A former Howard Johnson hotel (therefore commonly referred to as "the HoJo"), this BU residence hall houses mostly sophomores and juniors. Most students live in three-person rooms with private bathrooms, though there are also limited singles and doubles. The majority of rooms have lofted beds, allowing for more floor space. Rooms are air conditioned. The 8th floor features two study rooms (one silent) featuring great views of the surrounding area. It's even possible to see into Fenway Park, though the building is just far enough that it's hard to read the scoreboard. The second floor houses the 575 branch of the Office of Residence Life. This is the headquarters for the Residence Director, who oversees the building, Resident Assitants (RAs), who supervise each floor, and the Residence Hall Association, which runs activities for residents. The lobby features a security guard, who ensures that BU students follow the guest policy, and a cafe where students can use dining and convenience points on their Terrier Cards. The basement contains a laundry room in which students can use quarters or convenience points. Insider information from former residents

BU dorms situated in old early 20th century family mansions.

One of the bigger dorms at Boston University. Full of freshman, this place is always buzzing with students. On the lower level, there's your convienient Startbucks, City Convient Store (wayyyy overpriced) and BOA and Citizen's bank Atms.
Warren Towers Warren Towers, which is the largest dorm on campus, houses about 600 students in each of its three towers. Access to the building is via escalator to the fourth floor, where the building’s dining hall and other amenities are located. The floors 5-18 are residential floors. The first three floors and basement house a University parking garage and street-level retail establishments. Most freshmen live in Warren Towers, though there is also significant retention of sophomores. The majority of rooms are identical double-occupancy floorplans, the exception being single rooms, the occasional quad, and the corner doubles. Corner doubles are almost twice the size of a standard double room and are coveted by those residents selecting housing in Warren. All floors are divided by gender, with females on one side of the hall and men on the other side, each with their own bathroom. Some floors are same sex, but the majority are coeducational (the same is true for West Campus). Warren residents use common bathrooms having between 2 to 4 shower stalls, depending on the floor and tower. The fourth floor of Warren features several study lounges with wireless internet access in most, a screening room, a laundry room, a music room, a game room, and computer lab. Two of the three towers also have small laundry rooms on the 5th floor instead of study lounges, but most students tend to use the large laundry facility on the fourth floor near C Tower. The recently-renovated dining hall in Warren is one of the largest in the BU housing system, serving not only Warren Tower residents but also residents of South Campus dormitories and other students from the smaller residences along Commonwealth Avenue. Because of its central location on campus, the Warren dining hall is also popular with students who live on other parts of campus but take their classes in central BU area. (From Wikipedia.com)

Shelton Hall was originally an apartment-style hotel and was one of the first Sheraton Hotels. Since the 1950s, it has been a residence and dinning hall of Boston University. The playwright Eugene O'Neill died here (in the hotel not the dorm).