Is Allen Hall the best dorm at UIUC?
Students rated Allen Hall a 4/5 stars. Here's what they had to say.
Allen is a bit outdated campares to other dorms but for the price, size, and amenities of the dorm I wasn’t complaining. I lived in a quad and it was VERY spacious. Not sure if this is the case for every quad , but the bathrooms and water fountain were in front of my dorm so that was a plus :) They also offered classes in house I took about 5 classes (psych, Art, Eng, photography, and violin) I lived here in 2019 when the dinning hall was still open so it was convenient to go to class and then go downstairs to eat. (Food was like 8/10 on a good day and 4/10 on a bad one). Pro tip: If you’re vegan or vegetarian, you can go to through the tunnels and go to “fields of green” at LAR which is a vegetarian and vegan 🌱 dinning hall. There’s also some restaurants around the area and a small shopping center behind the dorms so that’s another food option.The laundry room is also across from the dinning hall, so it was convenient to do a load while dinning. I think the laundry room was pretty spacious there were like 10 washers and 12 dryers?? (Kinda forgot), a big sink, iron with ironing board, and a folding table. One thing I really liked is that Allen is right next to the CRCE so I didn't have to travel far to go to the gym! There’s also a bus stop in front of the dorms but it was usually full because it would stop at FAR/PAR before it got to Allen. Distance wise from the main quad its kinda far :/ like a 15 min walk? But I didn’t mind walking since the bus was ALWAYS full. Downside of the dorms is that there’s no AC BUT I had a portable AC unit and connected it to the window. The A/C kept the dorm pretty cold, so not having installed a/c wasn’t a problem. Another thing I didn’t like was that the drains would get clogged because people wouldn’t clean their shower after they were done using it :/ so it was common for 2-3 showers to be out of service because they would flood. P.S: I think quads at Allen are the biggest dorm options on campus. Definitely tour a quad at Allen you’ll be surprised by how big they actually and I think?? they’re also the cheapest living options uiuc has… not too sure since I haven’t lived in the dorms since 2020 :/
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