Welcome to the 2009 BATES discussion thread!

To view the 2008 thread, click here.

This thread is for all incoming 2009 residents of BATES. Feel free to share which floor you are on, cheers, welcome week information, or discuss residence-specific topics and get to know others in your residence! Plus if you have any questions related to this specific res, ask them here and we'll help answer them as best we can.

--MacInsiders

FACTS

• Built in 1973. The only large "Apartment" style building on campus
• Adjacent to Cootes Paradise on the western edge of campus
• Houses 501 men and women living in apartments on 6-floors
• Apartments house 2, 4 or 6 students in one, four and six-bedroom apartments
• Residents share semi-furnished apartments. (kitchen, living room and bathroom areas)
• Four bedroom apartments have one shower and toilet facility, six bedroom units have two.
• Party room, lounges and laundry facilities (with iron and ironing board) are located on the lower level.

room 211 !!!!!!!!!!

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Hi, I was wondering what a "4apt" style room in Bates Residence is like?

Does that mean that 4 people sleep in the same room as in other traditional style residences, or that there are 4 people per living space, but each has their own separate bedroom?

Thanks for any help!

Originally Posted by MSS12

Hi, I was wondering what a "4apt" style room in Bates Residence is like?

Does that mean that 4 people sleep in the same room as in other traditional style residences, or that there are 4 people per living space, but each has their own separate bedroom?

Thanks for any help!

You got it right the second time. A four bedroom apartment consists of four separate bedrooms, with a common living room, kitchen, and bathroom within the apartment. Check out the virtual tour:

http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence...s/batesVT.html

Originally Posted by Sohail

You got it right the second time. A four bedroom apartment consists of four separate bedrooms, with a common living room, kitchen, and bathroom within the apartment. Check out the virtual tour:

http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence...s/batesVT.html

Thank you for clearing that up!

how many study rooms are there in bates??

I am not sure, but I know that there definitely is one in the basement..

Originally Posted by samaan

how many study rooms are there in bates??

I don't have an exact number for you, but expect at least one on each floor, and then of course the basement has a couple.

I lived in bates last year and again this year

there aren't study rooms on every floor but there is one in the basement along with a piano room and a rec room with pool, ping pong and foosball

Originally Posted by Nila

I lived in bates last year and again this year

there aren't study rooms on every floor but there is one in the basement along with a piano room and a rec room with pool, ping pong and foosball

do most of the rooms have closets? i know itmight be a stupid question lol but i read that there is either a clost or captain drawers.. lol

I think there's a closet in every room. As for the captain's bed drawers, you may or may not have them as part of your bed frame.

Originally Posted by eycc11

I think there's a closet in every room. As for the captain's bed drawers, you may or may not have them as part of your bed frame.

Thanks so mcuh

there are closets but they have no doors on them for some reason, though you can see where they used to be

There are also captain's bed drawers (3) and a lot of room under the bed itself to store stuff

Hey there, I was wondering if there really are 2 person apts? Me and a friend signed up together, but only us two were assigned a room, A and C, while B and D still state empty on the application form. It says Apt.4 on the description of our room, we're room 105 btw. Anyone have any idea whats going on?