Residence Housing Rooms and Amenities
Although the individual rooms at Vassar seem almost as diverse as the student body, the following descriptions are helpful.
Room Types
- One Room Double
- A single room shared by two students. Some of these rooms have accordion style room dividers for added privacy.
- Quads
- Generally one to three rooms shared by four students.
- Suite
- Generally has three rooms (sometimes four), two of which are joined by a doorway and one of which is separate. All the rooms open into a common living room that is shared. This option is available for students who wish to live in a coeducational environment within a shared space. Aside from apartment housing, this is the only option for coeducational shared space living.
- One Room Triple
- A single room shared by three students.
- Two Room Triples
- Consist of a single room off of a one room double.
- Two Room Doubles
- Consist of a single room off of another single room.
- Singles
- A solo room--a high proportion of rooms are singles. These are not usually available for freshmen.
Standard Furnishings
Students are provided with a dresser, a desk, a chair, a bed frame, a mattress, a wardrobe, computer/ phone jack, and a recycling and trash bin. Each room also comes with overhead lighting and at least one window with a screen and a shade. We strongly recommend that you bring desk lamps, as the overhead lights do not provide enough light for reading.
House Amenities
Each house is equipped with:
- Washers and dryers located in the basement
In Main, they are located on the third floor and the south wing of the second floor. - Coed bathrooms
- A computer cluster
- Vending machines
- An ice machine
- Public pay phones and hall phones
Students also have access to brooms, dust pans, mops, vacuum cleaners, pots, and pans. These items can be located near the Multi-purpose rooms (MPRs) in each house.
All houses have a multipurpose room, a kitchen, and a parlor:
- The multipurpose rooms are equipped with cable television, a DVD/VCR, a pool table, and sometimes a ping pong table.
- The kitchens are full size with a stove, refrigerator, microwave oven, dishwasher, and sink.
- The parlors are formal rooms which are used for events and social gatherings. Each parlor is equipped with a Steinway piano.