<p>Where did you stay/request to stay your freshman year? Why? I’m debating between cerro or bricks. thanks!</p>
<p>I was in cerro. It had its pros and cons. The main pro was the living arrangement. Tons of space compared to the redbricks (a lot of which have been turned into triples now), your own kitchen to cook, and only having to share a bathroom with one person. It’s also not much further from campus than the other dorms - just up a little hill. Yosemite is probably a longer walk to most places actually. </p>
<p>The cons when I lived there was that it was not very social at all. I feel like you really had to make an effort to meet people, and at the time I wasn’t very good at that. However, from what I’ve heard, cerro has become more social over the last couple years. Maybe it’s attracting a different crowd now? Anyway, I’d say that was the main con for me.</p>
<p>The red bricks will give you a true college dorm experience though. And you really only have one chance for that. You can still live in the apartments your sophomore year.</p>
<p>Do you regret not living in the dorms?
Why did you end up choosing Cerro?
And what do you mean by social…eveyone is just always in their rooms and not talking?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>At times I regret not having the dorm experience, but things eventually turned out pretty well for me. Freshman year wasn’t that great though. If you are definitely an outgoing person (not someone like me who was just “trying” to be more outgoing), you should have no problem meeting people living in cerro. </p>
<p>And yeah, that’s basically what I mean by social. It’s very easy to isolate yourself in cerro. Whereas in the dorms, it’s much more difficult since you’re constantly surround by people.</p>
<p>I chose cerro because I like having my own space. I wasn’t (and still aren’t) sure that I could handle living in such a small place with someone else, having to deal with that bathroom situation, and just being surrounded by constant activity. I like being in this type of environment occasionally, just not all the time. The problem with cerro (when I lived there at least), was that you never got to be around it at all. It seems a little different now though, from what I’ve heard. More people keeping their apartment doors open and such.</p>
<p>I currently live in cerro right now and I don’t regret my choice at all. I’m not an outgoing person. Everything turned out to be fine for me. 
I agree with what NTKS17 said, but I don’t think a lot of people are still keeping their apartment doors open and stuff. Everyone on my floor keeps their doors closed. In fact, I don’t even know who they are and I hardly see them around. I did choose cerro mostly because I wanted my own room and private bathroom.</p>
<p>Sometimes, my suitemates and I hang out in downtown and at the apartment on the weekends.</p>