<p>what’s the best housing at cal poly? the cerro vista apartments look a lot nicer than the dorms but since (assuming i go to cal poly which i probably will) i’ll be a freshman i’m concerned that it would be too antisocial. i’m relatively shy with new people and i’m worried that if i lived in an apartment then i would have a hard time making friends. i really like the sierra/yosemite dorms, would those be better? and if i don’t commit to cal poly and apply for housing soon will those two fill up? because i haven’t heard back from all my schools yet so i’m not quite ready to commit…</p>
<p>There really is no “bad” housing at Cal Poly. My kid went for the red bricks in his freshman year and although they are most likely the most cramped dorms at school, you will meet loads of people and they are located literally right across the street from the Student Union, bookstore and all the campus cafeterias and food outlets.</p>
<p>I was pleasantly surprised at how well furnished they were and for three people living in a closet it is pretty comfortable. In your sophomore year go to Poly Canyon Village.</p>
<p>Agree with Osakadad, all the housing seems just fine and frankly the campus is not that huge that all of them seemed convenient to us. Also, we were getting lured into the Cerro Vista apartments at first, then we were reminded that sophomore year you go to Poly Canyon which is another set of apartments like Cerro Vista (I think Poly Canyon has even a few more perks). Point is, in the end S decided on the traditional dorm approach rather than a less social apartment setting, because freshman year is the only time you can have the dorm lifestyle/experience. My S is not a social butterfly, so I think the dorms will help him build more friends that first year to carry him through the next few years. btw, after going on a housing tour, I didn’t need to persuade at all, it was totally his idea to go for the dorms, not the apartments.</p>
<p>If you’re not naturally outgoing, don’t go with cerro. I’m pretty shy, and I lived in cerro vista freshman year. For me, putting in the effort to meet people was really overwhelming, since after the first couple weeks, people become busier and you see less of them, so you realllly have to put in more effort to see/meet someone than in the dorms. </p>
<p>The apartments are nice and newer than the dorms, but looking back, I don’t think the trade off was worth it for me. You’d probably like the red bricks or North Mountain. If you really like being around people, even though you might be kinda shy, than the towers would be ok too. I know that for me the towers would have probably been too social though.</p>