Columbia University - Dormitories



Rating Posted By Comment
amandakayak
July 01 2012
No idea since we only saw outside. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
brandnew3773
November 20 2011
Beautiful and a lot bigger than I thought they would be, especially for the upper classmen... [View Full Report]
nondairycreamer
November 19 2011
Didn't see any. [View Full Report]
wrldtravlr
September 05 2011
Did not see. I have heard they are very small and nothing special, but who cares, at least you have something reasonable in the city. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
Kalookakoo
July 12 2010
I got to see a single room (not suite) and it was pretty small. Maybe 7ft by 5-6ftft. Ample room to survive in though, and it probably becomes cozy after awhile. Doubles and Suites are larger. [View Full Report]
3 - Good
3 - Good
seiclan
June 28 2010
They would not let us see a dorm room so I cannot really comment on the rooms. I believe that single rooms are offered to freshman (rare IMO). [View Full Report]
Soapy5793
April 24 2010
n/a [View Full Report]
fogfog
April 06 2010
Only way to know--is to know someone and be their guest or look at pics online. tours do not go in dorms. [View Full Report]
abm915
December 05 2009
The tour did not allow us to visit the dorms. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
nk9230
August 11 2009
One of the dorms is rumored to still have bars on the windows. That doesn't sound good. The others sounded nice. The pics I have seen support that. [View Full Report]
3 - Good
3 - Good
shwhitin
April 10 2009
Not able to see the dorms, although I have heard they are very comfortable with great views. [View Full Report]
skipsmom
February 17 2009
We were not allowed to see a dormitory. Had we known this we would have even toured the campus. Very wary of this as boarding schl tours revealed some Dickensian rooms. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
McMath
December 27 2008
Haven't been inside a room but the dorm buildings look nice [View Full Report]
3 - Good
3 - Good
Hatoyama
December 01 2008
Nothing to complain about, nothing to write home about. [View Full Report]
2 - Fair
2 - Fair
fantastical
July 07 2008
I stayed in Carman Hall for a CSPA workshop week and had a suite consisting of two small-ish rooms for 2 and one bathroom. The room and bathroom were old, but the view (11th fl.) was lovely. [View Full Report]
lolcats4
June 26 2008
Didn't see any. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
sagesser
May 12 2008
Lots of singles. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
livingtea
August 31 2007
We never got to go inside the dorms, but they seemed very nice. The setup of the dorms varied (John Jay-all singles to Carman-suites) and all seemed to have their own positive and negative aspects [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
arachnophobia12
August 27 2007
Even though I didn't have the opportunity to go inside the dorms, the outside of the dorms were very nice. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
dubaiite
August 19 2007
Though my son did not get a chance to visit any dorm rooms, from the experience i have had in my daughters hall, it is always clean [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
karen61990
July 29 2007
The doubles seemed huge compared to what i'm used to. Senior year housing is amazing. where else can you get a two bedroom flat with river view in manhattan + food for 10grand a year. Best deal [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
skylandsmom
July 11 2007
Decent size, nice freshman options. [View Full Report]
seempand
June 26 2007
Unfortunately, I didn't see the dorms, but they look nice from the outside. [View Full Report]
3 - Good
3 - Good
MLeigh
June 24 2007
Eh. We saw a room in JJ and it was all right. Certainly not un-livable. [View Full Report]
3 - Good
3 - Good
fruitloops89
June 14 2007
Well... it's New York City isn't it? Overall they're fine, but the bathrooms could get very messy, especially the single dorm ones (John Jay) in which a whole floor of 40 shares one bat [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
blondie625
June 13 2007
The dormitory they showed us was a suite with two doubles and a shared bathroom. It was pretty small. Also, some of the dorms don't have AC. [View Full Report]
advantagious
February 24 2007
Didn't get to see...I didn't see dorms at ANY of the Ivies. I guess they don't need to show you dorms to get you to apply! [View Full Report]
LuckMC11
February 19 2007
cant comment since we didnt get to see any [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
dolphins3636
November 29 2006
I stayed in a suite. It was very nice, I had my own room. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
HSDropOut
November 29 2006
I stayed in one of the new ones, single room, more of the rooms are singles which is nice, How many people can say they live by themselves on Broadway. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
Chet2006
September 22 2006
mostly single rooms...big + [View Full Report]
3 - Good
3 - Good
brand_182
August 29 2006
We didn't get to see them inside but the outsides and descriptions sounded cool. [View Full Report]
3 - Good
3 - Good
ubetteraccept_me
August 16 2006
The dorms we stayed in were nice. They were all singles which I guess could be good or bad, but there was just one bathroom per floor. Also, there was no air conditioning again. [View Full Report]
3 - Good
3 - Good
dot_parker
August 12 2006
I didn't get to see inside one, but the tour guide waxed enthusiastic about her "beautiful room." [View Full Report]
downtown128
August 06 2006
didn't see, but they looked nice from the outside. [View Full Report]