Cascadilla Hall Reviews
Cornell University
Reviews Summary
Cascadilla Hall is a historical dormitory located right in the heart of Collegetown, offering an excellent location for students, especially those in engineering disciplines, due to its proximity to the engineering quad. Built in 1864, the building has undergone renovations to provide modern amenities while maintaining its historical charm. While the rooms vary in size, larger doubles, particularly corner rooms with excellent lighting and alcoves, are available. Students enjoy the spacious kitchens and appreciate that each room offers unique features like high ceilings or alcoves for storage or changing. However, the shared bathrooms are a common area of concern for cleanliness. The dorm's location next to Cascadilla Gorge provides a scenic environment, although proximity to nightlife and parking can result in noise issues. Students highlight the building’s social environment, particularly on the third and fourth floors, which predominantly house transfer students. Despite some drawbacks, such as the lack of air-conditioning in personal rooms, Cascadilla Hall remains a recommended choice for its locale and vibrant community atmosphere.
Great Location
Noisy Environment
Communal Bathrooms
When students lived here
Sophomore Year
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4 years ago
Dilla is probably the next best option on-campus if you can't get a room on West. Really great location, especially for engineers. The 3rd and 4th floors are mostly external transfer students, so they were pretty social. The kitchens are spacious too, which is nice if you opt for a smaller meal plan. The building also has its own laundry room and mailroom.
The rooms aren't that big and the building only has air-conditioning in the hallways. This year, the bathrooms weren't maintained too well either, but the situation was manageable. Overall, would recommend if your timeslot for housing isn't good enough for West.
4 years ago
Very close to the engineering quad. You do not have to walk uphill every morning to go to your classes. Access to all the college town stores
4 years ago
I had a quite large room, so I had it nice. Some of the square rooms can be very small, so be careful choosing rooms if you value a lot of space. No A/C really isn’t a problem if you bring a fan
4 years ago
They say that Cascadilla Hall was originally built as a sanitarium. It still remains one today.
4 years ago
Excellent location and good dorm with large doubles. Corner rooms especially are great because of windows/lighting. The building is old, but was renovated relatively recently and has good amenities. Only negative was the dirty bathroom, common in all dorms.
4 years ago
Casc is the best location, right in the middle of collegetown and really close to the engineering quad. If you don’t want to walk the slope and pay for the first expensive dining plan, casc is for you. The kitchen is big so I cooked a lot which saved money, on days I don’t feel like cooking I can just go across the street to buy a meal that’s cheaper than a meal swipe. The rooms you get vary by size, and floors 2-4 have high ceilings whereas 5-6 have low ceilings. Some rooms have an alcove which is like an extra wall that separates the wardrobes from the rest of the room, which came useful in changing. If your room is on the side that faces the parking lot, it’s pretty noisy, but if it’s on the side that faces the gorge you’ll hear the wate...
4 years ago
Cascadilla Hall was built in 1864, so it definitely feels a bit slapped together in places. However, it's been renovated, and I never had complaints with living in Cascadilla. It's right in Collegetown, so it can get very noisy at night, especially when frats are partying across the gorge, so invest in a pair of quality earplugs! On the other hand, enjoying all that Collegetown has to offer couldn't be any more convenient. The hall is right next to the Cascadilla Gorge (gee, I wonder how it got its name), so taking a short hike on the trail is less than a minute away. Getting to classes shouldn't take more than 10-15 minutes, unless you have closes in the Ag Quad, which might take 20 minutes to get to by foot. If you're lazy, the bus stop i...
