll probably come in Troy to a three-month internship in Biology. I would like to know if it’s possible to have a room, on the campus, in one of the residences. What are the steps to do this?
Our recommendation is that you contact ResLife. They would be able to help you the most.
Does Stackwyck apartments have shared bathrooms for residents or do each single rooms have their own bathrooms?
In Stackwyck each apartment has one shared bathroom, i.e. 4 people people share one bathroom.
Which housing options for sophomores allow for guys and girls to live in the same room/apartment?
Boys and girls are able to live in the same apartment in RAHPs Apartments
Do you get a key to your individual bedroom in Stackwyck during check-in? Or do you just get a key to the apartment?
You get a key to your apartment that also is the key for your mailbox. You then get another key that is to your individual bedroom
How many people share the bathroom for one of the freshman 5?
About 20-22 people share the bathroom in one of the Freshman 5 dorms
Do we have ethernet interface in Quad? I looker around but found nothing….
There is supposed to be an ethernet port in each dorm room
Is Davison Hall is a girl hall or a boy hall? how about its personal privacy? thank you
Davison is co-ed by suite. That means that every two room is the same gender. You will not be sharing a bathroom with another gender
I’m on the 3rd floor of Cary this year and I was wondering how many girls will fit in a bathroom with only 5 stalls
There are 10-14 girls on each floor on average. They will share the floor bathroom
Do the individual rooms in stack have a cable hookup
Yes. Each individual rooms as well as the common room have a cable hookup.
Are there any singles available for freshmen? If so, are they hard to get?
Singles are available for freshman, though they are limited. The chances of getting a single depend on the number of students in the incoming freshman class. For instance in each Freshman 5 there are 2 singles available as well as in BARH, but the singles in BARH may become forced doubles if the rooms are needed.
In Barton do 2 of the 3 people have to deal with a bunk bed situation, or is it possible to have 3 separate beds?
The set up for Barton is that there is one bunk bed and one lofted bed. This means that 2/3 will be sharing a bunk bed. At this time there is no way to do the 3 single separate beds.
Can you paint the walls of your stacwyck room, if you paint them back at the end of the year?
At this time, to our knowledge, the only rooms that are allowed to be painted in Stacwyck are rooms in Alpha Phi (McGiffert house). They have a special lease that regular students do not have.
That being said, ask ResLife, they may allow it.
Can you you raise your own bed? What tools are needed?
Beds in the Freshman Five & BARH are adjustable. You just need to pop out the bar and place it in the selected height. A hammer is beneficial, but you don’t need it to adjust the bed. Risers are not recommended for the Freshman Five & BARH as the beds are heavy. You can also choose to loft the beds.
For beds in Nason and Davison, these are not adjustable. You should get risers to raise the bed or choose to loft it.
For Barton, the beds are already lofted and you do not have to do anything.
Are beds in BARH loftable?
Yes you can request they are lofted through the company RPI offers. I believe it is $150-200
Why is there next to no information about Bryckwyck? I have no idea what is in there, or even what the inside looks like. All Res-Life has is a floor plan that doesn’t really help. They don’t even have it listed in their “furnishings” page. Anything you might have to add?
This is a student run page. We get most of our information from friends, RAs or LAs that we know. At this time we don’t know people in Bryckwyck which is why we have no information about it at this time. I am very sorry we don’t have information about it right now, but if you plan on living there next year we could use your help and feature your room and what is listed there on our page for future students. Hopefully we can include more information in the future.
Do the Stacwyck suites come with microwaves?
No they do not.
Do you know if the shuttles run regular schedules during the summer?
I do not know for sure, but I believe they run on an adjusted schedule (less busses, more time in between each shuttle). That is something you can call RPI about.
What’s in the lounges on every floor of the freshman five? Is it worth getting a microwave or do they have one there or in the kitchens?
On the first floor this is a kitchen. In the kitchen you have a fridge, a stove, and a sink. There is a staircase that leads to the second floor lounge. You then have to go to the main staircases to get to the third floor study rooms that are above the 2nd floor lounge (i.e. the first and second floors connect but the third does not). Personally, I recommend if you are going to be warming things up a decent amount of times to get a microwave. I was on the third floor and didn’t want to walk down 2 flights of stairs, warm up my food, and walk back up 2 flights of stairs when I could just warm up my food in my room.
How much space are under the freshman five beds? I’ve seen pictures of lifted beds that are not lofts. Is that a special kind of bed we can order or is that the standard style?
The freshman five beds are adjustable beds. They can go up to about 5 feet off the ground. These are the standard bed given for the freshman five and you do not have to specially order or request it.
What are the dimensions of the barton rooms without suite style baths? (I know they are 231 sq ft but that’s it)
Sadly, at this time we do not know that answer. What I can tell you is Barton rooms with suite bathrooms are slightly smaller than those with hall bathrooms, but in general Barton has large rooms.
I am not sure about what I will major in, maybe math, or engineering. So the problem is if I apply as a math major, is it possible to switch to engineering during the first or second semester?
