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4.0 Overall (out of 5) Cleanliness Quietness Social life Location
Quad II
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 5.0
- Quietness 3.0
- Social life 3.0
- Location 4.0
University Square Apartments
Rutgers University–Newark
- Cleanliness 4.0
- Quietness 3.0
- Social life 4.0
- Location 4.0
“Thin walls, large windows, I experienced a slight mold issue, heating and ac are extreme (either way too hot or way too cold) and switched at inappropriate t…”
B.E.S.T. Hall
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 5.0
- Quietness 5.0
- Social life 5.0
- Location 5.0
Honors College
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 5.0
- Quietness 3.0
- Social life 5.0
- Location 5.0
“Great dorm would recommend.”
Quad I
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 1.0
- Quietness 3.0
- Social life 1.0
- Location 2.0
“unbearable heat during the spring and summer. never met the ras a single time. rooms structured like a prison cell with barely any sunlight depending on room…”
The Quads
Liberty University
- Cleanliness 5.0
- Quietness 5.0
- Social life 5.0
- Location 5.0
“Good dorm”
Honors College
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 5.0
- Quietness 4.0
- Social life 5.0
- Location 5.0
Brett Hall
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 2.0
- Quietness 2.0
- Social life 3.0
- Location 2.0
“Mid”
The Quads
Liberty University
- Cleanliness 3.0
- Quietness 3.0
- Social life 3.0
- Location 3.0
Quad III
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 4.0
- Quietness 5.0
- Social life 5.0
- Location 5.0
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What the tour skips
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Learn from their mistakes
The lowest-rated recent reviews, straight from the students who lived through it.
4.0 Overall (out of 5) Cleanliness Quietness Social life Location
Quad I
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 1.0
- Quietness 3.0
- Social life 1.0
- Location 2.0
“unbearable heat during the spring and summer. never met the ras a single time. rooms structured like a prison cell with barely any sunlight depending on room…”
Lippincott Hall
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 2.0
- Quietness 1.0
- Social life 1.0
- Location 1.0
“If you like to live in the farmlands this might be one of the better dorms to stay in, otherwise there is no social life, no ac, rooms are old and creaky.”
Nicholas Hall
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 2.0
- Quietness 2.0
- Social life 1.0
- Location 1.0
“My neighbor was wack af. Always complaining abt his situationship”
Barr Hall
Rutgers University
- Cleanliness 1.0
- Quietness 1.0
- Social life 1.0
- Location 1.0
“Typical smelly engineering students live here . building rotten af tho i heard they made the rooms have wood floors instead of carpets which is good, but y…”
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