10 Best Study Spaces That Aren’t Your Room: Advice from a thesising senior

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Let’s be real, your bed’s just not a good place to study. Your desk probably isn’t either, given its proximity to your bed. Here’s some alternatives.

1. Collier Science Library. It seems an obvious place to study, being a library and all, but I know seniors who haven’t set foot in Collier since the Customs Week scavenger hunt their freshman year. Try it out. It’s got great lighting, group and individual quiet study rooms, and you’ll be surrounding by the wonders of science!

2. Thomas Great Hall. You’ll feel like you’re studying for your Defense Against the Dark Arts exam at Hogwarts. Plus Athena will be watching over you, and that’s got to be good luck or something, right?

3. Denbigh Backsmoker. Plenty of outlets, super comfy couches, and a vending machine. Also, check out the backsmoker diaries for some study break entertainment (an anonymous collaborative diary full of the secrets of Mawrtyrs past!).

4.. Merion Basement. Bryn Mawr’s newest student space, brought to you by the Self Governance Association. It’s like the backsmoker, but with a TV!

5. Milkboy Coffee on Lancaster. You’re less likely to run into people you know off-campus, therefore less likely to be distracted. There’s free wifi, a 10% student discount, and a nice selection of teas.

6. The London Room in Thomas. Good luck finding it, but when you do, It makes you feel like you’re an elegant princess studying for her princess exams. This gorgeous room’s walls are lined with hundreds on old London-themed books to peruse on your study breaks!

7. Upper level of the Writing Center in Canaday. There’s a beanbag chair.

8. Panera Bread: If you can convince a friend with a car to come hang out with you for a few hours, it’s totally worth the 7 minute drive to Wynnewood. Lots of tables, free wifi, and delicious soups. And there’s a 5 Below and a pet store next door, so you can embrace your inner child when deconstructing the patriarchy gets too serious.

9. Magill Library at Haverford. A change of scenery is only a bus ride away, but you’re still surrounded by academia so you can stay in study-mode.

10. The Cloisters. Save this for warmer weather, but it’s a great outdoor study spot with plenty of benches (and the spirit of M. Carey Thomas, who is supposedly buried here). Just don’t do anything embarrassing because students in class in Thomas are probably watching you through the windows.

3 thoughts on “10 Best Study Spaces That Aren’t Your Room: Advice from a thesising senior”

  1. Another great spot especially after brunch on the weekends is in the “lounge areas” by the staircase in Dalton! It’s quiet, bright (LOVE the natural sunlight!), comfy and there are plenty of outlets!

  2. DUDE the science library at Haverford is one of the awesomest places…better overall lighting than Magill, and absolutely baller for not seeing people you know. Also, Carpenter! Hello! Best lighting and tables to spread out upon on campus. Then again, I wrote most of my papers in Haffner, so I might be less trustworthy.

  3. Haverford’s Zumbra lounge is quite nice as well (it’s the room with the flags). I personally love the London Room; it’s beautiful but studious. Campus Center is still one of my to go places to study. The noise is also like white static.

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