Balch Hall — Cornell University
Cornell University

Balch Hall

📍 62 Balch Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850
🏛 Corridor🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 All-Female❄️ Has AC🍳 Kitchen🛗 Elevator🚻 Gender-Inclusive Bathrooms
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Rooms tracked
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About Balch Hall

Historic 6-floor corridor-style residence divided into North Balch and South Balch, each with four units of roughly 20-30 rooms. Open to all-female-identified students of any year. Each unit has communal gender-designated bathrooms, with at least one gender-neutral bathroom per unit decided at the community's first meeting. North Balch was fully renovated and reopened August 2024; South Balch reopened in 2025. No air conditioning.

📊 Student Ratings

⭐ Overall
4 / 5
🧹 Cleanliness
3.5 / 5
🔇 Quietness
4.4 / 5
📶 WiFi
🔒 Safety
4.9 / 5
🛋️ Common Areas
3.3 / 5
♿ Accessibility

📝 Recent Reviews

★★★★☆
🔇 Quiet📍 Great Location🏛️ Historic Building☕ Cafe Nearby
Former Balch Resident · Room 3126 · fall 2023
★★★★
🛏️ Huge Room🔇 Quiet📚 Good for Studying🏛️ Historic Building
Anonymous · Room 4110 · fall 2023
★★★☆
🛏️ Huge Room🔇 Quiet🌡️ No AC🐛 Occasional Bugs in Summer
Balch Hall Alum · Room 5146 · fall 2022
★★★★☆
🛏️ Huge Room🔇 Quiet🌡️ No AC📚 Good for Studying
Anonymous · Room 6120 · fall 2022
★★★★☆
🛏️ Large Room🔇 Quiet📍 Great Location✨ Freshly Renovated
Balch Resident · Room 504 · fall 2024

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