I am incredibly picky about my towels. Most seem to have absorption issues.
These towels are soft and a nice size. They had a funky chemical-like smell that didn’t go away after one wash. When I dried them they produced an insane amount of fluff with 4 towels, twice. I washed and dried twice to get most of the funk out. I easily could have made a hand towel from it.
They are absorbent but then feel wet whereas some towels absorb and don’t get soaked so you can wrap it around and continue to slow dry. I think they are middle of the road towels for me. College students will have no qualms about them.

I wouldn’t buy them again, but I’m not ready to cut them up for rags, yet.