Carnegie Mellon University Freshmen Dorms Tour | Everything You Need to Know About CMU Housing

Hi! I'm Deya, a rising sophomore in SCS. I took the last few months to film + edit all of these vids together, so I hope it's useful! This video is super super long, so feel free to skip around! Thank you to all the people that let me film their dorms :)

quick note: semi-suite/suite style dorms have co-ed floors, communal-style dorms don't.

✧ TIMESTAMPS ✧
00:00 Intro
2:16 Morewood Gardens / Forbes
2:45 Mudge
4:40 Stever
6:50 Morewood Gardens & E-tower INTRO
→ 8:10 Morewood Gardens
→ 8:50 E-tower

10:08 Central Campus
10:28 West Wing
12:36 Donner

15:39 The Hill
16:08 Scobell
17:39 Welch
18:57 Henderson
20:27 Hamerschlag
22:04 Boss & Mcgill INTRO
→ BOSS not filmed (building identical to Mcgill), talked about in between
→ 22:52 McGill

✧ MUSIC ✧

[caminugent]

this was so so so helpful- its so scary to not know what any of the dorms are *actually* like when you're trying to organize an entirely new life somewhere, so thank you so much for making this :)

[krishnapatel]

Donner looks so fun! I’m definitely living there next year!!
EDIT: on a real note, I’m the girl in the orange shirt in Donner and it was honestly a great place to be. Everyone bonds over being the collectively hated-on dorm (they just don’t like our spirit 😤), and so many of our friends who come to visit our room comment on how it’s unexpectedly a really nice place—nights in Donner feel like a fever dream 🤪🤩🥳 and we do have soap!! just not that day LOL
EDIT 2: come say hi if you see me next year! and I made the trek from donner to gates everyday while I was there so if you’re a CS student, it’s not too far!

[leonxie]

She's so cool, maybe I'll meet her someday...

I lived in Stever last year, and I really liked it. I met a lot of my friends in Stever, and typically you'll never be bored. It's super easy to swing by some of the common areas to see if there's anyone around, which there usually is (during orientation Stever is absolutely packed). There are study rooms on every floor but second, which is super convenient for doing work (although sometimes they aren't the most productive LMAO). I would say there is a general tradeoff between social atmosphere and amenities, although I do know some friends who lived in Residence on Fifth who found their friend group there.

In the end, choose the dorm that's best for you, based on your needs (socialization and amenities). Whatever you choose, don't spend too much time in your dorm building (made that mistake second semester)!

[michaelz]

For prospective students, would highly recommend west wing :) Also what an awesome and informative video!

[cara]

oh my god that mcgill dorm was decorated so cutely. the girl also had such a cheeky lil smile 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 i hope i see her on campus next year, what a nice sweet nice girl!!!!

[babyt]

I move in for a pre-college program next month, you’re the besttt!

[carinachen]

so informative and great video!! will be using this information in my college experience thanks deya!

[lilyma]

YAYYY loved every second this is amazing deya!!

[LilyCaroline]

Ahhhh this is super cute Deya!!! I love it so much! ❤️

[amycavet]

incoming students: some morewood gardens rooms are tiny, be warned! great video deya :)

[krishnapatel]

DEYA YOU’RE THE BEST I LOVE THIS AND YOU SM

[anishachatterjee]

it was super helpful in choosing my dorm next year!!

[epicyodudes]

thanks this was super helpful in choosing my dorm!

[maxbattaglia]

Thank you! This just finalized my decision!

[krishnapatel]

thank you so much for creating this video!!! This is really helpful

[umahiagwu]

Thank you for your video, very informative. Can you please do a pros and cons video there are not that many YouTube videos of the school?

[yiwenhe]

Could anyone share more experience about living in Hamerschlag?🥺 I will live there this September, and i am kinda worrying about the living experience since there is no ac/elevator.

[audreykong]

I bet you were a really cool suitemate 😘😘

[iriza]

does cmu give away fully funded scholarships???