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Shippee
University of Connecticut
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Lived in a B room and it was a fine size with good lighting. The ambience and environment of shippee was a lot of fun and I made a lot of my long lasting friends here. The only major grievance I had was that a lot of dust would build up due to the material of the ceiling. It would peel and chip off ...
Lived in a double room
Shippee's atmosphere was the best part of my college experience!! Met all my friends here and had so many memories. C rooms have their own bathroom which you'll never have again in on campus dorms so def take advantage of that if possible. Seriously recommend if you are a freshman and need to make f...
Lived in a double room
Not a bad place for freshman dorms but could be a lot better. A+B rooms are pretty small so definitely utilize under-the-bed space for storage. C rooms have their own private bathroom and have more space than A+B rooms but are also more expensive. Nice because it is close to Storrs Center but it'...
Lived in a double room
Ok so - I lived in a C room personally, which was amazing. Huge room, bathroom was amazing. However, there was no community spaces to hang out in outside of the first floor/basement (no floor lounge, study spaces, etc). There's usually 3 working washers and 4 working dryers for the whole building (d...
Lived in a double room
Lived here for a year as a freshman, then again as an RA my senior year. *fun* facts: - 52 beds + 1 RA per floor (Floors 2-6) - 30 something beds + 1 RA first floor - 2 elevators, slow af. One is faster than the other, I think something like 130 fps vs 125 fps - water refilling stations on the b...
Lived in a double room
C Room (private bathroom and larger room) is the make or break factor. Marginally better than other freshman housing but the location isn’t great for classes.
Lived in a double room
Okay dorm building. Mainly freshman. I would recommend Buckley next door as it is basically the same building, but with a larger laundry room, and the dining hall is downstairs (even though it's a bad dining hall).
Lived in a double room
If you can get a C room they are significantly bigger and have a private bathroom, otherwise the normal rooms are pretty small and the laundry room does not have enough machines for the building. There are no study lounges, just a basement with a few tables
Lived in a double room