East Campus - Hicks & Grange Reviews

It's funny to read the comments about the dorms being old, I thought they were old 50 years ago when I lived in Hicks. Room 307, the only thing I liked about my room was it had a nice view of the church across the street.

I lived in Grange Hall during a transitional year, 1967-68. How many people lived in the building? I forget. Maybe 120 or so? I lived in room 003, near the stairwell on the north side, and rarely went to the upper floors, where most of the rooms were. (My room's half-underground window became a private entrance for my girlfriend. My roommate went home most weekends to do his laundry. )
I liked the walk across campus to, well, everything, especially in deep snow. I borrowed another guy's knee-high canvas mukluks for the worst storm. The house had a charming anarchy. I think it had been a freshman dorm the year before and was going to be a women's dorm or graduate dorm the following year. No continuing residents, "house traditions" or struct...See more

Honesty I felt the community of grange is what made me love it. The room was very old and the building has old steam heat. If you don’t like old buildings you probably won’t like this one. Our janitorial staff is AMAZING and will give you advice, hugs, snacks, etc. The location is great. It’s close to two main bus lines, a late light location, and is across from the Great Lawn. However- it is VERY sketchy once the sun sets.

I lived in Hicks my freshman year which is an all girls building. I found that because of this it was difficult to make friends and expand horizons as a first-year student. The size of the room is okay but it is the smallest room you will get as a freshman and the building is ancient. My floor had a lot of issues with the bathroom and cleanliness and a lack of people holding themselves accountable for a mess and didn’t implement change or own up to their mess. Location wise I loved East. I had to walk at most 10 minutes to all of my classes and it is an easy walk to Storrs Center. You also have access to Yellow and Orange Lines which can get you pretty much anywhere on campus.

Lived in Grange freshman year and while there are definitely better places to live, it's not as bad as people might make it seem. There should be more than enough space for your belongings especially if you loft your bed. The building itself is pretty old, but you definitely get used to it. Unfortunately the building had to share 2 washers and 2 dryers so trying to The bathroom was newly renovated the summer prior. Location is not terrible for engineering buildings, but it is quite a walk to the union, rec center and Gampel. Real close to the Dairy Bar and Horsebarn Hill. The dining hall (Whitney) was just renovated and is quite cozy. It is the more vegan friendly dining hall. Overall, it's just your typical freshman dorm so just make the m...See more

Pretty good dorm decent room space. Washer and dryer on ground floor. Pretty good wifi (100mbps up and down), subpar Ethernet (10mbps up, 10mbps down).