Any Ivies w decent dorms

[Anonymous]

The ones we have seen ( three different schools) look awful. Are any Ivy dorms in good shape??

[Anonymous]

No. Ivies are old. Dorms suck.

[Anonymous]

Princeton just built two or three new dorm blocks (maybe not ready until Fall 2024?). Penn has two new dorm buildings (built last 5 years) and will have the quad completely renovated by Fall 2026 (75% renovated by Fall 2025).

The best schools of course know your kid will live in a box on the street if that is all being offered.

[Anonymous]

I've heard that Dartmouth is building new undergraduate housing, but yeah, they're mostly awful. Renovations sound great but on a compact campus they often mean that you'll spend multiple years in old nasty housing being woken up at 6:00 am by noisy construction in the dorms adjacent to yours...which will be open the year after you graduate.

My memories of Yale are totally defined by the shabby, dark and irregular quality of the housing. They've renovated a lot but it's still not great, especially because everyone pays the same amount but the luck of the housing lottery or willingness to submit fake doctor notes can make the difference between a stunning suite or a dumpy rathole.

Although residential colleges and dorm rooms were supposedly selected mostly randomly and only to balance things by geography, gender and interests, that was not the case. Inevitably the most well-off or connected students ended up in the most spacious, historically special or appealing 1st year suites. I understand that Harvard did things quite similarly. Not sure if others are more evolved.

[Anonymous]

The newer dorms at Cornell are nice.

[Anonymous]

No, suck it up if you want an Ivy

[Anonymous]

Ugh, so many reasons not to go to Ivies. Luckily, equally small chance of being accepted!

[Anonymous]

You consider the Harvard houses not nice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard that Dartmouth is building new undergraduate housing, but yeah, they're mostly awful. Renovations sound great but on a compact campus they often mean that you'll spend multiple years in old nasty housing being woken up at 6:00 am by noisy construction in the dorms adjacent to yours...which will be open the year after you graduate.

My memories of Yale are totally defined by the shabby, dark and irregular quality of the housing. They've renovated a lot but it's still not great, especially because everyone pays the same amount but the luck of the housing lottery or willingness to submit fake doctor notes can make the difference between a stunning suite or a dumpy rathole.

Although residential colleges and dorm rooms were supposedly selected mostly randomly and only to balance things by geography, gender and interests, that was not the case. Inevitably the most well-off or connected students ended up in the most spacious, historically special or appealing 1st year suites. I understand that Harvard did things quite similarly. Not sure if others are more evolved.

My kid is in a beautiful new dorm at Cornell. There were a few new dorms built a couple of years ago, and one or two large dorms that are closed this year for renovation (which has caused a bit of a housing shortage), but should be really nice beginning next fall.

[Anonymous]

Princeton -- only bad ones are Rocky and Mathey.

Butler, Whitman, NCW/Yeh all very nice (some in Gothic style too) with AC.

Forbes debatable -- decent facilities, but far.

[Anonymous]

MIT - with tiny windows

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Princeton -- only bad ones are Rocky and Mathey.

Butler, Whitman, NCW/Yeh all very nice (some in Gothic style too) with AC.

Forbes debatable -- decent facilities, but far.

The rooms at Rocky and Mathey are nothing special but the buildings are beautiful from the outside.

Whitman, NCW, and Yeh are all pretty new. The worst was First but it’s getting torn down and Hobson should be nice when it’s finished in a few years.

[Anonymous]

Trinity University, best dorms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton -- only bad ones are Rocky and Mathey.

Butler, Whitman, NCW/Yeh all very nice (some in Gothic style too) with AC.

Forbes debatable -- decent facilities, but far.

The rooms at Rocky and Mathey are nothing special but the buildings are beautiful from the outside.

Whitman, NCW, and Yeh are all pretty new. The worst was First but it’s getting torn down and Hobson should be nice when it’s finished in a few years.

See, this is just for visitors and proud parents. For the person living there, it doesn't help with daily problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The newer dorms at Cornell are nice.

Which ones and how do you get it