UMass Amherst Dorms Ranked

"Solid rooms, not too far from main campus. The Hill plays a factor. Sweets n more is located behind webster."

"Bottom of the hill is really nice, close to frank dining hall and all the bathrooms are single bathrooms so they’re nice and clean 🙏🏻."

"The dorms are generally going to be z-rooms, which means you and your roommate will have slightly more privacy than traditional shared rooms. Single used bathrooms are located on the ground floor and 3 more spread across the building, lots of laundry rooms, not a lot of laundry machines per room, you have to do laundry on weekdays if you want to have a good chance to do it. bathrooms are pretty clean depending on what the people on your floor are like. if your floor is high up, you will have to walk down the stairs when there is a fire alarm, and southwest dorms are famous for having a lot of them throughout the year. the windows are big and have a great view of the outside, that is if you get lucky with the side of the room with the windows, otherwise you are living in a closed off space of the room with no access to the windows at all, unless your roommate is nice"

"It is actually surprisingly nice to live in Brooks Hall, Central. It is really close to the Franklin Dining Hall and is at the base of the large hill (that leads to the rest of Central Residential Area and Orchard Hill). I was super nervous when moving in because the rooms were a little smaller than the average dorm at UMass but you get used to it I guess. The ground level is newly renovated and the bathrooms on the ground level feel like HOTELS. There is an elevator. The women's bathrooms are on floors 2 & 3 and the men's bathrooms are on 1 & 4. Bathrooms are relatively clean, showers are cleaned every Thursday. "

"Pros: Lower Central and super close to Frank, also the closest dorm to downtown Amherst (only 10-15 minute walk). Relatively new building so rooms and everything are pretty clean. Cons: Only one kitchen on the 1st floor and it's pretty small. Laundry in the basement and no elevator so if you're on the 4th floor its a lot of stairs. Shower stalls only have one door, it's not separated into 2 sections so everything gets wet. "

"Dorm itself is amazing. Great location right by the gym. No dining hall within so that is unfortunate. Honors kids are so so mixed though. Some are chill, but a majority are very studious and almost pretentious at times. Not really my vibe. Freshman year was kind of mid."

"I lived in thatcher all four years, first 3 on the 2nd floor, senior year 4th floor. It was one of the last 3 all male dorms and considered a jock dorm. We won the Chancellor,s cup for. Most points for all intramural sports, 8th in football and 1st in softball, many of us played varsity sports. My roommate and I from Lake George NY wrestled there under Homer Barr. I still have my key to the dorm but doubt it still works. Some of the. Thatcher hall of famers, Rick Smith, George Koerner, Joe Aiello, Pete Shea, Steve Jabaut, Ed Sabagh, Vince Glomb, Best 4 years! And John Henry Gregg Tallon 77 "

"Lived in a suite with two doubles. The biggest downside is that with the suites no one really leaves their dorms since they have a common room and bathroom right there. All year I probably saw other people on my floor less than 10 times. Other than that I loved it. It’s deceptively central on campus. Most of classes were up by northeast (STEM major) and the walk was shorter than when I lived in central. Biggest downside is no close dining hall."

"Most of the rooms in Linden are suite-style. I lived on the bottom floor, which you have to go down one from the main entrance. The laundry was on the same floor and that was great. There's AC, everything's carpeted, and my suite had 2 doubles and one bathroom (shower and toilet in one room, 2 sinks and a huge mirror outside). Our common room was huge because it was the corner room. Little to no RA involvement because it's less communal than other dorms."

"I can say that this is the best dorm in Umass. I can really find a community here. The bathroom and common rooms are super nice! You're also going to meet a bunch of new people here! Definitely the best choice!"