What schools have the absolute worst dorms?

Booklady
Sat, 17 May 2008 10:33:36 +0000

However, if you happen to be assigned to Wilson College, like I was, then there is a good chance that you will be living in extremely outdated structures built in the 1960s that have not been maintained particularly well and do not have good heating/cooling. Luckily, with the razing of the Butler College Quad, the chance this will happen to incoming students is drastically reduced.



I was in Wilson College in the late 70’s, and lived in the (as it was then called) New New Quad my junior and senior years. I had a great suite my freshman year (in 1937 Hall) and a huge double in Wilson as a sophomore. Friends visiting from other schools were jealous. I am glad they’ve razed Butler - it was very ugly - but I do think students’ expectations of dorms have changed a lot in the past 30 years. We didn’t expect air conditioning, lots of singles, etc. And we had to walk to class in the snow, uphill both ways. ;)