<p>okay so basically my parents want me to go into a single gender floor because theyre worried about the whole having girls on the same floor and sharing bathrooms and stuff... what are co-ed floors like? what can i tell my parents that'll convince them that co-ed floors are "safe" to parents' standards?</p>
<p>i dunno, tell them having women on the same room will make you neater and more polite in order to court them better, while being on the same floor with guys only will make you a slob and possibly turn you gay (only works if your parents are homophobic).</p>
<p>or that the walls are thin so people care hear what their neighbors are up to and will be sure to humiliate them if they hear anything suspicious.</p>
<p>but seriously, tell them it’s your decision and if you’ve made it to Cal, you’re responsible enough to care for yourself.</p>
<p>What are your parents worried about? What concerns them?</p>
<p>I am a guy, and I am really glad I got a co-ed floor. My friends who are in single-sex dorms (stern, bowles) really hate their experiences there. In general, i think having a mix of guys and girls will always make situations more fun.</p>
<p>basically its a concern for like… guys and girls sharing bathrooms, stuf like that… parents have always been paranoid over girls/guys doing stuff together in close proximity
whats the structure of the co ed bathrooms?</p>
<p>Next thing you’ll be telling us you can’t go to your 5 year old cousin’s birthday party because girls will be there. Ewww cooties.
lol jk.</p>
<p>Depends where you live. It’s basically sink…walkway…toilets and shower stalls. Some dorms actually have separate boys and girls. But co-ed floor is much more lively and much more likely to get you into parties as freshmen rather than a single sex (unless someone on that floor joins a frat, which is possible). haha</p>
<p>I’m living on a single sex floor right now and I hate it. It’s funny though. Whenever a girl comes in (my friends or this other guy’s), these four guys start showing off and doing stupid stuff in an attempt to impress them I would assume.</p>
<p>depends on the people every year. if they’re naughty or not.</p>
<p>AHAHHAHAH thats great
er… i doubt “but then i’ll get invited to way more parties” is any reason for my parents to let me go to a co-ed floor hahaha
hmm but thanks… at this moment all i can hope is that i can get by with putting ‘either’ as my preference for rooming and only get co ed floor offers hahah</p>
<p>tell them its strictly monitored.</p>
<p>they won’t know, they can’t visit you everyday.</p>
<p>there aren’t as many single guy floors as single girl floors… i wonder how that works out… more spots at bowles than stern maybe? or just more girls than guys…</p>
<p>soo even if you requested one, you MIGHT not get one. if you request bowles however, you probably will get bowles…</p>
<p>lol are you asian? just curious</p>
<p>im not applying for bowles haha… all male dorm = i cant live…
i really hope chances are for me and i dont get a male floor offer 
and yeah i am asian</p>
<p>no offense, but asian parents are ■■■■■■■■ (i’m asian)</p>
<p>yes strong stereotyping but it’s true =/</p>
<p>Well, I don’t think all male floors exist in the unit unless you count that one room down on the first floor. You could just not tell your parents what you applied for and then when you don’t end up on a all male floor tell them that the rooms were assigned randomly by lottery.</p>
<p>You may not get what you want. My DD is kind of a clean freak and she did NOT want a coed floor in a very expensive dorm, she wanted a much cheaper option, but you get what you get</p>
<p>I visited several times and there was not a lot of stuff going on that would concern a parent, but the girls found sharing the bathrooms unappealing, as the guys are slobs.</p>
<p>In that dorm, on that coed floor, they had two rooms with bathtubs- they made on guys and one girls; they had 4 showers, any one could use them, they had two toilets and the made one of those generally guys & one generally girls.</p>
<p>It was unsettling to be in the shower and see a guys feet under the partition, but it is also just generally unpleasant to have an entire year of showering as if you are in high school PE!</p>
<p>Why was it unsettling?</p>
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<p>You cannot turn gay, you are born with your sexuality. Also, get your stereotypes right, gays are thought to be a lot cleaner than straight and bisexual men.</p>
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Bowles has around 190-some males, Stern has well over 250 females.</p>
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Bowles is an awesome place. I has the largest rooms, it is closest to campus, and it is fairly social. When I was there in F07-Sp08, there were Super Smash Bros. Melee/Brawl tournaments every Saturday and Starcraft LAN parties every Friday. I will be returning to Bowles next year.</p>
<p>HAHA you are going into college. Make your own decisions because you will be gone from your parents and Berkeley will certainly not hold your hand. Geez I have to do everything for myself and on top of that my parents don’t even know that I have signed a lease on an apartment and have taken out loans. Sure your parents MIGHT be paying for college, but you will be living there so make the right choice. Tell them you applied for the same-sex dorms, but didn’t get in, but please don’t put bowles as a choice because they will most likely put you there since the demand is relatively low in comparison to the Units.</p>
<p>hahhaa thanks for all the advice, people…
for my parents though, it wont be easy just saying ‘its my decision’. ive tried that talk plenty of times in vain hahah i think ill just have to find someone i know who went to berkeley to conivince her otherwise :p</p>