I toured Occidental during the Summer, and I really didn’t like the dorms. We only saw the freshmen dorms, and I’ve heard the upperclassmen dorms are a little better. Does anyone know about their dorms?
My daughter is a junior at Oxy. Last year she was in Norris which has quads and air conditioning, and said she really liked it. This year she is living in an Oxy owned and managed house just off campus with 7 students and a RA - she seems quite happy with this arrangement also. Quite a few different housing choices!
Momtojandk, we also toured the dorms and they were pretty bad. The room we saw was also very sloppy and smelled of weed – funny they would choose that one to show!
The freshman halls are decent depending on which on you get. They also change them up each year but mainly the upper classmen dorms (Rangeview/Berkus, Newcomb, Haines) are actually really nice. You can choose between having a dorm with a little more antique feel and character or more of a hotel type with private bathroom in the room and carpeted floors!
The weed thing is very true, most dorms smell like weed -_- but there’s a couple halls on campus that are non substance…