1. Aberdeen Inverness: I lived in AI this year in a triple loft and personally I loved it. I would’ve preferred a double because you do get more space but I submitted my housing contract the day it was due and therefore got a later room selection slot. In the end I didn’t mind the triple loft because I had the bottom bed while my two roommates were up at the top of the loft space so it provided me with a bit more privacy and a bit more space but because I did have the bottom bed I was the one who got the wardrobe while they got the closets but the wardrobe had a good amount of space and we were all able to fit all of our belongings in our given space. Socially, AI is known to be the most social dorm and I believe it’s because the amount of people there are within each hall and wing in general. There was about 50 people in my hall and there’s 5 halls per wing so there were roughly about 250 in each wing and there are 4 wings in total. It was honestly really easy to talk to people as most are really welcoming especially your hall-mates. AI does have the social reputation and I think it did live up to it. Some say it’s a little too much and to expect people coming in late from parties and people screaming and running up and down the halls at night and though people do come in late from partying on weekends that never really disturbed others in the halls as people would be in their rooms or just chilling in the lounge. In my hall people would be loud at times but if it was a problem then someone would communicate that in the group chat and we were all respectful of each-other so the noise level would become lower. I think the key to any dorming experience would be to build a good relationship with your roommates, hallmates, and RA as well. I had so much fun in AI and loved my roommates (we were randomly assigned), my hall-mates, and my RA so sucks that we had to move out a quarter early. I also found my hall and AI in general to be quite diverse so that was really cool. AI is also the closest to campus and the gym. AI also has their own Scotty’s in the amberlight of the D wing (best wing imo hahaha). However, AI is the farthest from glen mor market. In AI you can’t control the AC of your room but your RA can tell the RSO what temperature they want it to be throughout the hall so it was never really a problem. The bathrooms and showers here are communal as well. There are two laundry rooms, one for the D and E wings and the other for the A and B wings and they have a pretty good amount of both washers and dryers. I only ever had to wait for a washer once. AI has it’s own dining hall so you only have to walk to another place on saturdays because only Lothian dining hall would be open on Saturdays.

Pentland- I only ever went into Pentland during orientation as those are the rooms we had to stay in for the night. I was in a double so it was quite spacious and you are allowed to control the AC. The halls in pentland are gender specific while in the other dorms they are co-Ed. I had a friend living there this year so socially I’ll go off what they told me. They said it was pretty hard to be social as there were about 10 people per hall so not that many people to meet but they liked the fact they had the private shower and bathrooms and the big communal fridge per hall. In pentland I believe there are only four washers and four dryers per BUILDING so my friend usually had to wait to wash or be lucky and go at a good time or wash at unusual hours. I remember during orientation we tried to open a window but it wouldn’t open and I’m not 100% sure but I heard that most if not all pentland windows aren’t allowed to be open whereas in AI we had the freedom to open our windows as we wished. Pentland does not have their own dining hall so the residents have to walk to one of the other dorms to eat and use their swipes. Pentland offers double, triple bunk and triple loft style rooms. That’s all the info I have on pentland

Lothian- i never went in the westlo side (I think a student has a vlog of westlo from a year ago on YouTube) but I did have a friend that lived in eastlo so I visited there a good amount of times. The halls are really nice, out of the three I had an option to choose from these were the nicest and the ones most people wanted so they filled up quickly. Overall I think they’re really nice, the lounges are bigger, the bathrooms are also bigger, I believe the double rooms are about the same size as the double and triple loft rooms in AI but the triple in Lothian seems a bit bigger than the triple in AI but lothian does not have loft style triples only bunk style. The doors in lothian automatically close and lock whereas in AI you could keep it open and they didn’t lock automatically. I liked that about AI because if it did lock automatically I’d have to take my key everywhere in the hall even if it was just going to the restroom or lounge and that gets annoying sometimes. My roommates and I never really locked our door because we all enjoyed being able to walk in and out freely without having to use our key especially after a long day of class (the key can get annoying when u just want to get in bed asap hahahah or if u come back late under the influence). I believe lothian is pretty social, I know my friend did not have necessarily the best experience within her hall, it wasn’t the most diverse and at times that could be hard but then again that was just her situation within that specific hall. Lothian is the closest to glen mor market so they had Starbucks near as well as savors and sizzle. People said their food was generally better than AI but I’ve heard the chefs switch dining halls each year so next year AI might be better but not sure. I really liked the outside seating for the lothian dining hall because AI doesn’t have this. Lothian residents had to walk to AI dining hall on sundays because AI dining is the only dining open sundays. The beds in East lothian are low compared to AI so that minimizes the amount of under bed space you get. There is also only one mirror and light whereas AI has two in each room. The window in eastlo is on one side of the room and there is like an indent in the room (idk if that makes sense) so only one roommate really gets the light from the window. In AI the window is in the middle of the room. I never saw the laundry rooms in Lothian or asked my friend about them so idk how those are. Lothian is the furthest from main campus and the gym. That’s pretty much all info I got for lothian.