I have lived in the following halls/houses: 2nd Myers, Parish House, Stimson House, Huntington House. I was fortunate enough to live on a floor freshman year where most everyone got along, and still hangs out to this day. We did a lot of goofy things that year, including a study break snack progressive and a water balloon fight that somehow ended up in the girls bathroom.

Living in Davis or Burton, which are part of the "complex" that is connected to the student center, post office, laundry room, dining hall, and beyond, means that you don't have to venture outside on frigidly cold winter weekends if you don't feel like it.

I've lived in Musser Hall, Watson Hall, Hill House, and Sevy (this year). Even though Musser wasn't my favorite place to live in, I loved my co-RA's and my floor. A bunch of us were taking Chinese for the first time, and the walls would be covered in Chinese characters. I love to cook, so I really enjoyed having a bigger kitchen in Hill House. When we would get stressed out during the term, my roommates and I would spontaneously cook these elaborate dinners for our friends.

I was extremely lucky to get Nourse. It's a hundred years old, it's beautiful (old wood and old brick and old glass), it has interesting secret nooks (I haven't used the forbidden secret tunnel entrance, because it's forbidden, but I know where it is), and it has a reputation for having very nice people.

I live in Goodhue, which is the most out-of-the-way dorm (you have to cross a bridge over the lake to get to the main campus). People always complain about how far away it is, but it's only a three-minute walk at most from campus, and besides, you get amazing views of the sunset over the lake when you walk back across the bridge in the evening. Some of the people on my floor have become a mini-family; we help each other out with practical things, pull pranks on each other, and keep each other company while we study. I think this kind of floor bonding is one of the best things about Carleton.

When I lived in Musser Hall I outlined an entire paper I was brainstorming on the tiled wall of our hallway. A number of floormates would come out from time to time to suggest how I might structure the paper best. It was really helpful.

I live in Myers. My floor is really close, and we all have a good time together. Many of my meals are spent with friends from my floor. Last night, we were all a little tired of studying, so we decided to go play outside in the rain. The rain soon stopped, but we didn't - we all played tag from midnight to around 1 am! It was great.

I lived in Watson last year, which is a great freshman dorm. Spending nights on 6th Watson last year allowed me to spend time with most of my best friends and talk about everything we could think of. This year I live in Stadium, which can be summed up in one word: epic.