Laben Hall Reviews
UC Davis
Reviews Summary
Laben Hall is a traditional four-story dormitory with a mix of positive features and minor quirks. Space is adequate, with shared living arrangements offering each resident a dresser, desk, and cabinet. The dorm is equipped with several communal bathrooms on each floor, ensuring accessibility and cleanliness, along with additional single-room bathrooms on the first floor for privacy. While it might feel a bit tight for those sharing with two roommates, the environment is friendly and convenient, especially for STEM majors, with most lecture halls within a 10-minute bike ride. The lack of air conditioning can be an issue during warmer months, though overall temperature control is noted to be good. Each floor features a study lounge, providing crucial quiet spaces during exam periods. One minor inconvenience is that essential amenities like the kitchen, laundry, and drinking water are located solely on the first floor. Proximity to the famous Tercero cows occasionally brings farm aromas, but they do not permeate the dorm interior unless windows are constantly open.
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When students lived here
Freshman Year
5
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1 year ago
I shared a dorm with 2 roommates at Laben Hall. It was definitely pretty confined, but there was ample personal storage for everyone with a cabinet, dresser, and desk for each person. There were several bathrooms on each floor, each with 3+ sinks, several stalls, and at least one shower. They were cleaned often and thoroughly. As a STEM major, most of my lecture halls were within a 10 minute bike ride from Laben. Overall, I had a positive experience there.
Verified Student
4 years ago
We had many lounge spaces to utilize. The bathrooms always worked and we're cleaned often. The double room provided enough space for all of our things, had good lighting, and had good temperature control.
4 years ago
Other than the shitty ac, its a pretty great place. You have a study lounge on each floor! That saved me during the finals week as I wanted to have a quiet place to study, and the library and 24 study room were full.
4 years ago
Very traditional dorm hall and room design. 4 stories, but drinking water, kitchen, and laundry are only on the 1st floor, which is a little annoying, but overall it's pretty good. Close to stem related halls so if that's your major you'll be close to classes you'll be taking.
4 years ago
I liked Laben Hall. On bathrooms, they're all communal but there are many, including non gendered ones, so finding privacy isn't usually a problem. There are also two private single-room bathrooms on the first floor which is a major plus. Even though Laben Hall is the single oldest dorm in all of Tercero, you wouldn't get that impression from living in it. One quirk is that for my year, all tours would go through Laben, so a few times a week you'll encounter a large crowd on the first floor of parents and students that you'll have to walk through. Laben is also the closest dorm of all to the famous Tercero cows, meaning on some days you might smell their dung, but never inside unless the windows are always open. I never really smelled it ve...
