Name: Oliver Gray
Year: 2010
2007 Lottery Number: 1719 (In a range from 1500-2999)
Location: Wren 020s
Pros: Suite-style living, spacious doubles, proximity to Carmichael
Cons: Tiny singles, poorly functioning bathrooms, painted brick walls
Difficulty of getting a double for sophomores: Moderate
Application due: Feb. 25
Located uphill, across from Carmichael and next to Miller, Wren Hall houses 88 doubles and 49 singles configured into suites of 10 people, each with four doubles and two singles. This year, Wren has functioned as an all-sophomore dorm, but in past years, it has housed a mixed-year population of residents.
Because Wren is now an all-sophomore, suite-style dorm where students can choose their suitemates and then apply as a single unit, the dorm has the reputation for being one of Tufts' more social dorms. "I think people are more willing to be social because they're living with their friends," sophomore Oliver Gray said.
Each suite, in addition to housing six bedrooms, also contains a main common room with a couple of couches and a table. Suites also include a two-stall, two-shower bathroom to share among the suite's ten residents. Although the ratio of people to bathroom is not particularly difficult to live with, the quality of the bathrooms is often a cause for complaint. "I don't like the bathrooms here at all - ours is always broken and has the worst quality toilet paper," Gray said.
However, most Wren residents tend to ignore the building's fundamental flaws when they're in the company of their good friends. "Overall I like living in Wren - I chose to live here because I get to live with all of my [friends]."
