George Washington University Dorms Ranked

Spacious rooms and a quiet atmosphere. These rooms would be the best on campus... if they were on the main campus. Living on the Vern, especially as someone who wants to go to a real gym, is painful. If you want to shower and change at home, have fun adding an hour of travel time to your day. Also, you'll hate vexes on the weekends. Sometimes they don't show up or only speed through without picking up anyone for no reason. - 1 year ago

Hensely hall is a close community but being on the Mount Vernon campus makes it far away from everything. It also is one of the smallest dorms holding only 30 people. The basement is very fun - 2 years ago

Balcony room is very nice with a view towards the west. AC is functioning properly and having your own bathroom is always a plus. There is one lounge in the building located in the basement along with the laundry room. The lounge isn't that great but it does have a TV and a couple couches, too many mosquitos. The one real downside to the rooms are the paper thin windows and walls. You can hear pretty much everything including the sirens throughout the night. The location isn't too bad, everything on campus is a walking distance and you shouldn't have any problems with that. There are some homeless at night across the street and down the street but the location feels pretty safe overall. - 1 year ago

west is an amazing dorm, it would be a 5/5 but it’s on the vern and climbing the hill to get to the vex stop is a pain. but other than that, there’s a gym, dining hall, and mail room here which is amazing. the rooms are also good, it’s suite style with 4 rooms a living space, a mini kitchenette (but no sink that also really sucks), bathroom, and a living room. the individual rooms are kinda small but having your own room is amazing. - 2 years ago

The location is great and the building is new, but thats about all the praise I have for this dorm. Don't live here unless you like living in a shoebox with your roommate. - 2 years ago

Rooms are a little small but the location of the building makes it worth it. One major downside is that it gets REALLY hot in the winter. - 2 years ago

The rooms in Shenkman are pretty consistent with size and amenities, all quads look the same.The bedrooms can be pretty small but kitchen and living rooms are big. Bathrooms are good although storage differs in each room and there is always issues with the water. They have shut off the water to fix the systems about 6 times this semester which kind of sucks. Also, the new dining hall has made the fire alarm go off more than it has in years past. - 1 year ago

It's a nice place to live as a sophomore. Access to whole foods and metro is amazing, and every school building and dining hall except for Elliot is within 5 minutes of the housing. You will probably meet a lot of transfers and study abroad students here. Most rooms are triples, though they're pretty spacious so you won't feel too cramped. It can get a little noisy at night with the hospital next door, but it's not too distracting, and Gelman is a block away. I highly recommend it if you have one or two other friends who want to live together and want easy access to the rest of DC. - 1 month ago

Honestly one of the best freshman dorm options at GW. You get a fairly big room and you either share a bathroom with the people next door (4 people to a bathroom) or you’re lucky and you don’t have suitemates. The location is also unbeatable because you’re right next to carvings, thurston, JJ, and a bunch of other freshman dorms/dining hall. - 1 year ago

Very nice and modern place to live with very close proximity to the national mall, starbucks, 7/11, CVS. One downside is that it is on the outskirts of campus getting to class was always ~10 minute walk. - 2 years ago