Osborn Hall Dorm Reviews at Lake State

I lived in Osborn Hall before it was Co-ed and it was not the best. The infrastructure was starting to fall apart, the windows leaked, it was so hot in the dorms during the winter that you had no choice but to open your window just to sleep, and people trashed the bathrooms every day. Good rooms, but ants and silverfish were very common.

I lived in Brady Hall but it wasn't an option on here. I had plenty of friends in Osborn and have spent lots of time there. Osborn is much cleaner than Brady and the rooms are a lot nicer. Though both dorms aren't the quietest, Osborn is significantly better than Brady in that aspect. The rooms are small but decent for a dorm. I have also been informed that the rooms are not adequately cleaned after each year so I would recommend deep cleaning your room, regardless of where you're living on campus, as soon as you move in. There are also problems with the toilets in every bathroom on campus. There have been more than a few incidents where sewage has come up through the drains (which smells HORRIBLE). Also, just as a warning, when sharing bathrooms, be aware that some people using them are not aware of basic etiquette and may leave toilets unflushed or dirty, and there has been a weird amount of incidents where students have left used sanitary products on the floors of the showers. RAs try their best to encourage people to be tidy, but some folks just don't listen. I also found most RAs to be super nice.