<p>I know juniors have their lotteries before sophomores, just wondering if there are ever any left for soph's. Son and his friends, who will be sophomores next fall, want OUT of dorm living, but I'm not comfortable yet with an off-campus apt. for him - don't want a 12 month lease, utility payments, etc...</p>
<p>Are you talking about the Bouquet apts. or just the suites? The Bouquet apartments are very popular and go fast. When DS was a junior, he and his friends couldn’t get the Bouquet (guess their lowest number was not low enough). The suites should not be a problem.</p>
<p>My DS is currently a sophomore and he had #77 in the lottery for this year. He and his friends got the last 5 person suite available and it’s in Panther Hall. They love it and it’s absolutely a beautiful set up. They were very lucky to get it as #77 is a really low number! I would recommend they wait and see what their numbers are and then go from there. I don’t blame you for wanting them to stay on campus. If they can get a suite I think they’d be much happier than a traditional dorm set up, especially if they are in the Towers.</p>
<p>I was actually referring to apartments, not suites. A suite is where I would choose for my son - I think it’s a nice transition from dorm to apartment - but he’s intent on an apt. Really tired of campus food and cramped living.</p>
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<p>Ruskin Hall is apartments that many sophomores with low housing numbers can get (2 and 3 bedroom apartments, only about 10 1-bedrooms in the building). The only bad thing is that the rooms are very variable- some have large bedrooms and tiny living rooms, some have large bathrooms and small bedrooms, etc.</p>
<p>If your son and his friends are UHC eligible, they can also apply to live in Forbes Craig Apartments as sophomores. Since it’s UHC housing, you don’t have to use a lottery number to apply, just the housing application. It can be kind of hard to get into (only 102 beds in the apartment) but it’s a great environment. </p>
<p>Bouquet is always taken up by juniors before the sophomores even begin to pick housing.</p>
<p>Are there 2 students per bedroom in all ruskin apartments? The only floor plan I found showed it set up this way.</p>
<p>trippin - No. My daughter was in Ruskin last year with two other roommates. They had a two bedroom apartment. One bedroom was a 2 person room and the other was a one person room.</p>
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<p>As pittsmom said, the 2 BR apartments are a 1-2 configuration for beds. Most of the 1-BR apartments are 2-people per room. There are only 10 1-person 1-BR apartments in Ruskin IIRC. It’s very hard to get a single.</p>
<p>ruskin is all either 2 bedrooms (1 single and 1 double) or 1 bedroom (double). like he said, the room sizes and shapes in the apartments vary, usually corner room are the biggest but my roommates and i lived in a corner room ending in 03 last ear which, we didnt know when we chose the room b/c you can’t see specific layouts, is the smallest corner room and i think smallest triple apartment on each floor. not tiny but definitely not ideal. bouquet is the best situation on campus, it’s right near where most students move off campus so if friends live off campus it’s close but very nice and bigger apartments than ruskin and all single bedrooms. sophomores have avery low chance of getting it though, we had #84 and could only get ruskin. suits are nice but still have RAs and need to get a meal plan b//c it’s not a full kitchen. honestly, living off campus is cheaper and as far as city living goes south oakland is pretty safe. just something to think about if he wants off campus.</p>
<p>Me and my roommates are all sophomores and we live in Bouquet this year. Our lottery in was in the 70’s I think. I’ve heard it alternates by year: one year, a lot of sophomores-to-be might get in but then since they can retain their suite, the next year there are less open units. Then that year only juniors-to-be can get in.</p>