Is West Eggleston Hall the best dorm at Virginia Tech?

Didn’t have a kitchen until March of spring semester, common lounge on the first floor was always dirty, lived on an all-guys floor which was always dirty/loud/smelled like trash. No A/C and the heat in the winters was way too hot. Great location, though. Older dorm and did the job for freshman year

This dorm is definitely the best in terms of location. You are right on the drillfield and it takes 5 minutes tops to get to any of your classes. War memorial gyms is also right next to it and the best dining hall (IMO) Owens is right next to it as well. Easy access to dunkin in the mornings if you want. No ac is definitely a bummer but a couple box fans on the window will work just fine. The dorm feels a little gloomy sometimes and not as lively as some of the other bigger dorms but you can definitely have a good time. As stated by others, rooms on the stairwell are almost double that of the ones in the main halls. Had some issues with the bathroom with water pressure and temperature but was fixed halfway in the year. Pro tip is to use the handicap shower as it’s a private room with consistent hot water :). Also no elevator so if you are a boy definitely go for the ground floor. Girls are in the middle floor when I was at wegg.

Location great. Classic freshmen dorm experience of hall dorms and communal showers. No AC, awful. Boys are gross and the bathrooms were vile. The kitchen was dirty, mainly because of the boys. Overall, the dorm gave me epilepsy.

West Egg has one of the best locations on campus. It sits right in front of the drill field, neighbors War Memorial Gym, and is a short walk to any of the dining halls. The rooms are a bit old but are slightly bigger than the rooms in most other dorms. There is no A/C, but you only really need a box fan for August and September. The bathrooms were renovated in 2019, but they are communal so you definitely still need shower shoes. I recommend living on the first-floor and picking a room next to the stairs, as they are bigger than the others. The university-wide mail room is right next door.

I enjoyed it because I had good friends in the dorm. The rooms are bigger than a lot of rooms in other dorms. Try to get a room by the stair case as they're almost twice the size.