Collegetown Terrace

The Wifi doesn't work, period. This presents huge challenges for classes and interviews. Management is not responsive- it took months of emailing over and over and visiting the office for them to give us a timeline of when the gym would be opened after Covid restrictions. The only good thing about it is the central location from campus, the commons, and Maplewood, where a lot of other MBAs live.

The location to campus is awesome, and I have been very happy with maintenance's responsiveness. They have also worked very hard to improve their wifi, and it has gotten a lot better. My room/desk are really large, and this has been hugely beneficial given the current environment we live in.

Great location. No pets allowed. Poor internet connection that drops you regularly. Units are reasonably quiet. Office staff can be kind of rude. Maintenance is worse. Not terrible overall but there are better options so I'm moving next semester.

Experience so far has been both good and bad. The walls are thin and the air vent is the same across all three bedrooms so sound does carry quite a bit within the apartment. You aren't able to put anything up on the walls which makes it a little difficult to really personalize your room but the bedrooms are much more spacious than other comparable apartment options. The wifi has been pretty bad for the past few months but is something that they have been fixing so should hopefully not continue to be a problem. The amenities are amazing. The study rooms are great and the gym is very convenient . In terms of location, it doesnt get any better than CTT.

Expensive and management/maintenance can be unresponsive. No rent concessions during COVID even though no longer had same amenities throughout the property (gym closed) and already charge rental prices that you would expect to find closer to NYC.

Also only do 12 month instead of 10 month leases forcing you to pay for summer months when you likely wont be there.

We have recurrent internet issues. Management does not reply emails and they do not solve the issue.

Not a good place to live

I didn't spend too much time looking for an apartment so I relied on the reviews of others and the quantity of students already at this location. I enjoy the proximity to campus but the apartment management is not responsive nor do they take initiative to fix headaches such as the gym's 2-month delay in reopening or the wifi upgrade.

The Good

- Great location between College Town and Downtown.

- Study areas and gym are pretty new and clean.

- The staff in 106 are nice.

The (Really) Bad

- The management office is awful. They know they have a new class of students every year and have little incentive to fix things in an timely manor or treat tenants well.

- The internet never works, I have to reconnect my devices (phone, tablet, & TV) every time I use them. The internet drops consistently and the management blames it on Spectrum, rather than just getting it fixed.

-The walls are paper thin, you will hear your neighbors like you are in the same room.

- The fire alarms are super sensitive and go off nearly once a week, sometimes at 3:00pm, sometimes at 3:00am in the winter.

The apartment itself has thin walls, sound travels through the vents, and the price most residents are paying here is significantly higher than the cost of an apartment in a major urban city.

The amenities are OK, the buildings themselves are modern-ish, not completely new and update to date but not outdated like much of the other places found on campus. The microwave and washing machine both had problems within the month of moving in, but at least maintenance was really fast to respond.

The WiFi was unstable throughout the first few months and CTT's gym remained closed longer than other residential communities. The only saving grace for me was the fact that I'm subleasing from someone at a fraction of the price, but would definitely not recommend at full-price.

However, having so many other MBA students living here is a major plus point. You'll always be a short walk away from being able to meet up and hang out, so at least there's that.