
Shaw Hall MSU Reviews
River Trail Neighborhood • Michigan State University
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Rating Breakdown
Room
Building
Location
Bathroom
When They Lived Here
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
- 8
East Neighborhood
Hubbard Hall
18 reviews
- 7
East Neighborhood
Akers Hall
15 reviews
River Trail Neighborhood
McDonel Hall
12 reviews
- 2
South Neighborhood
Wilson Hall
9 reviews
- 2
South Neighborhood
Wonders Hall
6 reviews

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Terrible dorm to live in not considering its location. The bathrooms were always trashed - which was more of a resident issue but we couldn’t do anything about it until maintenance came through the next day. We never had toilet paper or soap either. There are very few study rooms, and even those are...
Nice location, average everything else. Not bad, not great. Food hall is good for breakfast but when I was there it was not many options compared to others
Locations the only good thing about this place everything else is old and gross. Avoid living here unless you have like all your classes in Broad
Pros: great location most classes are nearby or less than a 10 minute walk, gym in the basement, dining hall inside shaw, second years so it’s quieter. Cons: nasty bathrooms they are never clean and showers have mold growing in them, there was a toilet paper shortage so we always kept extra rolls i...
Bathrooms were disgusting and our dining hall was not great food wise/times. It also always smelled like pee in the hallways from broken pipes. Water was freezing and had low water pressure. Single stalls flooded and none of them worked by the end of the year. Also the bathrooms never got cleaned. R...
Best location for short commutes to classes and to be in the center of campus. The room you get will either be massive or tiny. They have closets which is nice and option for three person rooms.
Centric location, was always close to classes. Room was okay but not great. No decent common rooms and study areas very sparse but the Law Library was right across the road. The dining hall is nice but gets really crowded during lunch. Everyone is a sophomore so not raucous and people keep to themse...
the dining hall closed really early but the food was pretty good. location is great and has a gym in the basement. rooms are very small and community bathrooms suck only specific showers have good water pressure
Pros: great location and dining hall. Cons: small rooms, dirty community bathrooms, great for second years, not first years.
pros: great location (right across from bus station and pretty central in campus), has a dining hall, small fitness room cons: dining hall barely open on weekends, dining hall closes at 7, no spartys, bathrooms are not always clean