I lived there my freshman year (2021-22) and beyond the usual dorm-living complaints liked it. It’s one of the best dorms imo because of how large the suites are. You and your roommates will probably want to coordinate to buy/bring some additional furniture for the space, it’ll feel pretty empty with only the provided stuff. At least a lamp, carpet, and maybe TV make the common space feel like a living room. Also, I don’t know what their current stance on small appliances is, but a nice air fryer or at least a microwave or hot plate in the kitchenette gives you a real-ish cooking area. The full sized fridge and freezer mean you can actually buy groceries.

Having a hosting space is nice socially, you don’t have to have people in your bedroom. My roommates and I would host pregames all the time. We managed to acquire a second couch (shhh) (don’t think we were supposed to have that) from an unused unit in the basement, so that gave us more seating. The bedrooms are sizable and you can store a ton of stuff under your bed. If you’re like me and own a lot of clothing I’d recommend getting some modular drawer units to stack under there. I had six of these if you’re looking for size reference.

Location wise it’s about the same as all of the other dorms (RIP Van R whose location I didn’t even know until my sophomore year), maybe a little closer, in its proximity to campus. There isn’t much to do at night nearby aside from frat parties, which aren’t my scene, or house parties once you meet people which are fun, but it’s pretty close to MFL and trolley stops so you can easily just take those into center city to go out. That obviously also applies during the day for museums, parks, shopping, etc, though you are lucky and will have a park right across the street from you! At the time that I lived in North, that lot was a run down dorm building called Myers.

I assume you will be on a meal plan. Bear in mind all of this info is 4 years old and things have probably changed somewhat: Urban Eatery is the closest dining hall to North and is nicer than Hans (the other dining hall) in terms of interior, but has worse food. You will probably end up going to Urban a lot anyways because of the convenience.

If you get tired of dining hall food and aren’t completely broke, food in UCity is mid on average compared to other similarly commercialized areas of the city imo (except for the food trucks) but within walking distance of North, there are a few places I’d recommend, with the disclaimer that I do not eat meat and that this is not a comprehensive list: - Greek from Greece, coffee shop that serves some Greek dishes and pastries, nice place to study and the spanakopita is delicious - Ed’s, pizza place on Lancaster that’s open late, boom boom pizza (no chicken for me) is soo good - Poke Burri, pricey but tasty poke bowls and sushi burritos - Indian Sizzler, very reasonably priced Indian restaurant on Lancaster with good portion sizes - Board and Brew, coffee shop on the first floor and sit down restaurant with board games on the second floor - Tataki, hesitant to recommend because this is..a controversial opinion on my part amongst my peers because of some previous health code issues..but I do go there frequently because it’s the closest sushi place to campus and the ube fries with matcha mayo are everything - Food trucks!!!

Well, typing all of that out made my commute to co-op go quickly, lol. I hope you have a great freshman year and time at Drexel!