Rubin Hall Reviews

This building is visibly falling apart. The basement is hazardous. It is clearly very aged, the walls have been painted over and the floors are very scratched up. Living in a lower cost triple with roommates who are anything less than spotless and your best friends is miserable. It will be nice post renovation, it’s a great area, but it was horrible and so muggy for not just the one month of August but three- August, September, and May/April. The bathrooms were not nice at all and the lighting is like an asylum

Rubin Hall is basically not livable during the summer due to its nature of not having any air conditionings. The building itself is overly aged and thus the elevators are excessively slow and everything is just old.

I loved living in Rubin Hall freshman year! It has a great location and was only about a 5 min walk to the closest dining halls, and about a 5-7 min walk from all of my classes. I lived in a double and the room was super spacious. The lack of AC was really not a problem except for a handful of hot days in the beginning of the year, and even then a small fan was enough. The lounge is a great place to hang out or study, and the building is very charming. The community at Rubin is one of the best, and I felt at home quickly once moving in. The only cons I can think of are that sometimes the printer stops working and the elevators are slow. Overall Rubin is a fantastic first year hall!

I absolutely loved Rubin. The dorm used to be a hotel so the rooms have super high ceilings and feel much more like an apartment than a sterile dorm room. It made the whole place so much more homey and great to come back to.

Nothing can beat Rubin's location and good price. The lack of A/C is a common complaint but it really didn't matter past mid September. I lived in a triple and there was never really an issue with spacing; we debunked the beds and if you organize everything efficiently everyone had their own little space no problem. The community and comradery in the hall is also great and the student government SUG@R was amazing and helped me organize my own events with plentiful funding. Cons: no A/C, bathroom showed signs of age, often thin walls and our heater was totally busted a lot of the time (cranked up full blast).

No AC but it’s not that big of a deal. Great location and you won’t find any other dorm as nice for as low of a price.

Rubin definitely isn’t the nicest dorm on campus, but is a really great bargain. I lived in an efficiency triple but we were able to debunk the bunk beds and all have our own space with plenty of room. The AC issue is rough at first but once October hits everything’s fine.

The doubles are HUGE and still a steal compared to other dorms. The lounge is always poppin' and you only need to deal with a couple weeks of no AC (which is a good time to meet friends in the air conditioned lounge!)

Not the best building/rooms, but definitely the best community. The lounge is lit, I met all my close friends there.

LOVED LOVED LOVED RUBIN. People love to sh*t on it but they just mad Rubinches are gonna have less student loans when they graduate. Honestly though, the no A/C thing sucked for about a week and then it was chill. I think they're fixing that next year so you probably won't have to worry about it. The community at Rubin is pretty great and people are really nice. We got our own private bathrooms. Real downside is that there's only one water fountain in the whole building, although technically you can drink your sink water. Elevator is HELLA slow.