11 college dorms with awesome amenities by Sarah Jacobs and Madeline Stone on Aug 30, 2017, 3:04 PM Advertisement
 Cramped spaces, cinderblock walls, and low-grade lighting are the things college students typically expect from their housing experiences. You won't find any of that in the dorms on this list, however. We've researched schools across the country to compile a list of the 11 dorms that provide the most unique living and learning experience. From TempurPedic mattresses and private pools, to special learning communities, these dorms have all the amenities you could ever want. SEE ALSO: The 10 best college dining halls in America Scripps College topped Princeton Review's list of the schools with the best dorms this year.  Scripps College's seven residence halls consistently rank high on best-dorms lists, and with good reason. With each dorm housing between 70 and 120 residents, they're tight-knit communities set on a beautiful southern California campus. Many of the Mediterranean-style buildings have balconies that overlook palm tree-shaded courtyards or wide grassy lawns. On the second floor of the Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Hall is the "browsing room," which features intricately carved wood panels that date back to 1915.
Washington University in St. Louis has the South Forty, a community of dorms with plenty of convenient food options.  Coming in at number two on this year's Princeton Review's list of the best college dorms is Wash U, which has a variety of luxurious accommodations inside the small-town atmosphere on the campus' South Forty area. All 23 residence halls, both the old and the new, are outfitted with TempurPedic mattresses, and the student-run Wash-U-Wash service will pick up your dirty laundry, clean it, and deliver it to your door two days later. Perks of living in the South Forty include easy access to a food market, a bakery, a kosher kitchen, on-sight peer counselors, and large gathering places in LEED-certified buildings.
One community at Arizona State University provides 1,600 residents with an Amazon Echo Dot.  Inside Arizona State University's newest residence — the Fulton Schools Residential Community at Tooker House, which opens this fall — are 1,600 Amazon Echo Dots, all donated by Amazon. The house, which was built specifically for first-year engineering students, will encourage residents to experiment with the technology, as well as enroll in classes that teach voice user interface development. The house is also equipped with eSpace classrooms where students can enroll in an Introduction to Engineering course, among others.
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