627 West 115th Street
| 627 W. 115th St | |
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| Population | 33 |
| University Residence Halls | |
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627 W. 115th St is a brownstone residence hall located on 115th Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive. It's commonly referred to as ZBT, after the fraternity that used to own the house. Said fraternity was tragically ousted in 2013 after an impromptu kegger by baseball players after winning the Ivy League Championship.
Unlike other residence halls, ZBT cannot be picked into during the housing lottery, since it houses undergraduate transfer students from Columbia College and SEAS, like Carleton Arms. This could be part of Columbia's plot to increase revenue by taking in more transfer students, as outlined in the McKinsey Report. Or it could just be that Columbia's offering more of them guaranteed housing. Unlike any other Columbia dorm (excluding Symposium), residents do not have a security desk, meaning they can swipe in as many Barnard and GS students as they want.
The only comparable non-SIC dorm is Symposium. ZBT's advantage over Symposium is that the facilities are better, and there is a huge basement lounge. But on the other hand, the rooms are mostly doubles and triples to make up for the huge square footage.[1]
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