<p>Which colleges have the nicest dorm based on general reputation, own experience or from what you have heard.
By nice I mean clean, spacious, traditional or new brick building (not like the typical 70's concrete block building).</p>
<p>Thanks in advance...</p>
<p>I would say from personal experience that Yale has great living facilities. I was equally impressed with Princeton's.</p>
<p>If you're picking a college based on the dorms you should probably not be going to college for another decade.</p>
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<p>Just as an interesting side note (and from a person who was very very very close to attending Yale until she had a revelation... but that's another story), some Yale dorms have cockroaches, at least in the summer. I speak from experience (well, the experience of a friend). But, as previously stated, dorms are an interesting aspect but not at all a deciding factor. (Even the cockroaches had nothing to do with my decision regarding Yale.)</p>
<p>WashU's dorms are gorgeous.</p>
<p>"Just as an interesting side note (and from a person who was very very very close to attending Yale until she had a revelation... but that's another story)"</p>
<p>Christine, would you mind making this "revelation" known to us? I'm curious as to what it is...</p>
<p>University of Central FLorida's dorms are like condos as if its a resort they are huge and nice and new.</p>
<p>according to the PR, these are the best 20... (dorms like palaces)</p>
<p>1 Smith College<br>
2 Bryn Mawr College<br>
3 Loyola College in Maryland<br>
4 Pepperdine University<br>
5 Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering<br>
6 Pomona College<br>
7 Scripps College<br>
8 Agnes Scott College<br>
9 Mount Holyoke College<br>
10 Wellesley College<br>
11 Claremont McKenna College<br>
12 Sweet Briar College<br>
13 Webb Institute<br>
14 Whitman College<br>
15 Washington University in St. Louis<br>
16 Bennington College<br>
17 Bowdoin College<br>
18 Williams College<br>
19 New College of Florida<br>
20 The George Washington University</p>
<p>and these are the worst ones (dorms like dungeons)...</p>
<p>1 United States Coast Guard Academy<br>
2 United States Merchant Marine Academy<br>
3 University of Hawaii at Manoa<br>
4 Hampton University<br>
5 University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br>
6 State University of New York at Albany<br>
7 University of Florida<br>
8 University of Idaho<br>
9 State University of New York--Purchase College<br>
10 University of Washington<br>
11 The University of South Dakota<br>
12 University of Missouri-Rolla<br>
13 Illinois Institute of Technology<br>
14 Louisiana State University<br>
15 University of Miami<br>
16 State University of New York--Stony Brook University<br>
17 Rider University<br>
18 State University of New York--University at Buffalo<br>
19 University of Georgia<br>
20 University of Rhode Island </p>
<p>and no, it is not a determining factor but yes, if you are down to the elite colleges there really isnt much of a difference and you can start to be subjective... after a certain level of academic quality/prestige it just doesnt matter anymore</p>