I love my apartment, it's super close very spacious has lots of sunlight and I love the company!

Convenient location and filled with other medical students. Great gym access. No lounge study space. Also contains undergraduate students who can be very disruptive at times-thin walls. Rent controlled.

Columbia Plaza has been a great place to live as a student. It's relatively quiet, with most noise coming from the street (and sirens), which I am used to. I have had no safety issues, including the time my apartment door was left open (visitor's fault) for 12+ hours and nothing in my apartment was touched. I have had very few maintenance issues and management has responded promptly. Price is typical for the neighborhood.

Columbia Plaza's location is probably the only good thing about it. It is very old and outdated. It is expensive (parking is also expensive at over $200/month). There are bugs no matter how clean you are. Students live there to be close to school but it doesn't offer much else. The gym got redone and it is much nicer but for such a large apartment complex it is way too small.

The apartment itself is incredible. It is huge and has two balconies, one with an incredible view of the Watergate and the Kennedy Center. Definitely the best bang-for-your buck in Foggy Bottom. That being said, the location is less-than-desirable for things to do. It is walking distance to GW, so it serves its function for what I wanted, but there is nothing around the building. Not ideal if you want a city-feel with bars and restaurants right outside your door.

Great apartment but management is difficult to deal with and elevators and such are broken often in the older buildings.

Close to school, reasonable rent for the area and great apartment!

Very nice for the price.

- Central A/C (warm enough in winter, almost cold enough in summer)
- If your apartment is clean, you won't have pests.
- No undergrads, so mostly serious people in this quiet building

Majority of my experience has been very positive. The studio is very large and spacious compared to other studios in the area. Heat and air conditioning is included which is convenient. The only downside with this is that they switch to heat mid October, which was a bit uncomfortable during the 70 degree weeks in November. The kitchen is nice with many cupboards for storage. The other con of the apartment is that there are bugs usually seen around the oven usually once every few months or when it gets super warm out.

In other regards it is a nice apartment complex. I rarely hear neighbors. It is about a 10 minute walk to campus/the metro which is extremely convenient. There is also a mini market in the plaza which is convenient.

The staff is extremely understanding and helpful and will bend over backwards for you if you take the time to get to know them. The gym has recently been completely renovated which has just about everything that you need with brand new floors, machines, weights, and mirrors. Not sure about the other buildings, but my particular building had a lot of older residents. Which meant the floor was nice and quiet, but never got any complaints whenever I had people over.. or when my music was blasting on my speakers (which is basically everyday). Maintenance is quick to respond with the online service request system, sometimes responding within 20 minutes. Laundry is in the basement and the washers have recently been replaced as of Feb 2017.