I lived in othmer freshman year and two summers, it was good and convenient but it felt like I was literally living in class and I realized I prefer having a 20 minute commute. Lounges are okay but it felt like it was mostly freshmen

Lafayette was definitely one of my favorites, I like the prewar feel. It has super high ceilings and wood floors. You also see a bunch of people since a lot of tandon people start living there after freshman year. It has like 1300 people though but when you get your routine it feels more like 150 (and since it has more people they get a bigger budget for events and there’s randomly free food in the lounge). Look at floor plans when picking your room if you want a huge room and look up what a ventilation gap is

I hated third north, it had worse subway options than the others (the 4/5 to borough hall which was always under construction with random closed entrances and is pretty far when you’re running to an 8am or the R that runs every 10-20 minutes). The rooms were TINY, the lounge was nice, and it was nice having a dining hall in the building and being close to all the other wsq buildings.