<p>I just hope that they’re: nice, not dirty, at least bathe once every two days, tells me when they’re having “company” 'cause I really don’t want to listen to people having sex; I don’t want them to touch my *<strong><em>, wear my *</em></strong>, eat my ****, etc.</p>
<p>And I really do hope they’re alright UP THERE. I don’t want to deal with crazy people (I’m not an ableist… but I really do not want to deal with that in a tiny room)–which means “no thank you” for people with bipolar or schizophrenia. I love one of my friends and everything, but she is too much to deal with when she is off her meds (and even sometimes when she is on them…).</p>
<p>I had a roommate last year and it was totally fine. Then again, our room was much bigger than any room at any UC and there are only 100 kids per incoming class. Our exec (student president, VP, etc) go laboriously over our forms and pictures to match us up well. </p>
<p>Probably won’t be so lucky in the UC system. :(</p>
<p>It’s a big drawback in transferring in my opinion, if I stayed at my current university I’d get a room to myself in college with a queen sized bed and private toilet/shower next year…for the same price as sharing in a twin without a bathroom. :'(</p>
<p>I want a roommate who is not a complete ■■■■■■, who doesn’t bug me, who doesn’t ask me for anything, who doesn’t **** block me, who doesn’t steal or even touch my stuff, who doesn’t stink, who doesn’t bring noisy people over, who doesn’t pick his nose and flicks the boogers, who doesn’t leave used condoms on the floor, who doesn’t leave dirty underwear on the floor, and most importantly, I want a roommate who doesn’t snore.</p>
<p>Off campus is an option if you don’t want a roomate, 600-700 will get a decent place about 15 minutes driving away . Or an hour by bus.
But I think thats apart of the college experience, meeting new people, blah blah blah</p>
<p>That’s one nice thing about UCD, even the furthest apartments can’t be more than 20 mins by bus lol. Tons of places that are similar in cost or cheaper than the on campus housing are really close.</p>
<p>How much more expensive would it be to live on campus compared to living off-campus? Would grant money or something be able to cover it if we qualify? thanks a lot.</p>
<p>As a transfer from a 4 year who already went through the roommate thing, I can tell you that while it REALLY sucks to have a roommate that is utterly horrible, there are other effects of it that aren’t that bad. My roommate situation was pretty excruciating, including finding out her drunk guy friend would sleep in my bed when I was gone, having her boyfriend sleep in our room almost every night, and, worst of all, pretending I was asleep while they fooled around less that 10 feet away. BUT! It forced me to get out of the room and go make friends, meet people I never would have, and find much better roommates for the year after. Meh, it’s at least something.</p>
<p>@ Movingunit: It is possible, just a hassle. Here, there is a deadline as to when you can have it done by, save super huge conflict. Freshman year, one of my friends hated her roommate, got along better with one of the girls on the floor who also hated her roommate. The two hated roommates got along, so they just switched 3 weeks in and everything worked out fine.</p>
<p>I also know of some people who did so at a UC. It probably depends on the school, but I’m sure they wouldn’t prohibit it. I mean, they know you’re going into this with a total stranger and some people just don’t mesh. My situation started getting horrible after winter break when they really wouldn’t want to make any changes to housing, so I just let it go.</p>
<p>Also, as far as roommate selection goes, that really depends on the school. I know at UCI they have a small “values” questionnaire to sort of match people, but at my school (Poly SLO), they don’t care one bit. It’s all chronological here. All of our early decisions were in one tower, for example.</p>