the people make the dorms. i’m in low rises, which is kind of sad in comparison to the other pretty dorms like mews, but i insist this is the best :3

town houses are the farthest from central campus, but its like a little house of your own which can be pretty neat. low rises are the next-farthest, a little old but decent; the rooms are suite-style, so you share a bathroom with your suitemates and get a kitchenette and main lounge you share with your unite-mates. (holland international living center is pretty much a low rise) the high rises (including Jameson) are a little cramped in my opinion, but physical quality-wise similar to the low rises. Balch is for girls-only, and i’ve never been inside, but i know singles are pretty spacious, and it’s really pretty outside! it’s also nearest to central campus. Dickson and Donlon are halls, so you share a big bathroom with multiple stalls and cubicles with the section on your floor, and they’re somewhat decent; Donlon has more study-lounge-space i think though! the prettiest (and newest) are Mews and court-kay-bauer which are PRETTY DARN PRETTY! they’re arranged like halls, but bathrooms are shared between a few rooms rather than a giant one for a whole floor.

they’ve all got their ups and downs, but i must admit that cornell is somewhat inconsistent with housing quality :\ none are too small, though, i think (i’m in a forced-triple, that is, a double with three people, but we’ve got space enough!); if you’re lazy, balch/mews/courtkaybauer/dickson is a shorter walk to class, though low rises/high rises are nearer to the north campus dining halls. 

OH AND ALSO you will see deer prancing around!! hahaha

hmm yep! i hope that helps! @@ welcome to cornell! :3