Cornell Dorms Ranked

Number 10

"I lived in a 6-person suite. some pros: (best) dining room downstairs; suite bedrooms are very spacious; bathrooms are clean and shower, sink, toilet are separated; lots of great places for both chilling and studying; aircon; bethe has tons of cool trips! i paid ~$20 for both a round trip to NYC and tickets to see Mean Girls the musical; the staff are super nice. some of the cons are the slope (ofc) and the fact that buses to target do not make a stop at west very often. i had to drag shopping bags up from the carpenter hall stop sometimes" See all 7 reviews

Number 9

"Pros:
- New dorm with comfortable, spacious rooms
- You can lock the entire bathroom
- Working heat and AC
- Many lounges scattered between the floors
- Community kitchens
- Near Appel dining and Novicks Café
- Has a bike room

Cons:
- Confusing architecture, because it straddles the city border
- Some rooms may be far from the elevator
- A bit further from central campus
" See all 1 review

Number 8

"Comfortable, friendly, and down to earth place with history and character. It can often be lonely to be a Cornell student but I made so many friends and found a sense of home and belonging here. Sharing spaces and having a house meal plan meant I learned how to adult. I easily got used to walking up the slope. Also one of the most affordable places to live in Ithaca." See all 1 review

Number 7

"I've lived here for 3 years. There are singles and doubles and you get placed in rooms depending on choice and how long you've lived in the house. The rooms are a pretty decent size and generally pretty cozy.

It's a pretty old house so there are some issues that pop up every now and then but maintenance comes to fix them as soon as they can. The house is a co-op so there are house goods (like basic food staples and some other basic communal items like a printer, washer and dryer, fridge/freezer space, other random stuff like board games and books). Best part is the stocked up and recently renovated kitchen. There's 3.5 communal bathrooms in decent shape considering the age of the house.

Since it's a co-op all residents have to do chores once a week. Cleanliness of the house is dependent on this and the actions of the individual members of the house.

Location is on North Campus very close to Central (near Balch and the bus stop).

Culture of the house was overall pretty good/friendly throughout all the years I've lived there. There is no house meal plan but there are food staples and kitchen supplies. And anyways lots of baking goes on and people tend to share food." See all 1 review

Number 6

"The building itself is newish and has air conditioning with some common rooms downstairs, but the rooms are really small. If you were hoping to meet new people here, don't hold your breath! The TV room, lounge, and whatever was next to the dining hall were always empty when I lived there. The bathrooms are hit-or-miss, and the coed bathrooms were surprisingly a lot cleaner than the gendered ones, in my experience.

Most residents in the suites and half the hallway singles are made up of friend groups who decided to block together, so if you're a sophomore moving in by yourself or a transfer student (there are a lot of transfer option kids assigned here, like I was) be prepared to find your friend group somewhere else. There's a lot of allure surrounding single rooms in Becker though, so if you get the same vibe that I did, know that you can probably switch to any other housing option on campus, especially early in the semester.

I wouldn't have lived in Becker again. If a private room and AC are really important to you, there are a lot of new off-campus buildings that offer that for cheaper (the dining hall plan is required and will absolutely price gouge ya)." See all 8 reviews

Number 5

"It’s modern from my perspective but the only real cons are the double room sizes on the East wing of Ganedago, the rooms tend to be smaller then other dorms. A con would be the bathroom light sensors turning off overtime in the second bathroom, and needing to walk all the way to the first bathroom to access the shower light. It can turn off sometimes while showering. " See all 2 reviews

Number 4

"Definitely one of the best dorms. Very close to campus, both gyms, and both dining halls. Air conditioning, big rooms, relatively low ratio of person to bathroom (each pod of 5-6 shares a bathroom with a toilet, shower, and 2 sinks). Only things it was lacking in terms of amenities as far as I was concerned were laundry machines (only a few on each side and typically 1-2 were out of order as well) and, more importantly, common space. The common rooms are really weird (study lounges on way opposite ends of the hallway away from convenient entrances, lounges are small and for some reason the first 2 floors are connected so the floors can hear each other) and when combined with the fact that we weren’t allowed to keep our doors open (which most people abided by) it became hard to interact with people on your floor without planning it. Relative to a dorm like Donlon or one of the Low Rises, which have very large and central common rooms and usually have people who keep their doors open, Mews is missing a real sense of community. But at the end of the day that community can be found elsewhere during freshman year; all in all Mews feels a lot more like a hotel than a dorm." See all 6 reviews

Number 3

"CKB is a beautiful dorm and in a great location. Other than Balch it is the closest to central campus. Every floor on a building has 30 students including an RA. This is split into six “pods” which is a set of three rooms centered around a shared bathroom. Each pod has two doubles and a single and there are 3 male and 3 female pods. Each floor also has a study lounge at the end of the hall and floors 2/3 have large TV lounges with a kitchen area. There is ping pong and a pool table on the first floor of Bauer and a piano, a large lounge on the first floor of Kay and a small lounge on the first floor of Court. There is also laundry on the first floors of Kay/Bauer. This dorm and Mews are the only two with AC. Court, Kay, and Bauer are all connected so your keycard will get you into any of the three and they are connected internally so you can easily find an empty lounge if the one on your floor is taken. The rooms include a closet per person, a full sized mirror, trash/recycle bins, a bed and mattress, a lamp, a desk, some drawers and a small wooden bookshelf. CKB has the most events hosted, they have game and food nights, among other things, and if you don’t enjoy parties then this a great way to meet people. This dorm is easily the best dorm on North and in every way possible." See all 8 reviews

Number 2

"Lived in a double in a five-person suite and loved it! Bathroom was inside the suite and cleaned twice a week. Common area of the suite was super cozy. Dining hall and laundry rooms were right downstairs so we walked there in slippers a lot. Only thing was that there was only one kitchen per floor so we didn’t get to cook as much as I wanted to." See all 1 review

Number 1

"New building, right next to Crossing's cafe and Dining hall. Small closet, and window doesn't open all the way [safety hazard]. " See all 1 review