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Jones Tower is a dorm with mostly single room housing. That being said, a lot of the availability in the dorm is reserved for incoming students with housing accommodations, and second year students with accommodations. In my opinion, the higher housing rate is worth it, as all of the rooms come with their own bathroom, and the dorm is centrally located on North Campus, with several STEM specific buildings less than a ten minute walk, and the Oval and Thompson aren’t too far either. However, it is easy to close yourself off in this dorm, which I don’t recommend, so during move in, don’t be afraid to say hi to your hall mates, the floor culture doesn’t create itself, students initiate that effort. I lived on a floor with an awesome culture, it was a lot of fun every once in a while to go out into the common elevator area and talk with other people about anything and everything, so I encourage anyone in this dorm to do the same on their floor. One word of warning, check your bathrooms at move in thoroughly for mold, and if you find any, submit a service request, and be adamant about it being thoroughly cleaned. I moved in last fall, and knew there was some in there, as my allergies were going crazy, but it took me a while to actually find it. It was under the lip created between the marble wall and the tile shower floor, and had made its way into the caulk on the corner closest to the shower entrance. I called maintenance, who told me it wasn’t mold, but I said I want the caulking changed anyway, because even if it isn’t mold, it’s very discolored, and that was the end of that thankfully. No matter what dorm you get into, check for mold regardless, it’s a known problem here.
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