A bigger, less cramped double

Housing selection is over, but the guaranteed housing list sure isn’t! Are you a rising Barnard sophomore worrying about where you’ll end up next year? Did you just pick into Elliot and have no clue what to expect. Bwog’s here to calm your nerves with another housing review.

Location: 49 Claremont Avenue (Claremont & 119th)

Nearby Dorms: 47 Claremont (Columbia dorm), pretty close to the Quad, less close to the 600s

Stores and Restaurants: Nothing’s all that close, but easy enough to walk to the 600s.

Cost: $11,038 Singles, $9,520 Doubles

Bathrooms: Two bathrooms per floor, one on each side. The bathrooms aren’t great, but multiple showers, toilets, and sinks in each one, and facilities cleans them.

Amenities:

  • AC/Heating: Both heating and air conditioning in every room.
  • Kitchens/Lounges: Two per floor, but only one microwave. Each floor also has a lounge, with TV and couches.
  • Laundry: All in the basement, 4 washers and 4 dryers.
  • Computers/Printers: One of each in the lobby.
  • Gym: It’s not far from the quad gym, or you could trek to Dodge…but why?
  • Intra-Transporation: One elevator, two stairwells – pretty standard.
  • WiFi: Yes! Barnard Secure
  • Hardwood or Carpet: Mostly lineoleum, with a little bit of carpet.

Room Variety:

  • Mostly singles, with a few doubles on each floor.
  • Singles are pretty small, but it’s still a single!
  • Some doubles are much bigger than others.
  • There’s a ton of variety in the different floors: check the floor plans for more details!Screen Shot 2016-03-30 at 8.41.57 PM

Bwog Recommendation:

  • It really isn’t as bad as you probably think it is. It actually is a really nice dorm!
  • You get the benefits of being close to campus, but you don’t have to have the Hewitt meal plan!
  • Claremont is kind of far from Columbia stuff, so if you have lots of classes across the street, you may want to keep that in mind.
  • Floor lounges also help with building community, and if you have friends living in both 110 and Plimpton, Elliot might not be that bad of a place.
  • People give it a lot more flack than it deserves, seriously.

Resident Opinions:

  • “I really don’t know why everybody hates it here.”
  • “My room is really small.”
  • “It’s okay, if you have friends also here. If not, it could be kind of lonely.”
  • “My friend lives in Plimpton and likes Elliot more.”