Even so, the personal gains made possible by university housing usually more than outweigh any inconveniences. Single students may choose to live in group living situations in suites or houses. These are furnished with single beds, dressers, chairs, study tables, and bookcases. Students provide their own bed linens, blankets, pillows, towels, curtains, lamps, rugs, and other incidental furnishings. Common living areas are furnished.
Apartments have baths and kitchenettes, most have a living room and one or more bedrooms.
All apartments are unfurnished. Residents provide their own kitchen utensils, dishes, tableware, rugs, lamps, bed linens, pillows, blankets, towels, curtains, and other furnishings. Heat, water, gas, and electricity are furnished by the university. Heavy appliances, such as freezers and portable washers and dryers, may not be installed. Coin-operated laundry facilities are available in the basement of each apartment building.