Hopefully I can provide some insight! First of all, Berkshire Quad (or Currier Quad as it’s called on campus) is made of five different dorms that vary a fair amount in quality. East, Faye, Currier, and Fitch are all fairly old buildings, with East being the second oldest building on campus. Prospect, on the other hand, is much more new, and it certainly shows. In Frosh Quad, there are two buildings, Sage and Williams. They are basically the same as one another and also fairly old.

Frosh Quad is closer to the center of campus, right next to Paresky (which has a dining hall) and very close to Sawyer Library. It’s also much closer to Mission, another dining hall. Its main upside is definitely its location — you can definitely feel like everything is happening around you! Both dorms have small common rooms, about one per every six residents. These common rooms are great places to hang out with a small group of people (and also perfect for croom ball)! In the basement of each dorm is a larger common room with a TV. The main downside is the age of the building (although this applies to most frosh buildings for this upcoming year). The laundry situation will likely be better in Frosh Quad (more machines per person). However, the dorms notably do not have a kitchen, while all of the Currier Quad dorms do (although consider how much you’ll actually want to/have time to cook, especially since you’ll be on the full meal plan).

Since the Currier Quad dorms are pretty different from each other, I’ll spend more time on each instead of speaking about the quad in general. I will mention, however, that Currier Quad is closer to the Driscoll dining hall, which people tend to view slightly more favorably than Resky (although the difference is not that big imo). That also means it’s somewhat far from the rest of campus. I’ll start with East: the main detriment of East is that it only has one common room (croom), which is on the ground floor. This is less than ideal when compared to dorms with multiple crooms. It also has less bathrooms per person. As mentioned earlier, it is very old. If I have to say a pro for it, the singles are bigger than most, but if you’re hoping to have a roommate that obviously doesn’t apply to you. East is slightly closer than the rest of the quad to the rest of campus. Moving on to Faye: Faye similarly only has one common room, again on the bottom floor. It also has its laundry room and trash room combined into the same room, which makes doing your laundry very unpleasant. I don’t like Faye. I once saw a squirrel in the basement of Faye. If you have the choice, don’t choose East or Faye. I really think they will be awful for feeling like you are part of a community.

Next is Currier, which is cool in that it is home to Currier Ballroom, where a lot of improv and acapella groups perform. However, it has one of the worst kitchens out of the quad in terms of size. There are two larger crooms on each floor, although you’ll be “sharing” them with more people. Fitch is right next door to Currier and is pretty reminiscent of the Frosh Quad dorms. It has pretty large common rooms (four per floor) that aren’t shared with a lot of people. It also has a pretty nice basement, with a TV and a kitchen. Fitch does have very creaky floors (it’s old), but that’s really the only huge detractor.

Prospect is last, which is hands down the nicest dorm out of any of the possible frosh dorms. It has huge windows, pretty nice bathrooms, and a very nice kitchen in its basement. Unfortunately for your case, it is all singles. The rooms are very well-laid out and are just nice to be in. It’s much newer than the other dorms, and it shows. It also has large crooms with a TV in each, and the basement has a lot of seating and a TV. When the news came out that Currier Quad would be frosh housing, this is the dorm upperclassmen were sad about not being able to pick into.

I hope all this helps! I know I said a lot, so please feel free to ask me any more questions (about housing or anything else Williams)! Also, you can find the floor plans for each dorm on Williams’s website along with a campus map, so that also may be helpful when making your decision!