DORM LIFE!

Breaking down the Neighborhoods:

🧭 QUICK CHEAT SHEET (what matters most)

🥇 Best Bathrooms (PRIVATE / SUITE)

• Briscoe

• Walnut Grove

• Read

• Spruce

• Willkie

🥇 Best Dining INSIDE

• Wright

• McNutt

• Forest

• Collins

• Ashton

🥇 Most Social / Freshman Energy

• McNutt (Walnut Grove, Foster and Briscoe all surround McNutt)-GREAT ENERGY

• Teter

• Wright

🥇 Best Overall Dorm Quality

• Walnut Grove (newest)

• Briscoe (best bathrooms)

• Union Street (apartment style)

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💡 Bottom Line

• Traditional dorms (Wright, Teter, Ashton, Eigenmann) = shared bathrooms

• Newer dorms (Briscoe, Walnut, Spruce, Read) = suite-style bathrooms

• Dining halls are NOT everywhere — only a few dorms have them

• Room types = mostly doubles across campus

🍽️ Dorms WITH Dining Halls (on-site)

These are the ONLY residence areas where the dining hall is inside the dorm area:

✅ 1. Wright Quad

• Has Wright Dining Hall

✅ 2. McNutt Quad

• Has McNutt Dining Hall

✅ 3. Forest Quad

• Has Forest Dining Hall

✅ 4. Collins Living-Learning Center

• Has Collins Eatery (dining hall)

✅ 5. Goodbody Hall

• Has Goodbody Eatery (smaller but still all-you-care-to-eat)

👉 These are the official IU “all-you-care-to-eat” dining hall locations

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❌ Dorms WITHOUT Dining Halls (but nearby)

These dorms do NOT have their own cafeteria inside, but are usually close to one:

• Teter Quad → next to Wright dining

• Briscoe Quad → near McNutt dining

• Foster Quad → near McNutt dining

• Walnut Grove → near McNutt dining

• Read Hall → near Forest dining

• Spruce Hall → near Forest dining

• Wells Quad → near Forest dining

• Ashton → near Wright dining

• Eigenmann → has café (not full dining hall) within walking distance of both WRIGHT and FOREST.

• Willkie → no dining hall, within walking distance of FOREST

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🧠 Important Insight (most people don’t realize)

• IU is set up so you don’t need a dining hall in your dorm

• Each neighborhood has at least one dining hall 

• You can eat at ANY dining hall on campus, not just yours

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🔑 Bottom Line

If having a cafeteria inside your dorm matters, choose:

👉 Wright, McNutt, Forest, Collins, or Goodbody

If not, you’ll still be within a 5–10 minute walk max from food anywhere on campus.

There are total 19 housing options.

BREAKING DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOODS

🧭 CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD (most popular for freshmen)

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🏢 Teter Quad

• 642 rooms / 1,219 beds 

🧺 Laundry

• Multiple laundry rooms across buildings (like Wright)

🚿 Bathrooms

• Mostly communal (shared)

• Typical hallway bathrooms

🛏️ Room Types

• Mostly doubles

• Some singles

🍽️ Dining

• NO dining hall inside

• BUT right next to Wright dining (huge plus)

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Best location on campus

• ✔ Social

• ❌ Shared bathrooms

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🏢 Eigenmann Hall (“Eigy”)

• 392 rooms / 780 beds 

🧺 Laundry

• Laundry rooms in building

🚿 Bathrooms

• Communal shared bathrooms

🛏️ Room Types

• Mix of:

• Doubles

• Some quads (4-person rooms)

• More variety than most dorms

🍽️ Dining

• Has food options/café (The Globe) 

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Cheapest option

• ✔ Big building, lots of resources

• ❌ Farther from campus core

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🏢 Collins Living-Learning Center

(VERY different vibe)

🧺 Laundry

• Available in buildings

🚿 Bathrooms

• Mix of communal + some private (rare) 

🛏️ Room Types

• Double (most common)

• Singles

• Triples (rare)

• Limited private bath rooms

🍽️ Dining

• Has its own dining hall

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Artsy / creative community

• ✔ More room variety

• ❌ Not traditional “party dorm”

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🏢 Ashton Center

🧺 Laundry

• In-building

🚿 Bathrooms

• Communal

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles + some singles

🍽️ Dining

• Has dining hall

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Good location

• ❌ Older building feel

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🏢 Union Street Apartments (Apartment style)

🧺 Laundry

• In-unit or building

🚿 Bathrooms

• Private (apartment style)

🛏️ Room Types

• 1–4 bedroom apartments

🍽️ Dining

• ❌ No dining hall

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Best housing quality

• ❌ More expensive

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🧭 NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD (near Kelley + athletics)

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🏢 Briscoe Quad (Top-tier dorm)

