Alright Coug Alums, I need Help with WSU Residence Halls
by GoCougs on Feb 17, 2010 5:13 PM PST
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I'm a High School Senior that has been accepted into the fine establishment known as Washington State University (I've been a Coug for life, it was the only school I applied to, the only school I wanted to go to.) Anyway, It's time to do the housing application and I feel like I'm flying blind into this choice. That's when I figured I would use my contacts (A.K.A You fine people) to help me with my choice. For those of you who have been to school there I would really appreciate some help. As of right now, which is about an hour of looking over the websites of all of the halls I have narrowed it down. I need to pick three for the Application, then rank those three in order, I have it narrowed down to (In this order): Olympia Avenue Hall, Waller Hall, and Streit-perham.
I'd love any advice you have on good/bad dorms or, if you prefer, just some stories you have from your time at a WSU dorm. Thanks!
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Most of us alums can't speak on Olympia
I toured it while it was being built, but that’s your best bet as far as newness. Streit-Perham is money since it’s right next to Regents, close to the rec, and pretty much everything else. It’s also co-ed. Waller’s close to campus, but all mens, so there’s that.
Olympia is by far the best
but you’ve gotta be willing to fork over the $1000 per semester. I can’t tell you much about Waller and Streit Perham, other than Waller is pretty close to classes, and Streit is close to sports and the rec. Obviously Olympia is nice, but you pay for it, and its pretty difficult to get into, or so I’ve heard. I’m in Stephenson which is pretty nice and just got remodeled a few years back. Only thing is that its at least 7 minutes walking to class buildings.
Bottom line: If you can afford Olympia, go for it.
Maybe I was there before the remodel,
But the whole Stephenson North tower was disgusting my freshman year. Everyone joked that the Stephenson towers were the projects of Pullman.
by displacedcoug on Feb 17, 2010 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
North was redone this last summer.
South and East I think the summer before?
If I was gonna live in a dorm again next year
here’s what I would do.
1. Olympia
2. Stephenson (any of them)
3. Streit-Perham
If you are a sports fan...
Go with Streit-Perham. Right across the street from Beasley, Bohler, Martin, 2 blocks from the Rec. Northside Dining close by. All the athletes live there too, so chances are you will meet some of them.
Olympia looks really nice, but like someone said, hard to get into. Waller isn’t co-ed.
by StraightOuttaPullman on Feb 17, 2010 5:42 PM PST reply actions
I'll echo this
I lived in Scott-Coman, which is more or less neighbors with SP, and the location was unbelievable. I like soccer, and I could actually watch the women’s soccer matches from my dorm room window. It’s also across the street from the Smith gyms (PE classes and some older gyms less frequented than the rec) and less than five minutes from the student entrance to Martin Stadium. SP is your best bet location-wise for sports and working out. And Regents is a pretty decent dining hall.
Waller is definitely prime class location, unless you’re going to major in something sports related or some of the math programs.
by johnnycougar on Feb 18, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Yup, can't speak to Olympia
But I lived in Stephenson, Stimson, CCN and a fraternity, and I can tell you the best for me location-wise was the fraternity. I realize none of your choices are on the hill, but the closest to that is Streit-Perham. I’d go with that.
It doesn't necessarily have to be between those three.
Those were just the three that I was thinking right now.
Avoid Stephenson if possible.
I spent a great year there, with some really cool people, but you couldn’t pay me enough to live there again. The whole place was disgusting, the elevators were crap, the dining hall food sucked, and it is as far as you can be from campus and still be on campus.
by displacedcoug on Feb 17, 2010 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
When was the last time you were there(Stephenson)?
Cuz it got remodeled a few years ago. The elevators are awesome here now. Broke for one day all year. I would agree on the food part, but Northside isn’t much better, if at all.
I was there 05-06
The elevators broke at least once a month, and they were constantly covered in puke and urine. No exaggeration.
by displacedcoug on Feb 17, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
well, maybe a small exaggeration.
but there was a lot of that stuff. And the elevators did break about that frequently.
by displacedcoug on Feb 17, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
OK well I can't speak for North
but South is always really clean, elevators fine, I think I’ve only seen puke in there once.
I remember a fire alarm...
About 1 am, fire alarm goes off, everybody has to leave the tower. The elevators crap out, and I’m on the 12th floor. So we’re going down the stairs, and about every other light is out. Then we had to wait outside for about an hour and a half before they told us it was a false alarm. It was pretty funny seeing the Pullman FD try to get their truck into that ‘entrance’ into the Stephenson parking lot.
Like I said, great memories, but not the greatest dorm.
by displacedcoug on Feb 17, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
We had something similar.
2:45 in the morning. The alarm goes off and YOU CANT HERE THE ALARM IF THE DOOR IS CLOSED. My roommate and another guy were up playing video games and they dragged me out of bed to go outside. Thank god my car was right outside the door and we could sit in there because we were out there for about 45 minutes. Some girl put something in the toaster for waaaay too long.
Hey Nuss
Which Fraternity were you in?
And Olympia is sick, but it is expensive and is far from most of the social scenes. Streit Perham is probably your best bet, but Waller has individual rooms, which is pretty cool.
by Fightfightfight on Feb 17, 2010 9:58 PM PST up reply actions
But for serious
You should probably go Greek. It’s the way to go.
by Fightfightfight on Feb 17, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
And if Greek is something
that you’re at all interested in, make sure to sign on this summer. If you’re not signed by fall semester, you have to live in the dorms.
by Fightfightfight on Feb 18, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Do the informal stuff in the summer
If you’re not in to greek, dorms like stimson, waller, and duncan dunn are similar things in my opinion. But if youj want to check out the greek system do it in the summer and be thorough with it
by Brian Floyd on Feb 18, 2010 4:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I liked Waller
I put in my application the day it was due and ended up with a single room to myself. No crazy roommates to worry about and because of the hall’s layout, people are more inclined to keep their doors open and make entire hallways an open community.