This website is not for RPI questions in general, that is what the class Facebook group is for. But switching majors at RPI is in general pretty easy. You have to keep in mind the later you switch majors, the higher the chance you have to stay for an extra semester or two to catch up on the work you missed.
Is it possible to have a full size bed in the stacwyck apartments? and if so would i need to provide my own bed frame as well as the bed?
The size of Stack rooms is not big enough for a full size bed unless you have nothing else in the room but your bed (not recommended).
Do you have a pro/con list to living in Quad vs. one of the Freshman Five?
A few things:
1. For the 2015-2016 school year freshman are not being offered a place to live in Quad, so the comparison is a moot point if only comparing to the Freshman Five.
2. Please check out the RPI Class of 201X Facebook group that has a pro and con list.
3. Please search on this website or use the tags to find previous pros and cons.
How high are the spaces under the beds in Nugent? Are the beds adjustable in height without lofting like some of the other dorms? Wondering how big of a trunk I can fit under the bed.
Nugent and Davison have the older beds that do not have the adjustable heights like the Freshman Five. I do not know the measurements of how high they go, but I believe it is somewhere between 2-3 feet. If you go to SO, check then because you stay in Davison and Nugent.
My son just received his housing assignment at Hall Hall. Is it possible to go visit RPI and see one of the 3rd floor rooms at Hall Hall during this summer vacation? Thank you.
This would be a question you can ask Admissions and / or Res Life. If you visit you can ask for a residence hall tour of the Freshman Five, but it may not be Hall Hall. Keep in mind the Freshman Five are all identical except for the suites on the first floor, which does not apply to you. Furthermore, you can check out the pictures of the Freshman Five on our website to get a good idea of what the room can look like.
What exactly do the Blitman bathrooms look like? Tub or shower?
Blitman used to be an old hotel so each room has its own bathroom. They have one sink, one toilet and one tub.
I was wondering if Bryckwyck rooms usually go quickly in the lottery? Trying to decide if I can count on them or not.
Sadly we are unable to determine this. Every year is different and with more people in the lottery each year due to increased attendance at RPI, it is hard to answer this.
In Davison Hall how do you know which side is yours?
Just like any other dorm room, it is up to the roommates to decide who gets what side.
How big are the bathrooms in Hall Hall?
They are the same sized bathrooms as all of the other Freshman Five. Between the toilets, sinks and showers, they take up the size of two dorm rooms. When you first walk into the room you will have stalls (for women there are 5, this may be different than men), then you walk through a doorway and you have 5 sinks and 5 showers.
I’m a incoming freshman and I’m interested in Nugent hall. May I get a few picture that shows the room and its structure, the privacy wall in the center of the room, and the bathroom? I would really appreciate it.
If you look at the tab “Room Photos” and then “Davison and Nugent Hall” you will find almost all of the pictures you are looking for. Sadly, we do not have pictures of the bathroom but the setup is sink in the room, door to the bathroom (lockable), toilet, shower, door to suite room (lockable), sink in room.
Room Pictures Needed!
We are looking for new pictures to update RPIrooms.com! If you would like to take pictures of you room, tell us where it is located and the type of room (double, triple, suite, etc.) that would be fantastic! You can check out the current rooms online to see how the pictures are typically shown. Please send the photos to blackr2@rpi.edu!! Thanks so much
Does Barton already have a loft bed in the triple rooms or do I need to order one from the 3rd party company?
No you do not need to order your bed to be lofted, they already are.
Hello, I’m planning on majoring in CSE and I’m in the market for a new calculator. Should I get a Ti-89 or are they banned on tests? I want a sufficient calculator but I don’t want to waste my money on something I can’t use on tests.
It would be best to ask an upperclassmen in your major.
I would like to live in quad next year, in a triple. The location is fantastic and I don’t really want to live on freshman hill anymore. But I keep hearing conflicting opinions on the quality of the quad rooms. Some people seem to think quad is fine, while others pretty much describe it as a slum. Could I please get a straight answer on what the triples in quad are really like? Thanks!
Quad is often quieter than other housing options. The rooms are irregularly shaped but you are very close to class. There are also no long hallways and upperclassmen live on the third floor. In addition, you have AC. It really depends on what the person is looking for if they are interested in Quad.
Does RAHPs have the same internet access as the rest of campus?
Yes
How easy is it for a group of students to get gender neutral housing at RAHPs?
The only options for Gender Neutral Housing are RAHP A, RAHP B, and Polytechnic Apartments. It should be noted though that Polytechnic Apartments are only for Juniors and Seniors. From this I would say a good chance.
Why are students not allowed to bring cars on campus? How are they supposed to get home on holiday breaks?
Freshman are not allowed to bring cars on campus. During the freshman year you have a few options to get home: 1. Your parents come and pick you up 2. Take the train/bus/airplane 3. Get an upperclassmen to drive you and pay for gas money
Can you please post pictures of single rooms in Church IV Quad please?
We currently do not have any. Sorry.
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