Overall disappointed in E2! While it presents itself as a luxury apartment building, the appliances are terrible, the staff is rude, and the elevators break often. Can’t beat living so close to all your classmates, but I wish I would lived somewhere else the last two years.

Space is tight, rent is high, the front desk is rarely manned, and it's about a 20 minute walk to campus, but a lot of Kellogg students live in the building meaning a lot of social events and even club or group meetings happen at E2 which makes it a fun and convenient place to live if you want to be close to other students. It's also a quick walk to downtown Evanston and several other apartment buildings in the area that students live in. And the apartments and amenities are very nice and updated.

The good: central location (20min walk to campus, 5 minute walk to downtown Evanston and the metra), lots of Kellogg students in the building, has all of the basic amenities you would expect from a lux building (washer/dryer in unit, dishwasher, small gym). It also is generally pretty quiet between apartments - I never heard noise from my neighbors. However, the walls within the apartment are very thin - so if you have roommates, keep that in mind.

The bad: the front desk and doormen are often either incompetent or rude. Almost all the Kellogg students I know at E2 have had at least one negative experience with the doormen being rude to them (such as purposely not helping residents unlock their doors), or packages being misplaced or mishandled. Also, it's worth mentioning that the square footage is quite tiny in many units. I am in the largest 2b/2ba layout in E2, and my bedroom is less than 100 square feet.

Nice place to live. Nice amenities, clean, new design and construction, large layouts. Just not really worth the price they're charging. If it was a couple hundred dollars cheaper per month it'd be excellent.

Great apartment! Love my townhouse.

Apartments are nice, and amenities (pool, basketball court, gym, movie theater room, grills, property common space) are pretty solid. The 3 bed 2 bath (not townhome) has good space. Walls in the apartment are pretty thin though. Can hear people in other rooms, and loud sounds can pass into other apartments.

Covid has impacted ability to use the gym, as apartments have to reserve times to use the gym. It can be difficult to get a reservation

A lot of Kellogg people in the complex, so makes it easier to naturally meet other students early on.

Haven't had much interaction with the management company. The few minor problems we've had so far (lights out, ac stopped working, etc) were fixed in a short period of time, and with little hassle.

Closer to campus than most other major apartment complexes for Kellogg students. Although its still a 20ish minute walk to Kellogg.

Place to live if you want to be social

Good apartment amenities. Wish it was closer to downtown evanston, but it's one of the closest buildings to campus, so that's the tradeoff.

Always clean, packages are easy to pick up, and lots of Kellogg students in building.

Wifi can be spotty sometimes and A/C fan turns off and on, so it's not consistently blowing.

Great apartment - very social!

I love living in E2. If one of your MBA priorities is to make friends, network, and have a great time, E2 is highly recommended. It is a predominantly Kellogg building which builds a great sense of community.