West Campus Reviews

Location is unmatched, bathrooms were recently renovated and are pretty nice. I lived in a corner room and yeah the set-up is a little weird with both "closet" spaces next to each other on one side, but definitely manageable. McMahon dining hall is right across the street and South dining hall is close too. But let's be honest, you can just look at menus on the myuconn app and go to whatever dining hall you want so there aren't any issues.

For what it is, West works for sophomore-year housing. It's location is unmatched and the bathrooms were just renovated a couple years ago. If you've only lived in dorms, West will be a more than suitable spot. The biggest issues are the buildings were built around WWII and haven't been upgraded much since then. The rooms can have issues (falling ceiling tiles, door issues) but maintenance is attentive and quick to respond if you put in a work order. The lounges are big and a good place to work if your room is too loud. While having two dining halls nearby, the downside is both requires a decent walk outside, which isn't fun in the middle of winter. On top of that, both dining halls are terrible, too. But having multiple options means there... See more

West by far has the best location of any dorm I lived in. It's right in the center of everything, so I got to leave for class later than I usually would which is great. I also liked having both McMahon and South right across the street. My room was awful only because it was a corner room and the closets were set up in a way that made arranging furniture pretty difficult. But my friends with regular doubles seemed to have a good setup. Also the bathrooms were great space wise, but I saw they got redone the year after I lived there and now they're even better. Would definitely recommend West as long as you avoid corner rooms!

West is old but good. It is the most central dorm on campus, and conveniently located across the street from South and McMahon dining halls. The buildings are co-ed, but the floors are single sex. Each floor has two bathrooms (approx. 4 toilets, 6 showers and 6 sinks).The rooms are average-sized doubles, but have lots of closet space. The first-floor layout is different for each building. A lot of Alsop is the HD's office. Shakespeare/Troy has a kitchen and game room. Chandler/Lancaster is all lounge. Hollister has maintenance rooms. Trash bins are located on the first floor. There are two laundry rooms in each basement. There is no elevator. Mailboxes are in McMahon. Keycard access is limited to your specific residence building.

The room size is a little smaller than other places on campus, but a little creative rearranging is all you need to fix that. No elevators, so be careful of getting a higher floor if you dread doing stairs. What it lacks from those it makes up in location though. Closest dorms to the center of campus and literally right next to the gym