Some dorms are awesome, and some dorms are really crappy! I've been to the Band and Orchestra Camp over the summer at Texas Tech twice, and I've gotten to stay in Stangel/Murdough and Chitwood/Weymouth. Stangel and Chitwood are the girl sides. Stangel is not bad. I liked it there. Footage wise, it is pretty small. There are two beds on either side of the room, attached to the wall. There are dressers below the beds and the beds pull out from the wall a little. They are daybed style-like. A desk for each side is attached to the head end of the bed, which then looks out of a window. On the foot end of the bed is a dresser, and next to the dresser is the closet, which has a little slide door that bends up to open and stretches out to close and latch shut. On one side of the room is a sink attached to the wall, and a mirror (that opens) above it. There is no counter space. In between the two beds, there is about five feet of space. It is pretty cramped, depending on how much things each roommate has. There are also shelves for folders/binders/ etc. above the desk. And a chair comes with the desk. That is basically it for Stangel. Chitwood is the same, as well as a couple other dorms. Chitwood is known to many as "Sh**wood" because most of the time the water, A/C, or something else is having problems. Whether it's the toilets flooding, flow of air is stopped up because someone put blankets over their vents, or the elevators are acting possessed, the place is a little old, to say the least!
The Murray dorms are set up like a town home, I believe. I'm not sure. One of my friends just moved in there and she lives with three other girls. They supposedly have an upstairs as well as a kitchen! That came as a surprise to me as I found this out only about a month ago!
Horn/Knapp is where I live this year and it is greatness! The rooms are bigger by a lot. I have room to stretch out and walk around in my room. My roommate and I have a microwave and fridge, movable and adjustable beds and desks. Our sink has counterspace and a mirror that opens. There are also a pair of cabinets below the sink for extra storage. The closets are basically walk-ins, if you don't have too many things crawling all over the floor space. Horn/Knapp is an all girls dorm. I do enjoy it more than I thought I would! I can walk around, to and from the shower, without having to worry about dudes everywhere (most of the time). But's it's really nice, and everyone who comes is so envious of the space and the entire facility. Horn/Knapp also has a buffet style kitechen that is the closest to homemade I get to on campus!! It's delicious and it's also the cheapest place to eat on campus.
Overall, Tech has great dorms!! I've been to other colleges and seen the dorms and Tech proves to be the cleanest and best put together.