WE HAVE MOVED! Hey guys! RPI Rooms is moving to Wordpress to make it easier for us to manage the content on the website. You can find the new website here: http://rpirooms.com It will be even easier now to browse room photos, ask questions, and find questions asked by others. We hope you guys make the jump over and continue to use RPI Rooms. Tell your friends, family, and your fellow students! Sincerely, Candice & Rachel

Anonymous asked: Do the rooms in Warren Hall have closets? Ive been looking through the photos you have posted and I cant tell if they do or not. Im living there next year and I just want to be prepared. There are two closets in each room, one on each side.

Anonymous asked: Are there any exceptions to the requirement that freshman live on campus, such as a student living at home with her parents and commuting to school? If yes, what is the parking situation like? Thanks. As part of the CLASS initiative, all freshmen must live on campus at RPI. I believe circumstances need to be pretty extreme for students to bypass this. I would recommending emailing ResLife to get their official opinion on your particular situation. Parking on campus requires a parking permit and freshmen are technically are not allowed to have a permit. Once again, if you need a car for a particular reason, check with RPI transportation/parking.

Anonymous asked: Are the bathrooms in polytech cleaned by RPI janitors periodically? No, all cleaning will need to be done by residents.

Anonymous asked: can i hang things from the ceiling if i use those stick on hooks? I personally wouldn’t recommend doing anything to the room that might leave a permanent hole or mark. You could be charged for damages.

Anonymous asked: What do the insides of the closets look like? Is there only one bar to hang clothes on? Thanks! Depending on which building you are in, the standard closet will have one bar and a shelf above it. The closets are actually quite deep and you will be surprised how much you can actually put in there.

Anonymous asked: Do all triples generally have one lofted bed and one bunk bed?? Thanks! Yes. Majority of triples will have a bunk bed arrangement for the two beds, and a lofted bed.

Anonymous asked: Would you be able to post pictures of triples at BARH? Unfortunately, I am living away from campus this summer. I most likely will not be able to post new rooms photos until the school year begins.

Anonymous asked: Hey! I was just wondering if all the doubles in Hall had bunk beds :) thank you They will not unless you specifically request lofted beds. Those request will go to a third party company who will set up lofted beds before you move in.

thanks for visiting - a note about this site This site was first built in the Spring of 2010 to help admitted high school seniors in deciding where they might want to live on RPI’s campus. Since then, the site has evolved through questions from visitors. I now have pictures of many other non-freshman residence halls and answer questions about… well, almost everything. Most of the information is geared towards first year students, but anyone can feel free to take a look at the two links to the left: Room Photos! and Answered Questions. If you’re an admitted student, congratulations on being admitted! Good luck in deciding where you will attend next year; know that we’d love to have you here at Rensselaer. Now that you’re in, you have to decide where you want to live, and who you want to live with. As far as finding a roommate, make use of the “Admitted Students Website,” accepted students day celebration (if you live close enough), Facebook groups, and other helpful websites. You can choose a roommate, if you find someone you share interests with, or go “pot-luck” - allowing ResLife to assign you to someone. About rooms: Freshman have 8 residence halls that they can live in, if I’m not mistaken. These are: Quad (The Quadrangle)

Barton

Bray*

Cary*

Crockett*

Hall*

Nason*

BARH These halls have varying availability about singles, doubles, and triples. *’d halls, called the Freshmen Five, are mirrored versions of the same floor plan. Kitchens are located in each stack of Quad, each of the Freshman Five, and each wing of BARH. Some are bigger than others, but they each should have stoves, ovens, sinks, and microwaves. All rooms have (for each student): a bed

a dresser

a desk

a closet

a chair

a shelving piece (typically fits over desk or dresser) When I mention moving the desk in these slideshows, I also mean that the chair and shelving piece can be moved. Desks, chairs, and shelving pieces can always be moved. (In a very few rooms, shelves have been screwed to the wall by residents. You will be fined if you screw furniture to the wall, but it is often left in place after you move out.) Some rooms have the closet and/or dresser built in with the walls as a large piece of furniture. Some Quad rooms have built in closets. PLEASE NOTE: photos are dated! Rooms are always being maintained and updated. Click here for current pricing as of 7/19/2012. Last general remark: bathroom arrangements vary between residence halls. Some set-ups are suite (or “shared”) arrangements and some are shared for the floor. (A suite bath means two rooms share the bath.) Suite baths are cleaned weekly and floor baths are cleaned daily. Check out the individual posts to see PHOTOS and commentary about room set-ups and hall commodities. Also, go to reslife.rpi.edu to see floor plans of various halls. Thanks for checking this out. I hope it helps, as I know I would have liked to have this. If you have any questions about residence halls, feel free to post questions on here. Enjoy, Brian F. Nock (Civil Engineering ‘13) Candice Poon (Electronic Media Arts & Communication and Information Technology & Web Science '16) This blog was originally published in mid-March of 2010. I’m doing this as a favor to the Freshman Class of 2014 and future classes. All information is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and as time allows, I am verifying and changing information. This blog is not run by the Office of Residence Life.

Anonymous asked: I am trying to buy a shower curtain (yes, I know they are included but I want a pretty one) for my dorm next year in Polytechnic. What length should I get? I see some are 70" long but thats hardly six feet and I'm not sure if it will reach to the floor and keep the water where its supposed to be. If you have any idea, I'd much appreciate it! The showers in Polytech are step in showers, not bathtubs so I will think like 7ft curtains? I’m not completely sure to be honest.

Anonymous asked: I know the laundry machines are free but do we need to bring our own detergent, fabric softener, etc. or is that provided? I remember hearing you need a certain type of detergent for the machines... You should be purchasing and using high efficiency detergent. It will have a blue and silver “h.e" symbol on them.

Anonymous asked: A bit of an awkward question but... do people usually wear bathrobes or wrap towels around themselves when they go to the bathroom for a shower? Do they change in the bathroom or in their rooms? I’ve seen people do both. People change into a towel or bathrobe in their room and then travel to the bathroom, while other people prefer to change in the shower stall.

Anonymous asked: Sorry, this really isn't a dorm question. But would you happen to know if it'd be better to purchase a laptop from RPI or to purchase a laptop on my own? It’s really up to you and what you prefer for a computer. The RPI laptop program comes with a very robust warranty and has a lot of the software you might need already installed. But if you prefer a different manufacturer or OS, don’t be afraid to get something else.