Worcester Polytechnic Institute Freshman Dorms Ranked

Number 5

"Please note I lived in a Stoddard single, NOT a triple.
Overall the singles are pretty cozy but kinda just the right amount of space for one person. Don't expect to be able to invite more than one other person to hang out in your room without it feeling cramped. No A/C was painful for the first few weeks but none of WPI's freshmen dorms have A/C. (The common room on the first floor has A/C though). The singles also have a nice wide closet-area built in to the wall, and the closets even have a built in light.
Stod's most redeeming quality is probably the bathrooms. They're the most recently renovated out of all of the freshmen dorms. The shower/stall to resident ratio is also really good (5 showers and 5 toilet stalls for a floor with only 28 residents). Never had any issues with hot water as well.
One other small tidbit is Stoddard has electric radiators for heating. This means while the heating is very reliable and you have direct control over it, every time it turns on you get that electric heat burning-dust smell. Still might be better than the unreliable steam-based heating in some of the other dorms.
You have to walk across the street to the Ellsworth Apartments to do laundry, so that was kind of a pain. Also it's the only dorm on campus with no elevators.
Overall Stoddard is probably one of the best options if you're looking for a single. I wouldn't necessarily recommend the triples however, as they're some of the most cramped triples on campus." - 4 years ago

4 student reviewers said they lived in Stoddard Complex during their freshman year

Number 4

"If you're looking for the typical dorm style, communal bathroom, lots of people around college living experience, Daniels is great for that. All the rooms are triples where each person has their own closet, desk, bed, and dresser drawers. Even though it's a triple the space works because your bed is lofted on top of your desk. I loved being able to go into the common room where there was always something going on if you feel like being social. Also super convenient not to have to go outside for food and laundry during the cold winter months. Downsides are the bathrooms are not always the cleanest, you can't always get total privacy with two other roommates, and it gets really hot in the beginning of the school year with no air conditioning (but all these things could also be applied to the rest of the freshman dorms other than Founders." - 4 years ago

4 student reviewers said they lived in Daniels Hall during their freshman year

Number 3

"Founders was a fantastic choice for my group, I'm very glad we went with it. There was 8-10 people hanging out at any given time on average, but there was a total of 20-25ish people who would rotate in and out of visiting. Sometimes it was to do work, sometimes it was to play video games, sometimes it was to watch movies or shows. We had a decent group of people to watch sports too (hosted a great Super Bowl party, for example). We were definitely more isolated from the other dorms, but we still had people from them coming in sometimes. Overall, there was no shortage of social life in our experience.

The suite's common room provided a lot of extra space. People could work in the bedrooms while others socialized in the common room, or vice versa. It gave us a space where we could play VR, or could store extra items (sleds for winter, etc). The full-size fridge and included microwave is a game changer, even if washing dishes in the bathroom sink isn't ideal. On The Go food isn't very high quality, but it's very convenient and they started to improve the options by the end of the year. Goat's Head tends to have heavy and unhealthy food and most of the options weren't great, but there were always a few good options. Two swipes for a full-size pizza is awesome. The location is bad relative to other dorms, but it's closer to city center, and it's WPI: "farthest away from campus center" is about a 5-7 minute walk.

I consider Founders a vastly underappreciated freshman dorm." - 4 years ago

6 student reviewers said they lived in Founders Hall during their freshman year

Number 2

"Riley is the best WPI Freshman dorm imho. Sure, the building is old but that just gives it charm. The rooms are more spacious than Morgan and Daniels and have more interesting room layouts. I love the way the furniture in my triple was organized, and it made me feel like I actually had a little privacy from my roommates. The bathrooms are alright, basically your typical shared dorm bathroom. Common room had a sink (2nd floor) which was nice for washing dishes. People will say Morgan and Daniels are the best because they're attached to the dining hall, but Riley is literally a <1 minute walk from there and sometimes it's nice to be forced to leave your dorm building. Laundry is right next door in the basement of Daniels. It's right near the quad and Alden, and super convenient for getting to and from classes. No walking up the hill! A lot of the rooms are quads, but there's also a number of triples, a few doubles, and a few singles on the 4th floor. If you get a triple, your friends will definitely be jealous about the amount of space you have. 10/10 do not regret my choice at all." - 4 years ago

7 student reviewers said they lived in Riley Hall during their freshman year

Number 1

"Morgan has very sizable rooms despite being triples, reasonably sized bathrooms for each floor that rarely left me waiting, decently sized common rooms with a large TV and furniture also on each floor, and is located right above the dining hall and just across the quad from most of the academic buildings, meaning you'll rarely have to walk far to get to class. The rooms have individually controlled heating, but no AC, and large windows that can be opened to screens. Morgan Hall is still quite new and in generally great shape, although laundry is quite far away being in the basement of Daniels, so while it is technically in the same building, it's in the opposite corner." - 4 years ago

8 student reviewers said they lived in Morgan Hall during their freshman year