<p>I was just wondering which of the housing options current students think is better. In the event that I am accepted, should I apply for the Sierra Madre/Yosemite halls or the Red Bricks? What are the differences between CAS and the LLCs? Thank you.</p>
<p>Sorry for being the clueless guy here, but which buildings are the Red Bricks?
Sequoia, Tenaya, Muir, Trinity, Santa-Lucia … are these them or are there more…or am I totally looking at the wrong area of my map?</p>
<p>Sierra Madre/Yosemite: Very similar set up, the only differences are like how the floors are divided by gender or something. I’m not really clear on the set up though, but I don’t think you share a bathroom with as many people as you do in the red bricks. The rooms are rectangular and long. They turned some of these into triples this year.</p>
<p>Red bricks: Buildings are separated by major (liberal arts, engineering, business, etc). These are the “traditional” dorms where you share a bathroom at the end of the hallway with everyone. The rooms are slightly smaller than yosemite/sierra madre. Some rooms are triples.</p>
<p>North Mountain: Sort of remind me of a hotel. Outdoor entrances, two story buildings with big windows. Some rooms are triples. You share a bathroom with three other rooms (so usually 6-8 people to a bathroom with I’m guessing like 2-3 showers, toilets, and sinks.) These rooms are bigger. There is no common room, but you get to use the common room/study area in Santa Lucia which is one of the red bricks. I probably would have liked to live here if I lived in a dorm my freshman year. </p>
<p>Cerro Vista: Apartments on campus that are anywhere from 50-90% freshmen. I lived here my freshman year. Cerro is nice, almost nicer than poly canyon imo. You get a fully equipt kitchen, your own bedroom, and you only share a bathroom with one other person. However, if you’re not particularly outgoing, it can sometimes be more difficult to meet people outside of your roommates. I think the best ways to avoid feeling isolated are to prop your front door open when you are home, go to programs and get to know the CA’s, join some clubs/Greek life on campus, and get to know your neighbors. I personally found cerro to be pretty lonely at times and it’s a lot different from the dorms. I’ve heard that this year the freshmen in cerro are a bit more outgoing though, but it can still seem pretty quiet compared to the dorms. </p>
<p>So hopefully this helped a little. Feel free to ask me more questions if you wanna know more.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks a lot NTKS17! That’s a great explanation of all the different housing options, easily the best I’ve seen.
I’m fine with traditional and would like to be with people who have a similar major so it seems like it Red Bricks for me.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, there are several different Red Brick buildings that are for the college of engineering (I’m planning on civil). Would you happen to know if there is any distinction between these or are they all basically the same?</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>I believe Santa Lucia is the only engineering red brick. However, the North Mountain halls are sort of an extension of Santa Lucia and I’m pretty sure they’re made up mostly of engineering students as well. They get access to the Santa Lucia common areas. The community is known as SLNM (pronounced Sill-nim haha lol. and yes people actually do call it this) - for Santa Lucia North Mountain.</p>