Before my arrival at Whitworth, I was sorted in Ballard dormitory. This sorting process is based on a roommate-matching form we had to fill somewhere along April (I Think?). Then some incredible people try to match you with someone you would go along with in the best way and part of the criteria they use is the dorm you want to live in.

I don’t really remember which dorm I putted in my form but I’m just so grateful that I ended up living in Ballard because I really believe this improved my exchange experience a lot and this allowed me to meet some awesome people and be part of this incredible BMac community.

BMac is just the name of the community/family formed by people living in Ballard dorm and Mc Millan dorm. Those two dorms are the 2 historical one, so there’re located next to each other but kind of far from most of the other dorm. They both look like haunted house (there’re just not modern). There’s a strong bond between the two dorms because both are not mixed-gender since mixed-thing wasn’t popular when they were build. So, Ballard is an only female dorm and Mac is only boys.

This non-mixed concept looks a bit strange when you hear about it but its’ completely okay and not a problem at all in real life. Mostly because all the activities we do are made as BMac and not as 2 separate dorms. All the other dorms are anyway organized by floors and each floor is either female or male so that girls and boys never share the same bathroom. The only difference with BMac is that in order to see boys, instead of just going down the stairs you actually need to go outside and cross the pathway, but that’s it.

Ballard is also a really small dorm compared to other ones at Whitworth, there is only 60 or 70 Ballard-ladies every year. Mac is a bit less than the double but still BMac together is kind of small at Whitworth. This is also a reason why we create so many bonds within us. It is always easier to bond in a small group where you kind of know the names of everyone than when you’re lost in the middle of a crowd of other lost people. I guess in bug dorms you mostly bond with a small group of friends but in BMac, you can talk and be friends with everyone since we don’t split that much in even smaller groups.

Here’s a first overview of Ballard now you can keep on reading about my dorm, first here, where I tell you about the history of Ballard (and Whitworth in general). Then, here you can discover what we did at traditiation. Last, here are some of the big traditional BMac events that I took part in…