Ewha Dormitory + To bring or not to bring.

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Now for my room...

Shoe cabinet just in front of your door. There's a full mirror attached to the cabinet.

Toilet and a mini fridge. There's A LOT of cabinet available for your to store your things.

A table lamp for your studying / make up purposes

Balcony, where you can do some drying of your clothes.

Night view from my room

Sunset view

One thing to note, air-con will switch off automatically every day at around 0940H and 2310H. So be prepared to wake up in the middle of the night to switch on the air-con.


For those who do not have a en-suite toilet, you gotta use the shared toilet available. I supposed there is a female toilet on every floor.

Shared toilet - Bathing cubicle

Below are some information which you may find it useful:

• Building A / B = Graduate Student Dormitory (GSD)
• Building C = Ewha-Samsung International House
• Building D = International House II
• Building E = International House Annex

Direction to Ewha Dormitory
Highly recommended to either take a cab (40,000 - 80,000 won for an hour, according to Ewha website) or if you're on a budget, take Bus 6011 and stop outside of Ewha.
DO NOT take Bus 6002 unless you don't mind walking through the Ewha street (uphill slope!) with your luggage(s).


Dormitory Office
Located at B2 of GSD, you may check-in at any time during the operational hours (0900H - 2300H). You'll be given a handbook that contains all the rules and regulations of the dormitory when you checked-in. You may even loan a vacuum cleaner or hair dryer from the office using your student card.

information for sending parcel to the dormitory

The Dormitory Office is just next to the Security Office, which leads to the main entrance. This is the only entrance that people without the access card may enter from.


WIFI
WIFI will not be available for ELC students until your first day of lesson, in which your student ID and password will be given to you by your 선생님. That's right! No internet connection from the day you reached to the first day of your school. That is, if you're lucky cause my roommate and I (plus some other ELC students) were unable to access our wifi after getting our student ID. So to be safe, get a wifi egg or unlimited data sim card in Incheon Airport, well, at least for a month. It's totally worth it!
This notice is available in the lift. However, from what I know, it is only applicable for Ewha students, not ELC students.

Kitchenette
Pantry area is available on every floor of the dormitory. You can find 2 microwave ovens, a toaster, water dispenser (both hot and cold) for your drinking purpose or cooking of instant noodles. Other than that, you may dispose your trash in the pantry area but you gotta separate your trash (Korea's culture). No cooking is allowed in the kitchenette. If you wanna cook, there is a kitchen available at B1 of Building C, where electronic stoves are available.



Other facilities
Gym a.k.a. Fitness room
B2 of GSD
Laundry / Ironing Room
B2 of GSD and B1 of Building C, D and E.
Computer room
B2 of GSD, 1st floor of Building C and B1 of Building D.

Step by Step instruction on how to use the printing facilities

Practically nobody uses this room cause, in this age, having a laptop is common. But for students who need to access Korea's government website (e.g. TOPIK / ALIEN card registration), then you may access it using these computers. As what I have heard from my friends, you won't be able to access those websites even if you're using IE on your own laptop!

Study room
B2 of GSD and B1 of Building C.
Lounge
B2 of GSD
Prayer room
2 rooms are available for praying - Oratory or Multi-Cultural Mediation Room. Both rooms are at B1 of Building C. Bibles are available in the Oratory room. Alternatively, just do it in your room, if your roommate does not mind. No photos available. duh!

Others
Curfew
Don't be alarmed. There's no curfew in Graduate Student Dormitory, International Houses nor Annex Building. However, there is curfew for dormitory located on the mountain top of Ewha, a.k.a. Hanwoori House. Luckily, most Language program students will not be posted there; unless you're the unlucky few whereby they ran out of rooms or you are under 18 years old.
However, do take note, especially for guys, that the main gate of Ewha closes at 2200H every night. I haven't been stopped by the guards before, but there's a boyish-looking girl in my roommate's class, whom got stopped by the guard. She had to show her dormitory pass to prove that she's staying in the dormitory. I have seen a guy visitor, who was going to ECC to study, got refrained from entry by the guards. Alternatively, go back to your dormitory from the side gate from the ELC building.

Notification
GSD has a sure-to-see way of notifying the students of any information (as seen in the photo below). Important information like orientation, moving-out date, etc., are posted on your door like this. I have seen notes on "keeping quiet after a specific timing" or "no guests allowed in the dormitory area" kind of notifications posted on the doors too.

Mail
Shelves are located just outside the kitchenette at every floor, whereby all the letters address to you will be placed. If it's a parcel or anything bigger than a letter, the mail will be sent to the dormitory office located at B2. A call will be made to your room once the dormitory office has received the parcel. Remember to bring your student card down for verification purposes.