It isn’t co-ed, but I never found that to be a problem … if you know what I mean.
I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh
I lived in Stimson
Yes, it’s all guys. But there are advantages to that. The friends I have that I still see consistently and am close to are the guys I met that first year in Stimson. Not sure if it’s still true, but Stimson guys when I were there had some great traditions with going to Beasley and getting in the front rows. Dedicated fans.
But I knew guys in Streit, and if I was doing it over again I would strongly consider that.
Scott Coman
Biggest rooms and great location. Also coed
Klay Thompson is my man crush
by crimson and gray on Feb 17, 2010 9:24 PM PST reply actions
I dont think we're being much help.
There’s been a recommendation for every men’s//coed hall.
Well, we all only really have experience with the dorms we were in, so its hard to compare.
In the end, I think the people you are around are more important than the building you are in.
by displacedcoug on Feb 17, 2010 11:58 PM PST up reply actions
This is my final piece of advice
The closer to the hill you are, the happier you’ll be. If you’re on the hill, all the better. Plus, the hill is where the all-girls dorms are. :-)
Scott Coman is perfect!
I am telling you most underrated dorm at WSU
Klay Thompson is my man crush
by crimson and gray on Feb 17, 2010 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
totally agree
plus in the winter you can go sledding down the giant hill on the dining hall trays.
by johnnycougar on Feb 18, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Stimson
If you’re interested at all in Waller, check out Stimson.
- Crazy close to classes (except for the ag classes, I guess)
- Remodeled in recent history (90’s I think?) and it’s well taken care of
- Absolutely the BEST custodial staff at the University. Be their friends, it will serve you well. It was Phyllis, Tommy, and Linda when I was there, not sure if they’re still around…
- Stimson has “Sponsors” vs. RA’s: I know this might not be a huge deal, but there are less residents per RA (a sponsor has maybe 20 residents, an RA has 50 or so). This makes for a stronger community, in my opinion. Yes, I was a sponsor for 2 years there, so I’m incredibly biased.
I lived there for a year and a half
Great place to live. Loved the suites.
by Jeff Nusser on Feb 18, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Stayed in Stimson and Stephenson
In my experience, Stimson was a very close community, as was said above. However, I found the social aspect to be lacking. It seemed the people around me didn’t do much, there was a lot of video game playing and a lot of social time within the dorms, but the people didn’t seem to get out much. The experience I had there was slightly ruined by a bad roommate situation, so my opinion may be affected by this.
Stephenson was much better. I really enjoyed the fact that it was Co-ed, and the social part of it was much better. Stephenson was a bit crazy though, and dirty.
I had friends in Streit-Perham, and I spent a lot of time there. If i had to do it again, i would choose this place for sure.
No love for Gannon and Golds...
sad face by everyone that lives there
They seem to put a lot of engineering majors there.
Which is wierd because it is pretty much the farthest dorm from the engineering buildings.
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by Craig Powers on Feb 18, 2010 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
Weirdest thing about the Engineering program, though...
The Engineering Building (Sloan, if I remember right) was the worst layout and design of any building I have ever walked through in my life. I loved the irony.
by displacedcoug on Feb 18, 2010 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
No, no, no
There’s better irony. The architecture building (Carpenter) is actually a botched architectural design. There’s a missing staircase to nowhere in it.
Sloan is terrible, by the way. Having spent most of my WSU life there, it’s like a prison. Once you enter, you never see the outside world.
by Brian Floyd on Feb 18, 2010 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
Because you can't find your way back out?
by displacedcoug on Feb 18, 2010 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
It's hard to explain
Basically the building was supposed to have a stairwell at each corner. They screwed up one of the corners and there’s nothing
by Brian Floyd on Feb 18, 2010 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, Sloan
Yea, no windows or anything. You’re stuck there in Sloan hell for your entire existence there. By the end of my time, I knew all the secret ways around (There’s a pisser in the basement nobody knows about).
by Brian Floyd on Feb 18, 2010 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sure the guy that lived there knew about it!
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by Craig Powers on Feb 18, 2010 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
The naming of Sloan is terrible too.
Sloan, Dana, and EE/ME are three buildings that are all connected together with no real definition between them.
Go upstairs in Dana if you want to see brilliant design
You have to duck to get through the halls
by Brian Floyd on Feb 18, 2010 11:55 PM PST up reply actions
Engineers need no light
Or so they make you feel. They are remodeling all the Sloan classrooms next year. Great timing (after I graduate)
by StraightOuttaPullman on Feb 19, 2010 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks so much for all the help guys
Every little bit helps with the choice
Seriously, Streit-Perham is the way to go
Right now I have 3 football players for roommates, work for intramurals, and love going to the Rec. I lived in Streit freshman year and had a great time, and met a lot of great people.
by StraightOuttaPullman on Feb 19, 2010 12:38 AM PST reply actions
Once again, thanks for all the thoughts
I was on campus this weekend for the “Destination” event and got to tour some of the dorms (As well as see both games). In case you were curious, I’m going to go with Olympia (Which was Amazing by the way), Scott-Comen, and Waller.
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