East Campus - Whitney Reviews

I love love LOVE living on east campus. I'm in a double in Holcomb right now and planning to get a single in the same building for next year. Location is so pretty and it's a beautiful walk into the center of campus. People on my floor were very nice but mostly keep to themselves, which was a great balance. Definitely a great place to live if you're more on the introverted side. Dining hall is one of the best on campus and very convenient. Bathrooms aren't amazing but that's most dorm bathrooms - plumbing is very old and outdated and showers would get clogged a lot with hair. Rooms are a lot more spacious than I was expecting and I think Holcomb probably has the biggest singles on the whole campus for traditional housing. Road can get kind ...See more

Whitney has an actual dining hall in the building so when it's raining or cold its very convenient. HOWEVER.... the rooms are TINY but they do have full closets with doors on them so that's a plus... The bathrooms are not really clean but they don't wreak of urine so that's a plus considering Whitney is one of the oldest dorms on campus. But I think the absolute worst part about Whitney/Sprague/Holcomb/Hicks is their mail room. It is all the way in Towers which is equivalent to 1 bus ride (Yellow Line - 3 stops) or a 25 minute walk (15/20 if you walk fast/run)... Whitney Dining Hall is a bunch of peoples favorites because the food is consistently good, however there are very few options and if your looking for pasta, burgers and fries every...See more

Although this dorm is quiet and you have the luxury of a dining hall in your building, Whitney is one of the worst spots you could live on campus if you plan on having a social life. Everyone in the dorm is very intoverted, and the opportunities to make friends are far and few between. Physically, the rooms are tiny, have filthy floors, and have faulty locks on the doors, to name a few of the flaws. Honestly, this is the perfect dorm for you if you want to keep to yourself, not make friends, and/or enjoy the physical exercise of walking everywhere you need to go (the buses don’t take you to anywhere useful in decent time leaving Whitney. Do yourself a favor and live somewhere else if possible!

Pros:
-very quiet (everyone minds their own business)
-super cool hall director with a dog!!
-right above organic and mostly plant based dining hall
-laundry in building
-close to the farms and the dairy bar
-feels like a home, not a dorm
-close to the bus stops that bring you out of uconn
Cons:
-close to the farms = farm smell on hot days
-no elevators
-no ac
-some singles are TINY, select at your own risk
-kind of/really far from most buildings (but still completely manageable)
-no common room on every floor
-not for you if you want to socialize with the people on your floor (mostly singles means people keeping to themselves)
-far from the mailrooms
Overall:
even with all the negatives, this was by far my favorite place i’ve ever lived. m...See more