The rooms are cosy and it is very warm there too. The only big problem with schlag is that it is on the 'hill', so you will have to put in a bit of effort when moving in and when moving out. These dorms date back to the days when you are not even in this world. Incidentally, Scobell was built in 1904 just after when Carnegie Mellon was founded. So intuition will tell you that they are pretty old and OLD they are.
Rooms are generally small and cramped.
Generally, agreement seems to be that Scobell is pretty bad especially if you get the basement rooms. This is a building erected in the 1955 and definitely loses out architecturally per se but is worth a reconsideration since its rooms are generally nice and rather large. Its rather surprising how it won an architectural award in 1955. McGill Completely remodeled in the 80s. Rooms are a little smaller but very nicely furnished.