Carnegie Mellon University Freshman Dorms Ranked

Number 4

"I would 1000% recommend this dorm. I stayed here my freshman year during Covid, so I got a room to myself. It's suite-style, and theres even a lounge in your dorm room which is really big and nice. The bathrooms were a great size, and looked newly renovated. There were even two places to eat right in the dorm, which is also really nice. Overall, I would 1000% recommend this, and the only bad thing I would say about this place is that the laundry room was a bit dirty at times. This didn't really bother me though because there were like more than 10 washers and dryers in the building." - 3 years ago

1 student reviewers said they lived in Resnik House during their freshman year

Number 3

"Henderson House was relatively nice for my first year compared to other housing options at CMU. If you are looking for a high quality of life, Henderson is quite good since the bathrooms are generous in size and the closet space is bigger compared to Stever. If you are lucky like me, you can even get a corner room where the bathroom is shared between only 2 ppl and not 4 :)
Common area is located at the ground floor, where there is a kitchen, dining room/study room, dance room/practice room, pool table, and 2 vending machines. Henderson is also located pretty close by to Resnik, where there's a lot of food options.
One bad (ish) thing is that it's hard to make friends at Henderson because it's so small, so make sure you really put yourself out there during O-week. " - 1 year ago

1 student reviewers said they lived in Henderson House during their freshman year

Number 2

"This dorm is in a great location with campus just across the street. The doubles are fairly spacious. There is one shared bathroom, one laundry room, and one lounge area on each floor. E-Tower connects to Morewood Gardens which offer additional amenities such as music rooms and a makerspace. " - 2 years ago

1 student reviewers said they lived in E-Tower during their freshman year

Number 1

"This dorm overall was pretty okay. It's a three story building with absolutely no elevator so moving in and out was pretty hard, especially if you're on the third floor. There are also 3 washers and 3 dryers, which in my opinion isn't nearly enough for the whole building, so you always have to find an obscure time of the week when nobody did their wash. The rooms were really spacious though. I lived here my freshman year during Covid and the room was pretty big. However, the bathroom was kinda small. I know someone else who had a larger bathroom on the first floor so maybe it was just that room. Overall though, the dorm was pretty okay, there was a window AC which wasn't too bad and the entrance way is really pretty at night. :)" - 3 years ago

2 student reviewers said they lived in McGill House during their freshman year