From Dorm Dump to Housing Heaven: College Living Is Getting Swankier

If your idea of a "luxury dorm" is simply one with carpeting that isn’t stained with pizza sauce of decades gone by, then prepare yourself for what today’s upscale dorms actually boast. Resort-style living is at its finest in some of the most luxe dorms and residence halls across the country, providing pampered students with scenic skyline views, free laundry and maid services, and more flat-screen televisions that the local Best Buy.

Dorm rooms have long been regarded as ugly, prison-like buildings. The rooms are cramped and lined with cinderblock walls. The tiny twin-sized beds take up half of the living space, and if you live with a roommate, you are likely to be only an awkward arm’s reach away from him or her while lying under the covers. Yet, some schools have challenged the notion that students need to live in such unrefined conditions during their entire college careers and have constructed palatial dormitories to house the most discerning of the student body.

Over at Purdue University, the school’s First Street Towers residence hall provides its lodgers with something most desired by cramped dorm veterans: peace, quiet, and plenty of alone time. The hall only has single bedrooms that house one student per room. This means that there are no messy, noisy, and nosy roommates to deal with. Residents even all have their own private baths, making uncomfortable communal bathrooms a thing of the past. As if that weren’t enough, First Street Towers also offers free maid and laundry service to all of its students.

Not to be outdone, Boston University constructed a palace of its own: the Student Village II. Here, residents have the option of rooming with other students, but each room still has its own bathroom and spacious walk-in closet, which are pluses indeed. Students at the StuVi II also have a postcard-worthy view of the Charles River and Harbor Islands, something that is sure to impress any visitors visiting parent. In addition, those with musical endeavors can take advantage of the soundproof piano room to tickle the ivories or practice any other instrument that would be too loud to play in the dorm room.

Despite the swanky new dorms costing thousands more each year to live in than regular dorms, many students are still willing to cough up the funds if it means moving from the typical dorm dump to a housing heaven.

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