Community vs. Suite Style

Community style can have may different looks to it but for Lever, Manning, and Byrnes there are 2 showers, 2 toilets, and 4 sinks for each section of the building per floor (A, B, C, or D and then 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.).  So you are talking about asking 13 girls or boys to share these showers because that’s how students and the RA live on one side.  However, occasionally you will have to share with people from whatever side of the hall is attached to yours.  The ways the buildings are laid out, A and D are connected and B and C are connected. The bathrooms are also connected so I guess you could say that you are asking half of a floor to share 4 showers, 4 toilets, and 8 sinks.  There have been many times when I have gone into the bathroom ready to take a shower only to find out that people from the other side of the hall are occupying them.  While I’m perfectly fine with sharing, it is a little irritating to not be able to shower because the other girls are in it because the showers on their side are full.  So be prepared to wait!  Other than that, it really isn’t as bad it sounds.  I’ve been doing it for almost a semester now and I haven’t really had that many problems.  The people that we have cleaning the dorms are amazing.  They are in the bathrooms at least twice a week cleaning everything and the water pressure is really good in the showers.  The sinks have some problem getting warm but just wash your hands fast and the only other tip I can really give you is just to wear shoes in the bathroom and the showers and be thankful you are a girl cause I would imagine that the guys dorms look nothing like ours. 

            Clemson House is the only choice in campus that is not community style.  The shoeboxes and the low-rises in the horseshoe with Lever, Manning, and Byrnes are all community style.  In Clemson House, you either share a bathroom with one other person or three other people.  And every room has its own private bathroom in the room.  So you don’t have to walk out into the hall to pee late at night.  Freshman just recently have been allowed to live at Clemson House but it is a really good choice if you don’t like the idea of community bathrooms. I hope this way helpful when considering where you want to live.