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Noise Grade: A
Noise Grade: A
This is it: the pinnacle of dorm living at Oberlin. Located across the street from both the Conservatory and King and being just down the road from downtown, Talcott is truly at the heart of Oberlin's campus. Its castle-like features, beautiful rooms and access to the rest of campus makes Talcott the most sought-after dorm on campus. It has an occupancy of 80 students.
Talcott is great place to live to avoid noise. The dorm is only available to upperclassmen and according to an RA in the dorm, people are generally respectful and the sound doesn't leak dramatically.
Talcott is home to a lot of conservatory students and thus the chief noise complaint tends to be people playing instruments in their rooms despite this being against RedEd's rules. However, this is not constant or widespread. Talcott's rooms contain their noise well. An issue that was brought up to me was the presence of potentially noise pets in this dorm; this seems to be an issue mainly in the first few weeks as the animals become accustomed to their new environments and hasn't been a concern since. The open double issue exists here also but since it is upperclassmen only, there's a smaller chance you'll be with someone you don't know.
"Talcott doesn't have much noise at all - you might get the occasional cohort of people gathering in a room for a "party" but it's really absent. I think a lot of people find other means to socialize. There's also a lot of singles in Talcott so it's often kind of hard to have an active and noisy community when so many people are by themselves in the dorm all the time."
"Talcott doesn't have much noise at all - you might get the occasional cohort of people gathering in a room for a "party" but it's really absent. I think a lot of people find other means to socialize. There's also a lot of singles in Talcott so it's often kind of hard to have an active and noisy community when so many people are by themselves in the dorm all the time."
"I feel like the walls are pretty thick in Talcott because I don't hear people next to me talking that often. As an RA people come to me with their complaints and I'm fine going to people's doors if I know who they are and asking them to be quieter."
"I feel like the walls are pretty thick in Talcott because I don't hear people next to me talking that often. As an RA people come to me with their complaints and I'm fine going to people's doors if I know who they are and asking them to be quieter."
If you're trying to avoid noise:
If you're trying to avoid noise:
- Try to get a single - these are hard to come by however as they get snatched up in the first hour of housing registration.
- Discuss noise with your rommate if in an open double.
- Respect quiet hours and talk to your neighbors about doing the same.
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