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Cary Quadrangle
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Cary Quadrangle Purdue Reviews
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Cary Quadrangle, affectionately known as "Cary," is a sprawling dorm with diverse room types. It is especially praised for its prime location, within walking distance to the academic campus, Armstrong Hall, Ford dining, and vibrant quad. For sports enthusiasts, Mackey and Ross-Ade stadiums are nearby. Students appreciate the suite-style rooms in Cary's outer buildings (West, NW, NE, East), which offer spacious, air-conditioned rooms with a semi-private bathroom. They also note a quiet atmosphere despite its size, weekly cleaning service, and exciting dorm-sponsored events. However, Cary has some downsides. Parking is limited, and access to laundry rooms is inconvenient, particularly in the South building where none exist. Some found game days noisy, and the distance to the central part of the Residential Campus was considered a drawback. Students were divided about Cary South: while many complained about the small, un-air-conditioned rooms famously known as "Cary Closets," others appreciated the community spirit they created. Despite these minor issues, students felt living in Cary was a memorable experience, thanks to its lively community atmosphere, student-oriented facilities, and iconic status. They recommend choosing rooms in the outer buildings and bringing a Brita due to lack of water bottle fillers in East.
Small Rooms
Great Location
Community Atmosphere
Freshman
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Sophomore
7
Junior
4
Senior
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Verified Student
If you're not in the closets, Cary is great! The suite-style rooms are much bigger than my room in McCutcheon and having a semi-private bathroom is handy. Location is great, right next to academic campus and not too far of a walk from most big spots, besides other dorms. I love the atmosphere here t...
Verified Student
Pros: - Very close to academic campus, only rival to closeness is probably Hawkins Hall. - Cary NW, NE, East, and West have renovated rooms, with decently sized rooms, modern bathrooms, and easy to use air-conditioning and heating. - Ford Dining Court directly across the street towards the Purdue w...
Verified Student
Decent place to live after Wiley my freshman year. Although unless your top priority is the location get an off campus apartment and take the bus for the price the singles are.
Lived in a single room
Verified Student
Cary Quad was an amazing place to live. Granted- I lived in the suites (Cary has south, and the suites which are known as "outers") Outers include West, NorthWest, NorthEast, and East. All suite rooms are air conditioned and double rooms that are connected by a shared bathroom (so 2 rooms share 1 ba...
Verified Student
For anyone feeling uncertain about living in cary in the future this place’s negative reviews are heavily inflated by the fact that most of these reviews are referring to cary south. The negative remarks you see in said reviews are not the case in cary west north and east. Cary west north and east...
Lived in a double room
Verified Student
My room was quite large and wasn't a cary closet so not bad. It gets a bit dim when its cloudy out (so you have to turn on the lights) which is annoying. First month is quite uncomfortable with early fall heat but tolerable with a fan. Laundry being outside is slightly annoying but it's not as bad...
Lived in a triple room
Verified Student
Live in a closet with a roommate. It took some work and rearranging, but we make it work. There's no laundry room in the south building, so walking outside in the winter to do laundry isn't great. We have a decent view from our room along with a working heater that can be adjusted. The lack of AC m...
Lived in a double room
Verified Student
Fun place to live, but the rooms are very small and the doors are always slamming. Great memories though. Iconic dorm to live in.
Lived in a single room
Cary is very large and has many different types of rooms, most people tend to live in the tiny rooms like I did. Even though it was small, I still enjoyed it and met many of my friends through Cary.
Lived in a double room
Cary South rooms are very small, but you learn to enjoy living in Cary. It has a great community.
Lived in a double room