Hey everyone! lots of questions about dorm rooms right now... which makes sense. It is where you have to live, after all! I have a ton of pics from when I lived in Schwitzer freshman year so I will post those soon. There's also another thread about dorms that you should check out which includes a YouTube video of Schwitz: http://go.butler.edu/cs/forums/t/2439.aspx
Coley, in my opinion, the Butler dorm rooms are some of the biggest around! They were either comparable or bigger than every school I visited... especially state schools! University of Illinois and Michigan's dorms seemed like living in a closet to me, but Butler's are a really comfy size and have big beautiful windows, which I loved. Oh, and Schwitzer, the freshman women's dorm, has HUGE closets. Like, you can stand inside them and change, even if you have way too many clothes like me! : )
To answer the question about living on campus, if we are not commuting from a family member's home, we are required to live in on-campus housing for three years... however, this is not so bad because it includes the dorms but also the Apartment Village and University Terrace housing and Greek houses. In my opinion, on-campus housing is the best way to be close to all the on-campus action. I would have lived on campus for my first three years even if we didn't have the requirement.