Is Northwest the best dorm at UConn?

I lived in Rogers. Private bathrooms are only located on the first floor. The ones in the other floors are not private, but they're very clean and pleasant to be in. Rooms kind of sucked, they weren't very spacious, and the building (rooms included) was often filled with ladybugs. It's a bit of a walk from the center of the campus, but it's nothing too bad. Dining hall is good and in a very good location relative to dorms, and you're closer to off-campus services (like a barber) and food on N Eagleville than any other location.

Northwest is probably the best area for Freshmen to live in. Anyone is allowed to live here but I feel like a lot of freshmen do. It's a 10 min walk from the center of campus which isn't bad at all. The rooms here are about 151 sq ft which is not that big but not too small. The desks in the room are perfect! Plus they have shelves attached to them which are so useful for decorations and storage. I was in Russell Hall, and the bathrooms were spacious and fairly clean, depending on who you're living with. Lofting/bunking is not permitted because the ceilings are low however, I bought bed risers to raise my bed to a good height. Also, Northwest has one of the better dining halls on campus!

Northwest is probably one of the cleanest quads in freshman housing. I was in Rogers hall, and the bathrooms were the cleanest of any residence hall I visited. The rooms are a bit small--but they compensate with hutch desks. Lofting is not permitted because the ceilings are rather low. The buildings lacked decent study spaces with whiteboards, rather bare bones and all on the first floor. Also, Northwest has one of the better dining halls.

Living in Northwest was so much fun. The dorms are kinda small but the bathrooms are pretty nice once you get past the initial grossness– they were never really too crowded. Of course it varies by year and floor, but my floor (and building) got really close and that made living there a lot of fun. Northwest dining hall is solid and just a short walk from any of the buildings in Northwest. In terms of location, it's right near a lot of the STEM buildings and super close to off-campus restaurants and the bars. I'll really miss living in Northwest and I'm super bummed that my time living there got cut short.

I really enjoyed living here my freshmen year. Not really any complaints other than the bathrooms being kinda dirty most of the time, but that depends on who lives on your floor. Being right next to northwest dining hall is the best thing about living at northwest: great food, open late, and close to subway, a pizza place, liquor store, general store, sushi place, and more all just down the road.