10 Worst Dorms in America

KSUViolet06 · #1 03-09-2011, 11:33 PM

HuffPo did a list. Lovespink88 posted it and I thought it needed a thread!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...ty_of_Illinois

Drolefille · #2 03-09-2011, 11:35 PM

I looked at that.. worst article ever. Every campus seems to have 'that dorm' sure, but this just sucked.

Ghostwriter · #3 03-11-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

I looked at that.. worst article ever. Every campus seems to have 'that dorm' sure, but this just sucked.

Hell just froze over. We agree on something. This whole article was a waste of time and stupid as well.

How UNC's dorms stayed off the list is beyond me.

KSUViolet06 · #4 03-09-2011, 11:36 PM

What about it sucks, Drole? It's a list. For fun. You know, like, not serious? lol.

sanjiyan69 · #5 03-09-2011, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

What about it sucks, Drole? It's a list. For fun. You know, like, not serious? lol.

Drole is serious? O'Rly?

Drolefille · #6 03-09-2011, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

What about it sucks, Drole? It's a list. For fun. You know, like, not serious? lol.

Well the premise is, as far as i can tell, like ratemyprofessor.com that's all well and good.

What sucks is that as an article it's poorly done. It's not about it being serious, or fun (thanks, I do laugh at things), it's that "ugh" is meaningless, and none of the other comments they posted couldn't apply to most dorms in existence. I learned nothing, i laughed at nothing, I think it's a bad article.

You know, like, my opinion.

christiangirl · #7 03-09-2011, 11:45 PM

Woohoo!! My dorm (or school) aren't even mentioned. That's because we rocked.

*points at the list and laughs heartily*

AGDee · #8 03-09-2011, 11:47 PM

If you click through to the original website, you can search by dorm or school. They also have a "Best 10 Dorms", biggest party dorms, etc.

I was hoping it would have "real" criteria, but it's all just based on student reviews.

Gusteau · #9 03-09-2011, 11:53 PM

Yeah, my school (George Mason) has two dorms on the list. They're not really that bad, I mean it's college, were they expecting palaces? I lived in President's Park and loved it when I was a freshman, and they've been renovated since I lived there in '07-'08.

Like Dee said, it's basically just the reviews of a few people who didn't enjoy living there without hard evidence.

KSUViolet06 · #10 03-09-2011, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Gusteau

Yeah, my school (George Mason) has two dorms on the list. They're not really that bad, I mean it's college, were they expecting palaces? I lived in President's Park and loved it when I was a freshman, and they've been renovated since I lived there in '07-'08.

Like Dee said, it's basically just the reviews of a few people who didn't enjoy living there without hard evidence.

Stop crushing mah threadstarting dreamz.

agzg · #11 03-11-2011, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Stop crushing mah threadstarting dreamz.

Stop trying to usurp my superiority of dream crusher.

Also, we only lived in dorms for one year prior to moving into on-campus apartments as upperclassmen (off-campus Junior or Senior year, if you wanted). I can't lie - the dorms were fine. I was right close to the bathroom and my room was big (and we kept it so clean we were a regular stop on campus tours - #winning?). My roommate only sucked about 10% of the time and I made lifelong friends. In our on-campus apartment, my roommates were messier and ate my food, but it was about the same quality as living in the dorms we just had a private bathroom, living room and kitchen.

I lived in the sorority house after, which was fun but noisy, and then in an off-campus apartment that was FREAKING HUGE. I mean, it was run-down, but I have yet to ever have a bedroom as large as the one in that apartment (for $350 a month per person - absolutely incredible). We had stalls and two toilets in the bathroom. Great for parties.

thetaj · #12 03-10-2011, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Gusteau

Yeah, my school (George Mason) has two dorms on the list. They're not really that bad, I mean it's college, were they expecting palaces? I lived in President's Park and loved it when I was a freshman, and they've been renovated since I lived there in '07-'08.

Like Dee said, it's basically just the reviews of a few people who didn't enjoy living there without hard evidence.

Have you been to JMU? I'm surprised Eagle hall ("the projects") didn't make the list. "Where the elevator works 60% of the time, every time."

sanjiyan69 · #13 03-10-2011, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Stop crushing mah threadstarting dreamz.

Why do I feel like I've read that somewhere before? LOL

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Originally Posted by Gusteau

Yeah, my school (George Mason) has two dorms on the list. They're not really that bad, I mean it's college, were they expecting palaces? I lived in President's Park and loved it when I was a freshman, and they've been renovated since I lived there in '07-'08.

Like Dee said, it's basically just the reviews of a few people who didn't enjoy living there without hard evidence.

I was there for 2 weeks in the summer of 2001. I didn't think the dorm itself was bad. It was nice and quiet and actually bigger than the dorms of similar nature at my school at the time (Western Michigan University). I actually liked the dorm, just didn't like the hike up the stairs to the Armstrong (the computer lab we were allowed to use)...I think that was the name of the building.

lovespink88 · #14 03-10-2011, 12:05 AM

Ditto what Gusteau said. If my dorm is really the 6th worst then every other schools' dorms must be SUPER nice. Forbes wasn't great, but it was by no means THAT BAD, lol

I liked the comment for one of the other U of I dorms. "It's too loud and E-14 is far". 1) the Six Pack dorms are the fun dorms, if you wanted quiet, you shoulda picked ISR. 2) Quit whining about E-14 (parking lot) being far. You're a freshman, you shouldn't have a car!!!

Gusteau · #15 03-10-2011, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Stop crushing mah threadstarting dreamz.

But I can't let them malign Mason!

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Originally Posted by thetaj

Have you been to JMU? I'm surprised Eagle hall ("the projects") didn't make the list. "Where the elevator works 60% of the time, every time."

I haven't been to JMU, and I'm trying really really hard to not make disparaging comments about that overrated dump...oops.

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Originally Posted by sanjiyan69

I was there for 2 weeks in the summer of 2001. I didn't think the dorm itself was bad. It was nice and quiet and actually bigger than the dorms of similar nature at my school at the time (Western Michigan University). I actually liked the dorm, just didn't like the hike up the stairs to the Armstrong (the computer lab we were allowed to use)...I think that was the name of the building.

Agreed, nice housing was one of the reasons Mason stood out among other schools I was looking at. Air conditioning for freshman was not a given at every school I visited.

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Originally Posted by lovespink88

I liked the comment for one of the other U of I dorms. "It's too loud and E-14 is far". 1) the Six Pack dorms are the fun dorms, if you wanted quiet, you shoulda picked ISR. 2) Quit whining about E-14 (parking lot) being far. You're a freshman, you shouldn't have a car!!!

That reminded me that the person complaining about the Park said it was too far from campus. But... it's on campus? Yes it is on the outside of Patriot Circle, but the rest of "campus" i.e. dining, academic buildings are just across the street. Map