Forbes Hall Reviews

Forbes is great for freshman year dorms! We have new furniture that reminds me of ikea! It is amazing when the elevators break down and you only have to go down 3 flights of stairs compared to 12 in other dorms! I love forbes there is a green space patio when it is sunny and nice out...Pittsburgh...LOL.

I liked living in Forbes; it houses the engineering (and innovation) LLC, so it was an excellent way to meet other engineers. My room was nice. I was fortunate, though, and got a corner room (which are a good bit bigger). My room faced the alleyway behind Forbes, though, so there was little sunlight and not a great view (street-facing rooms get a LOT more sunlight). We got semi-private half bathrooms (toilet and sink) that we shared with another double. Showers were communal. There is a kitchenette, which is really just a sink, microwave, table, and chairs. There are two washers and two dryers on each floor. There is also a lounge space on each floor with chairs and a tv, along with a larger rec space on the second floor. The second floor ... See more

Pros include some of the biggest doubles on campus. Pairs of doubles share a bathroom with a sink and toilet. Really big windows so lots of light if you have a good view. Floor was very social when I lived there and RAs were great. The kitchenette kinda sucks, only a sink and microwave. It also has two small tables in a crammed space with no windows. The only windows in the halls or lounges are right outside the elevator or on the 2nd floor where the lounge is. Lounge is alright. The building is old and we had a lot of water issues when I lived there. Room flooded multiple times. The ceiling cracked and water that had came in from the room and down a few floors soiled the upstairs and us. Even after the crack was fixed our carpet... See more

Forbes is a pretty solid dorm for freshmen. The rooms are a reasonable size and you have a semi-private bathroom that you share between two rooms. Showers are communal in your wing, but they're generally pretty clean and never especially busy. The lounges on each floor have couches and a TV, and there's a very big lounge on the 2nd floor and a rec room with treadmills, ellipticals, weights, and a ping pong table. The outside patio is fairly large as well. Forbes is one of the more isolated dorms, but it's only about a 5-10 minute walk to Market or the WPU or Cathy or Hillman, plus you're closer to all the restaurants on Forbes Avenue than anyone else. The main problem is that the building is fairly old, so there is maintenance every month o... See more

Most rooms were doubles. Every room has a toilet or shares a toilet with another room. Communal showers. Small Common area each floor. Rec rooms on 2nd floor. Tv, chairs, ping pong table, treadmill. Study area and large patio with grass on second floor. Balconies in rooms do not open.