Single students live in studios, or share one, two or three bedroom apartments. Lyman has 112 apartments for single grad students, each with two bedrooms and one bathroom. Student lounges, music room, computer cluster, mail room, offices, and laundry room are in the Lyman Commons. The Commons circles a large open courtyard with a wooden deck surrounding an oak tree. Single graduate students share two bedroom, one bath apartments and four bedroom, two bath apartments at Rains Houses.
Rains has beautiful landscaping and a popular sand volleyball court.
Stanford's Multicultural Theme House occupies two buildings at Rains and provides unique cultural opportunities for its residents. 220 students live in two bedroom, two bath suites with a shared kitchenette. About 200 of the spaces are reserved for GSB students. The remaining apartments are assigned to single graduate students from other schools.