Is Holland Hall the best dorm at Pitt?

There’s no A/C in Holland Hall. Summer is absolutely brutal. Bring more than one fan if you’re just moving in. My roommate and I didn’t sleep with sheets on the bed until mid-October I’d say. The bathrooms are gross, the lounge is never very clean, and the laundry room is big but most of the washers were out of order when I was there. Only redeeming quality would be the location. Being right in the quad is nice. Also the walls are paper thin, please be respectful of your neighbors.

Rooms are fine, pretty spacious. Building lacks air conditioning and the communal bathrooms are bad - only one shower on my floor got remotely warm throughout the winter. You'll have to walk to Towers for food and mail. Best part is the fact that it's very central to campus.

This building is a toss in the air because some of the rooms are big and beautiful and others are absolute closets. No air conditioning is a serious downside but as it goes for freshman dorms i would say this is one of the best for the lower campus. Nordenburg is nice but expensive

Holland was great. It was a little old but it was in a good location and the rooms are bigger than towers.

It’s hot the first few months, but you endure it together. Holland bonds people. Location is stellar, and it has the biggest rooms on campus. Some random rooms even have private bathrooms! All about luck of the draw, but it’s really not a bad first-year choice.