<p>Which prestigious college has the nicest dorms? Yes, prestigious means something different to every person...but it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>Also, explanations for why would be appreciated. Are the rooms large? Do they have Tempur-Pedic mattresses? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>lol…I would be surprised if any have Tempur-Pedic mattresses. but maybe I’ll learn something new on this thread.</p>
<p>Dorm mattresses are typically very standard. Students can make them more comfortable by buying a memory-foam mattress topper. </p>
<p>WashU’s dorms have Tempur-Pedic mattresses, and one of MIT’s dorms has a giant ball pit: <a href=“10 College Dorms With Awesome Amenities”>10 College Dorms With Awesome Amenities;
<p>Ok…thanks for that info. They must have some kind of protection on them.</p>
<p>You will find that room and dorm quality can vary significantly, even on the same campus. My friend’s daughter (at one of the schools that frequently ends up on the “dorms like palaces” list) ended up with a cold basement room with little windows one year, a tiny room next to a noisy elevator another year and a roach-infested room her senior year.</p>
<p>Washington University has Tempu-pedic beds and very nice dorms. In fact Princeton Review ranked them first for having the best dorms in the country. My D agrees. They also have air conditioning and great wifi service. </p>
<p>Harvard and Yale have the best college dorms. Both have suite-style dorms where A two person suite will have individual rooms off of a private living room with an enclosed corridor to a private shared bathroom. And a fireplace. Unbelievable.</p>
<p>Wash U has a similar set up. My D is currently in a dorm like that without the fireplace. Next year she will be in a 4 private singles with a private living room and two private bathrooms. It’s like an apartment with four rooms. The bathrooms are cleaned twice a week too which is very nice. </p>
<p>Yeah I was referring to Wash U when I mentioned Tempur-Pedic mattresses - they seem to have set the standard in my mind for dorm rooms, as they were the first dorms that I was able to see. Harvard’s and Yale’s sound amazing too!</p>
<p>The women’s colleges have a lot of fantastic dorms: lots of single rooms, beautiful historic details, etc. Check out Bryn Mawr and Smith in particular.</p>
<p>And people wonder why college has gotten so expensive…</p>
<p>^^^mattresses are minor investments, and most of the “investments” (singles, fireplaces, gorgeous architecture, etc.) were made long before the prices went astronomical. maintaining those buildings and their fireplaces has become exceedingly labor-intensive and expensive. I remember reading an Esquire article about 25 years ago that said that at that time Yale had over a BILLION dollars in unmet maintenance obligations on those lovely gothic buildings. For a very long time, college presidents haven’t been interested in spending their “legacy” on putty when there were so many donors wanting to put up new buildings with their names on them. </p>