Cascadilla Hall Reviews

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.

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

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

They say that Cascadilla Hall was originally built as a sanitarium. It still remains one today.

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.

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... See more

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... See more