Towers Hall

Arguably one of the most favored dorms for students at Drexel to live at for their freshman year is Towers Hall. Towers opened in 1978, making it one of the older residence halls on campus. It has 15 floors that can support 429 residents, making it one of the largest and most noticeable dorms on campus.

Rooms

The individual rooms on each floor are noteworthy as being approximately 12’ x 17’, making them the largest individual rooms of any of the freshman residence halls on campus. This alone is what attracts many incoming freshmen to it. Each room is provided with a desk, desk chair, wardrobe, dresser and a bunkable extra-long twin bed for each of its two occupants. All of these can be moved to suit one’s personal space needs except for the dressers. Each room has self-regulating heat, which means that the residents can adjust the heat to what they feel is comfortable, a feature many other dorms lack.

Floor Setup

Each floor contains a single kitchen with lockers, a stove, an oven, refrigerator and freezer, a sink, and a seating area. There is also a centralized bathroom on each floor, containing multiple toilets and showers for residents to use. Going by the opinions of some anonymous people from Towers that I have talked to, the bathrooms are generally clean and allow for privacy when needed. Each floor also contains a large social lounge and a study lounge, where residents of that floor can get together and either socialize (watch movies, chat, etc.) or study for upcoming exams. The floors are not co-ed, males and females alternate every floor. This may or may not be a bad thing depending upon one’s individual outlook on it. Each floor also has a single RA, and from what I’ve heard their levels of strictness vary from floor to floor. The people living on the same floor but not in the same room may or may not socialize with each other, it seems to depend on which floor you go to.

Building Advantages

There are many overall benefits of living in Towers that don’t apply to just individual floors. There are 3 elevators in Towers, allowing for shorter waiting times when trying to get up to your floor or to the ground floor. The second floor also contains a large lounge area. It contains tables and chairs if you want to study, or games such as pool, ping pong, and foosball if you just want to socialize. The second floor also contains a central laundry area, where there are free-pay washers and dryers. From what I’ve heard traffic there gets really packed, so it’s best to go in the middle of the day when other people might have classes. The first floor also has a bike storage area, which is useful for incoming freshmen who plan on taking a bike with them to school to help them get around campus. The front desk staff has also proven to be very friendly.

Disadvantages

The one major downside to living at towers has to be the sheer amount of incoming freshmen. This year, there were too many freshmen, and dorms were being filled to their fullest capacity. Drexel then decided that they would have to start converting some rooms in Towers to three-person rooms. This meant that another bed, wardrobe, dresser, desk, and chair would have to be crammed into a room designed for only three people. When each person brings their personal belongings to college, one can imagine how cramped it would get in the room. However, if you were to end up living with just a single other person, Towers Hall is all-around one of the nicest dorms you could pick from.