Is Clara Dickson Hall the best dorm at Cornell?

Fire alarm goes off every month. Shower is unclean and 5/6 in on my floor don’t have warm water. No overhead lighting in the rooms. Very thin walls. 16/20 washing machines and 8/20 dryers are out of order. I can disregard the fact that there is no AC, but it’s unbelievable that heating does not work sometimes when it’s 32F outside.

Very good location, easy to walk to the bus stops and central campus. The vibe was really strange though, no one in my hall knew one another and it was very quiet. I liked having my own space and a single though. Happened to meet my best friend here though, so wouldn't change a thing. The bathrooms and kitchens were also pretty gross.

The oldest building on campus, so amenities are pretty bad. All singles and a few triples, the introvert's dream.

Unless you live on the second floor, you’ll need to bring your own lamp. The bathrooms do get pretty gross, but that also depends on who’s living on what floor. Other than that, it’s a pretty solid building

Clara Dickson has a great location. It is literally the center of North campus. Bus stations are nearby and facilities are only a few minutes walk away. If there is anything bad with the location is that because it's in the middle, nothing is necessarily too close. Single rooms are nothing special and were really okay in my opinion. One important thing to note is that because Clara Dickson is an old building, you can't use, for example, a hairdryer that uses too much power (it will shut off your room's power completely after a few seconds of use). Similarly, water boilers and other appliances that have high energy demand won't work necessarily well.