The views and central location make this senior dorm highly sought after, but only if you can bear to wait until the 123 lottery.

Location: The Quad (3009 Broadway)

Nearby Dorms: Barnard Quad (Brooks, Hewit, Reid, Sulz), 600, 616, 620, Carman, Furnald, Schapiro

Stores and Restaurants: Shake Shack, Sweetgreen, Morton Williams, Pret, Wu + Nuss, Community, Junzi, Tom’s, Starbucks, etc.

Cost: $10,435 per year ($5,413 per semester) (2020 housing rates)

Amenities:

• Bathrooms: Each floor shares one stall-style bathroom cleaned by Facilities, about 16 people per bathroom. Even-numbered floors are designated gender-inclusive and odd-numbered floors bathrooms are designated female.
• AC/Heating: Sulz Tower has A/C and heating that you can control from your room’s radiator.
• Kitchen: There are two kitchens for the two sides (A and B) of each floor. The kitchens are equipped with a 4-burner stove, microwave, sink, and refrigerator. And, of course, a gorgeous view.
• Lounge: The lounge area of the kitchen has a table, chairs, couch, and small TV.
• Laundry: There are no laundry machines in Sulz Tower, so you have to take the elevator down to the 8th-floor laundry room.
• Computers/Printing: There is a computer lab with printing in the basement.
• Gym: It’s a short walk to Barnard Hall’s basement gym.
• Hardwood/Carpet: There is carpet in the corridors, but linoleum tile in the individual rooms.
• Wifi: There’s a router in each room.

Room Variety:

• Modified corridor style
• 96 singles for seniors only (13 feet x 9 feet)
• 14 large doubles (16 feet x 13 feet)

Numbers:

• 124 upper-class students, primarily seniors.
• Not incredibly difficult to get if you’re a senior who wants to live in a single.
• If you’re a junior, you might try your luck at a double, but all Sulz Tower singles have gone to seniors in the past.

Numbers

• In the 2020 housing lottery, the cut-offs for Sulz Tower singles was 300/100. The seniors with the lowest lottery numbers in the SR123 were number 300/117. This meant that most seniors who wanted a Sulz Tower single, got one.
• The cut-offs for Sulz Tower doubles were 100/270, which was one of the first few rising-sophomore groups to choose.

Bwog Recommendation:

If proximity to campus is high on your list, Sulz Tower is a great place to be, due to its location in the Quad. Views from the Tower are amazing, particularly from the lounge which has two windows each. In comparison to Hewitt, a resident said “As for the rooms, I found them pretty much the same as my Hewitt room last year, but with a better view. The bathrooms are definitely cleaner and the showers more functional than Hewitt’s.” While it lacks the true suite-style feeling, Sulz Tower is a great option for seniors who want to stick close to campus and have a gorgeous view.

Resident Opinions

• “I went in with a friend, and it was great having someone I know on my floor.”
• “The rooms are pretty small and it’s annoying to have to share a bathroom with 15 other people, but I really liked the mixture of living in a single and getting to share a nice kitchen with 7 other people.”
• “Air conditioning is always nice!”
• “Can’t beat the location, convenience-wise.”
• “The views are beautiful — even facing north had lovely views of the campus and really nice sunsets.”
• “Room sizes are variable so you may get stuck with a small room, but if you get a view facing the Hudson, it’s amazing and totally worth it.”

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