Leverett is known for its newly renovated spaces, being the largest residential house, and also loving to use rabbit-related imagery for just about everything. While in former years, Lev was often that younger sibling everyone forgot about, the new dining hall and McKinlock Hall are definitely upping its popularity recently. In fact, Chad Benoit ‘16, co-chair of Lev HoCo states, "Lev is an awesome house, and house renewal has given us a great opportunity to start a lot of new Leverett traditions." But incase you’re still feeling incredibly neutral about getting assigned to Leverett, there’s a lot to love about Lev!
502 residents
\r\n2 “Hutches” (common spaces with TVs, one also has a Yamaha Digital Piano)
\r\n1 Library Theater (a spacious event space)
\r\n1 famous monkey bread recipe
\r\nHoCo Budget: $36,000
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\r\nLeverett housing consists of the F and G Towers, McKinlock, and the option of DeWolfe. The towers offer large rooms with great views of the Charles, while McKinlock is sleeker and cleaner since it was just opened recently. There are a variety of rooms offered, with the Towers having a lot of large singles and spaces for parties, while McKinlock can really depend upon your luck of the draw in the lottery. The Leverett housing lottery works by having a separate senior, junior, and sophomore lottery. Once seniors and then juniors pick their rooms, sophomores are given a tour of rooms, after which they strategically choose how many people they wish to live with and enter the lottery. Therefore, rising sophomores in Leverett have the luxury of picking and knowing where they will live before the summer starts, something not all the other houses can offer.
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\r\nWith such a large house, house spirit can be hard to keep strong but people say the Lev HoCo tries very hard to do so. Benoit remarks, "Our stein clubs and formals always draw a lot of students, and I think that\'s indicative of the type of fun, welcoming community that Lev is." For instance, HoCo organizes the Rising Rabbits Revelry, which are activities planned for newly admitted rising sophomores. A popular part of the triple R’s is the petting zoo that everyone always takes pictures at with cute bunnies! Plus, House Masters Howard and Ann Georgi are known to be very friendly and know basically every resident’s name. They also throw great open houses, during which there are lines for the famous monkey bread. In terms of house activities, Leverett has not-just-sherry-hour before weekly community dinners, coffee houses, Old Library Lunches, and Conway concerts. The new dining hall is also something to rave about– it is sleek, new, and a complete change from its old self. The beautiful entryway into the dining hall is an amazing edition, and they even have an omelet bar at every Sunday brunch.
', [However, Lev does come with a few complaints. With residents divided up between DeWolfe, the towers, and McKinlock, there is not only some outside traveling to be done to get to the dining hall, but there is also separation amongst residents themselves. This doesn’t help with house spirit either when taking into account its huge student body. Additionally, the towers look more like distant relatives to the concrete jungle that is Mather. Perhaps the biggest “complaint” about Leverett though is that people often overlook it when thinking about housing due to its lack of a distinct personality– should you be upset or happy when you get Lev? We will leave that up to you on this Housing Day Eve.
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