The vast majority of Pitzer students live on campus. Pitzer has three residence halls: Mead, Holden, and Sanborn. Holden and
Sanborn halls are identical: two floors with four different wings (A, B, C, and D for Sanborn and J, K, L, and M for Holden).
Rooms in these dorms are primarily double-occupancy and each is connected to another double-occupancy room by way of a shared
bathroom. In contrast, Mead Hall is designed to have six separate towers interconnected by walkways. The six towers are W, X,
Little X (LX), Y, Little Y (LY), and Z. Each tower has three levels and is organized into suites which typically accomodate eight
occupants divided into four single-occupancy and two double-occupancy rooms, two bathrooms, a common living room, and (in most
cases) a small patio or balcony. Additionally, suites in Z tower include a small kitchenette in each living room. LX and LY also
include half-suites which accomodate only four occupants and are divided into 2 single-occupancy and one double-occupancy rooms,
a living room, a bathroom, and a patio or balcony. There are no large community bathrooms at Pitzer College; the rate of
on-campus student per bathroom is 4:1. Each residence hall is equipped with shared laundry rooms, common rooms, study rooms, and
kitchens.Typically, most of Sanborn Hall is reserved for first-years with the remaining first-years placed into Holden Hall. In order
to help first-years adjust to college life, first-years are assigned to a mentor, each mentor having about twelve to fifteen
mentees. Mentees are typically assigned to live in the same wing of the same floor. Mead Hall, which has an older resident
population than Holden and Sanborn, is known by some as the "party hall" and is often very lively, especially on weekends. Holden
is considered by some to be a "hybrid" between Mead and Sanborn, having some freshmen, some upper classmen. For every wing in
Holden and Sanborn or every tower of Mead, there is a resident assistant who are responsible for the well being of the residents.
Every hall also has a live-in hall director.There are also several thematic residence halls available at Pitzer. For example, M2 is called "HUSH", which stands for Holden
Ultimate Study Hall and is designed as a quiet hall, although some residents believe that this policy is often unenforced. J1 is
called the "Joint Science Hall", most if not all of the residents concentrate their studies on the sciences, some in preparation
for medical school. K2 and LX are both Substance Free and residents of each must sign an agreement promising not to use drugs or
alcohol before they are granted residency. LY is the "Involvement Tower", a self-governing tower which selects its residents on
the basis of their social involvement and engages in tower activities to encourage social and civic involvement on campus.When a Pitzer student who lives in either Holden or Sanborn is asked where he/she lives (on campus), the student would usually
refer to their wing assignment followed by the floor, as it is common knowledge among the students which letter assignments are
in which dorms (i.e.: "M1" for Holden, M Wing, first floor or "D2" for Sanborn, D Wing, second floor). Mead residents however
will refer to the tower name and the floor or tower and suite number (i.e.: "X300" or "Little Y first floor").