Residential Life

2012-13 Housing Guide for New Students and Parents

The Room

What You See When You Arrive

There are twenty seven residences on campus located within a short distance of each other. We have ten accessible halls for students with disabilities, three of which are fully accessible. We have many doubles, triples and quads available for first-year students. First year students do not live in singles; singles are chosen by upperclass students during the spring room selection process. As a new student at Hamilton, you have your choice of coed areas (a gender mix by room) or single-sex areas by hallway. You can also choose to live in substance-free (no alcohol) or quiet designated areas on campus. All residence halls are smoke-free. Most first- year students room together and live in residence halls with upperclass students. Triples and quads at Hamilton  are usually two-room areas. That means that you can use one room as a ‘living room’ and the other as a bedroom, depending on what you and your roommates prefer. The majority of doubles are one room areas.  Windows come with either shades or blinds. Carpeting and types of flooring in the rooms can be checked in the individual hall descriptions in this booklet. We provide each student with a bed, dresser, desk, desk chair, mirror, a small closet/wardrobe. Please note: we are in the process gradually replacing our residence hall furniture; some rooms may have upgraded furniture and other rooms may not. This furniture replacement is an on-going project and will continue over the next few years. Each room has cable and computer network jacks and the capability of having a telephone line on the College Telephone System. For more information please E-mail telephone@hamilton.edu.

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