The building is nice, featuring a marble-paved foyer with a garden and doorman. The gym is very shabby, and dorchester requires you to pay for it. Internet is subsidized by the building to a rate of $20month. Units vary dramatically, as each may be owned by a different owner. Ours is very boring, with off-white carpeting and white walls, lacking an open floorplan. Most units feature hardwood floors. Utilities were included in our lease. Dorchester management is almost impossible to work with, and they set strict rules that make people's lives miserable. The loading dock entrance cannot be used after 6pm on weekdays and not at all on Sunday. At the same time, no furniture may be moved through the front entrance, so furnishing your apartment piecemeal is a very frustrating process. The biggest drawbacks relative to places like 1500 Locust is that there are no common rooms in the Dorchester and therefore no places to have study group meetings or get-togethers.

The Dorchester is a very well-kept apartment building with a friendly and helpful door staff. The apartment is pretty spacious, with plenty of closets for storage. The only downside is that the kitchen appliances are dated, but I think this varies from unit to unit.

I really like the location of my building and I enjoy the fact that a number of Wharton students live here but I have my own privacy since it's not completely filled with Wharton students. The apartments tend to be pretty small and units differ quite a bit. I also think the rent is pretty high for the space you're getting but compared to new york the rent seems just fine.

The Dorchester is a really good option - a lot of space and best location in center city

Great location (close to Wharton social events) - Taxi stop at the door - Seven Eleven behind the building (great for urgent grocery shopping) - Many Whaton students live in the building - Cheap GYM ($15month) - Pool open in the summer months

Superb location with easy access to all the shops and restaurants in Rittenhouse SqCenter City and public transport. While the Dorchester is a slightly older building and rental is pricier given the prime location next to Rittenhouse Square, everything else is great. The building staff - from the front desk, to the package room, and maintenance, are incredibly friendly and helpful, and there's a nice sense of community here. Great to have a basement gym for working out during the colder months. My junior 1-bedroom (large studio with a moveable partition door) was spacious, had plenty of sunlight and I would continue staying here except for the fact we needed a much larger place. We've also hung out with our friends in their 1-bedroom apartments here and those spaces are much larger, though significantly more expensive (>$2,000 per month) as well.

The apartment management team are very friendly and helpful. Lots of Wharton students around. Only issue is that the studios generally do not have a good view (facing the wall of the other building)