Posted by Jessica K.
To the RD Admits--CONGRATULATIONS! Now to our blogging topic..housing! The freshmen dorms at Hopkins, in comparison to other school's, really are nothing to complain about. I live in Building A. It was my first choice on my housing survey and I'm glad that I got it.
THE BUILDING:
Building A is built above the FFC {Fresh Food Cafeteria} it is also right next to Building B. Both dorms are closest to this cafeteria {where you end up using most of your freshmen meals} and closest to the gym. Building A/B are suite-style freshmen dormitories. 
There are a mix of single, double, and, occasionally, triple rooms. However, the triples are the same size as the doubles, and usually are "forced" triples and are cheaper than the doubles. However, if you are "forced" into a rare triple, you can get a room change later on in the year. Most of the rooms are doubles. The two rooms are linked by a little entryway and a bathroom. The bathroom is shared by the three, four, or five people in the suite. The rooms in the basement of Building A are handicap accessible and have bathtubs and really high ceilings. Both Building A and B are 4 stories high, have a full-sized kitchen for the building, a small lounge room {with a cable TV}, laundry room, A/C, and vending machines. Building B does not have rooms in the basement and instead has a game room area. Building A is bigger than Building B and has over 100 residents. A and B are the smallest of the three freshmen residential buildings...making it possible to recognize all of the people in your building and making it easy to bond with your floor. Both Buildings have two RAs.
MY VIDEO:
MORE ABOUT HOUSING/MY ROOM:
I hope my video provided a good idea of what my room in Building A is like. There are some things that I would like to add on:
1] Go for RANDOM selection. I know some of you may know people coming into Hopkins, but going random not only left me with an amazingly compatible roommate, but with suitemates who I may not have met if I hadn't. Because of them, I have learned about being a Baltimore Scholar, being a BME, and what it is like to be from other parts of the country.
2] Our view...I love my room because it views the sculpture garden on campus. Do you know what this means? No street noise or 3am screaming.
3] I love my roommate's signs that she puts up.
4] I love the two doors that separate my room from the hallway. It definitely allows me to have silence to read. However, that doesn't mean that the hallways aren't social.
5] Here are photos of more essentials in my room {a rug, febreze, cleaning supplies, a dustbuster, photos, lists/dry erase board, a bathmat}
6] Although, I must say, my room has been able to hold all that I need. One suggestion I have is to make sure you use the space on top of your wardrobe.
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