George Washington University Top Questions

The Vern dorms are super nice but secluded and require a bus ride to get to. Thurston rooms are the worst ones on campus, but still fairly large. Madison, Lafayette and Potomac are the nicer freshman dorms on the main campus, and located in really nice places relative to the rest of campus.

I live in GW Schenley 7th floor. My dorm is a double, with a huge, bright living room, a private kitchen, a private bathroom, and a small bedroom. We have a walk-in closet and two stand closets, and two drawer.

The first book I read about colleges described the dorms at George Washington as "palaces." It was dead on. But, it really depends on what hall you live in though. GW is a relatively old school, so the dorms are either old or brand new! The old dorms aren't terrible by any means, but they aren't as nice either! Brand new dorms are available to everyone. I live in the newest building, West Hall. I have three roommates and we live in a suite. Thus, we each have our own rooms, a common room, a kitchenette, and a bathroom. Also, there is a full kitchen on our floor and a laundry room. My dorm room is amazing! There are plenty of nice dorm rooms all over campus, so you have tons of options!

The dorms (otherwise known as residence halls) are AMAZING. Each room comes equipped with a complete bathroom (shower, sink, toilet, yada yada yada), fridge, microwave, cable TV, spacious drawers, and in most cases, a walk in closet. As a Sophomore and beyond, each room will also contain a full out kitchen complete with a stove, oven, and sometimes dishwasher machines! It's SICK!

At GW, we don't refer to campus housing as dorms but rather residence halls. Simply because our campus housing looks nothing like the dorms you may see at other universities. Just about every residence hall on campus has its own bathroom per room (sometimes two) and a lot of closet space. The residence halls are divided up by year for the most part but also have "themes" to them. When you apply for housing the summer going into your freshman year, you can read about all the different housing options and the theme of that year. For example, they have a residence hall for politics. You should also know that you don't have to pick a building because of its "theme", you're free to choose which ever one you'd like to live in the most. The residence halls at GW are definitely one of the main things that stood out when I was comparing colleges.

This is a sixty second tour of a floor on Thurston Hall, including a floor, dorm room, bathroom, and laundry room.

This is a sixty second tour of a floor on Thurston Hall, including a floor, dorm room, bathroom, and laundry room.