• 453 rooms / 699 beds 

🧺 Laundry

• Laundry on each floor

🚿 Bathrooms

• Suite-style (semi-private bathrooms)

👉 BIG advantage

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles mostly

• Some suites

🍽️ Dining

• ❌ No dining hall inside

• Near McNutt dining

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Best bathrooms on campus

• ✔ Modern

• ❌ More expensive

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🏢 McNutt Quad (Largest dorm)

• 726 rooms / 1,357 beds 

🧺 Laundry

• Multiple laundry rooms

🚿 Bathrooms

• Mostly communal, some suite options

🛏️ Room Types

• Mostly doubles

• Some singles

🍽️ Dining

• ✅ Full dining hall + Starbucks 

🔑 Reality

• ✔ EVERYTHING inside (food, classes, store)

• ✔ Huge social scene

• ❌ Can feel crowded

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🏢 Foster Quad

🧺 Laundry

• In buildings

🚿 Bathrooms

• Mostly communal

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles

🍽️ Dining

• ❌ No dining hall inside

• Near McNutt

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Social

• ✔ Close to Kelley

• ❌ Party-heavy reputation

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🏢 Walnut Grove (NEWEST)

🧺 Laundry

• Modern laundry facilities

🚿 Bathrooms

• Suite-style / semi-private

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles + suites

🍽️ Dining

• ❌ No dining hall (uses McNutt)

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Newest, nicest dorm

• ✔ Private bathrooms

• ❌ Slightly farther

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🧭 SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD (quieter, more space)

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🏢 Forest Quad

🧺 Laundry

• In buildings

🚿 Bathrooms

• Mostly communal

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles

🍽️ Dining

• ✅ Forest Dining Hall (very popular)

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Great food

• ✔ Less crowded

• ❌ Far from Kelley

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🏢 Read Hall

🧺 Laundry

• In building

🚿 Bathrooms

• Suite-style (shared between 2 rooms)

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles

🍽️ Dining

• ❌ No dining hall inside

• Near Forest dining

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Good balance (privacy + cost)

• ✔ Quiet

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🏢 Spruce Hall (newer feel)

🧺 Laundry

• In building

🚿 Bathrooms

• Suite-style/private feel

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles

🍽️ Dining

• ❌ Uses Forest dining

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Modern

• ✔ Cleaner feel

• ❌ Location less central

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🏢 Wells Quad

🧺 Laundry

• In buildings

🚿 Bathrooms

• Mostly communal

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles

🍽️ Dining

• ❌ No dining hall

🔑 Reality

• ✔ Quiet

• ❌ Less popular

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🏢 Willkie Quad

🧺 Laundry

• In building

🚿 Bathrooms

• Suite-style

🛏️ Room Types

• Doubles

🍽️ Dining

• ❌ No dining hall

🔑 Reality

• ✔ More upperclassmen vibe

• ✔ Private bathrooms

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WRIGHT QUAD----The latest to be Renovated.

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🏢 Wright Quad Basics

• 553 rooms total

• ~1,034 beds (students) 

• Organized into 18 “houses” (smaller dorm sections) 

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🧺 Laundry Rooms

• Wright Quad has laundry rooms in the basement/ground level of buildings (houses) 

• Since there are 18 houses, there are multiple laundry areas, not just one central room.

👉 Translation:

• You’ll definitely have a laundry room in your building/house, not far away

• But IU does not publish an exact count of laundry rooms

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🚿 Bathrooms (VERY important)

• Wright Quad is a traditional dorm, so:

• Mostly communal (shared) bathrooms on each floor 

• At IU generally, communal bathrooms are:

• Shared by ~40–50 people per floor 

👉 So:

• ❌ Not private in most cases

• ❌ Not “suite-style”

• ✅ Shared hallway bathrooms (typical freshman dorm experience)

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🛏️ Room Types

Wright is traditional-style housing, meaning:

Main room types:

• Double rooms (MOST common)

• Single rooms (limited) 

👉 Important:

• ❌ No standard “quads” (4 people in one room)

• ❌ No apartment-style layouts

• ✅ Mostly 1 or 2 people per room

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🍽️ Dining / Cafeteria

Yes — and this is a big plus.

• Wright Quad has its own:

• Full dining hall (“all-you-care-to-eat”) 

• Convenience store (C-store)

👉 You don’t have to leave the building area to eat.

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🧠 Quick Reality Summary (what parents & students care about)

Pros:

• Central location on campus

• Has its own dining hall

• Multiple laundry areas

• Budget-friendly housing

Cons:

• Shared bathrooms (biggest drawback)

• Older layout (though renovated recently)

• Smaller rooms

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🔑 Bottom Line

• Laundry: Multiple rooms across the 18 houses (not just one)

• Rooms: Mostly doubles, some singles

• Bathrooms: Shared communal (not private)

• Dining: YES — full cafeteria inside

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