Is Busby Suites the best dorm at UConn?

Busby was bittersweet! It was really nice sharing a bathroom with only 5 other people as opposed to an entire floor. One thing to keep in mind is you can lock the bathroom from the inside, but not the outside, therefore your suitemates can technically enter your room without a key, and they can potentially lock you out of the bathroom while they’re in there (luckily no one in my suite did such things, but I know other people who experienced this). The building itself it’s pretty and modern with AC, but the hill is brutal and the bus line sucks. It is FAR from the center of campus. So your choice- sharing bathroom with less people, or avoiding a hike to and from the center of campus.

Pretty decent suite triple. Bathrooms can be a nightmare if you don’t know the people on the other side. Location is terrible, 10 min walk from building to campus at normal pace. On top of a huge hill. But at least a bus goes up there.

Location really sucks. No dining hall or mail room on site. The hill is so bothersome. However, the dorm itself is fine to me. It’s not a 5 star hotel but the rooms are sizable and the bathroom is decent.

Clean and simple. Compared to a double, huge upgrade worth it. Plenty of space for triple. Shared private bathroom and shower with next dorm can get a bit annoying but good comm helps. For food north or north west are the closest. Distance from all of campus can be annoying that hill begins or around make a bus ride in the winter/ rain a blessing. Bus line brings you to the engineer building as the furthest.

Busby so far has been my favorite dorm to live in/visit for the typical on campus student. It’s a suite of 3 attached to another suite of 3 with a bathroom acting as the hallway in between the two. You get a shower and toilet with a privacy door, and a LONG wall of mirrors above the counter (it spans about 8-10 feet long) If you can manage to get in with all friends, it will be the time of your life. The building is located at the very northern edge of what is considered “on campus,” where the Charter Oak apartments behind the dorm are “off campus.” This makes for quite a long walk depending on where your classes are located! For any school of Engineering student or Pre pharm, most of your major buildings are on the northern side, so it isn’t such a huge deal. HOWEVER, be aware of the dreaded busby hill, as it will most definitely kill your ankles after going up and down several times per day (think around a 30% incline). There is the blue line which does pick you up outside the building pretty often (IIRC there’s 2 busses on a ~10 minute rotation) The rooms are fully air conditioned, but sometimes it does feel like the air conditioning is either too cold or too hot, Just try to keep it on auto. The Laundry Room: As of this past year, several washing machines and dryers were broken, But there were still more usable than any other dorm as far as I know (maybe aside from Nextgen)