<p>Looking for some college advice, like seemingly every other thread on this forum. I'm an OOS (Utah, lame amirite?), I love to skate (which makes me quite sad about the regulations at ucsc, but its tolerable), I'm thinking science major (although I hear that shouldn't be your college picking factor), I'm an introverted quietish fellow but I do better around extroverts. I toured yesterday and I really liked the courtyard in Kresge/Porter (couldn't remember which one it was exactly..) Also Crown's hall names made me laugh a lil (Gauss, Descartes, etc. I'm a science nerd, deal.) but I hear that everyone there is super studious, so I'm not sure about that. I also hear that most of the campus skaters are in college 10 (which is somewhat important). I don't smoke, but I toke and drink. I can deal with smokers from time to time but I don't really want them to be my primary associates (also some of them were total jackasses to me when I didn't let em bum a cig off me when I was there for my tour). Also of note I'm vegan, not sure how applicable that is. Help me pick?</p>
<p>Nah, Crown isn’t super studious. Definitely people who take school seriously for the most part, but it doesn’t get in the way of social activities. Can’t say much about skaters, I mostly see skateboards around campus.</p>
<p>If you’re vegan I would stay away from 9/10. Their dining hall has a special “vegan” corner, but I only see dishes there once or twice a week. I see them more consistently at Crown/Cowell dining, and I don’t go to Porter/8 enough to speak about those.</p>
<p>The courtyard you’re thinking of it probably Porter’s. Huge and surrounded by two buildings, right? Despite the stoner stereotype you’d probably do well there.</p>
<p>Traditional cute? Nerdy cute? Punk? Tomboy? Come on here. :P</p>
<p>Thanks for the info on 9/10’s dining, I’ll def stay away from those. You mention you see people on campus skating, does that mean the no skate rules aren’t very well enforced? because that would be sick. I’ve done some more research and I’m definitely thinking Porter and Kresge as my first 2, probably followed by crown or 8. However I would like some info on the differences between starting in dorms or apartments, and their values. I like the idea of initially being able to make a lot of friends like in a dorm however I don’t really like sleeping in the same space with people (take right now, I can’t sleep cause my dad is sleeping in here too, despite the fact that I’m obscenely tired) and it seems considerably more likely that I could snag a single in a shared Kresge apartment then in the Porter dorms. Also the Kresge core course sounds better to me then the porter one, so I feel like I’m at something of a crossroads.</p>
<p>Not super well enforced as far as I’m aware. Most skating on weekdays I see is “after hours”, around 6 or so when most people don’t have classes any more. People seem to enjoy tackling Crown’s hill on their skateboard, or simply drifting down the campus roads after dark. There is nearly no type of campus law enforcement around on the weekends. Just RAs and CSOs doing rounds on occasion past dark, but their priorities seem to be noise disturbances/parties.</p>
<p>Core course, don’t weigh it too highly in making a choice. I don’t know what the situation is in Kresge regarding apartment singles. I just know it’s very rare for freshmen to get singles in general. Apartment singles are in especially high demand it would seem, because they appeal to upperclassmen and they get first pick. Luckily on your housing form you can mark some things regarding snoring and how heavy you sleep, so if you do have to share a room, chances are you’ll at least get a roommate who doses quietly. If you have a serious problem sleeping with others around, it can be noted in a separate section, and you might get put high on the list for the remaining singles. </p>
<p>The Kresge apartments seem to be very social. When I walk through there, there’s always activity going on. Dorms may seem like the ticket to getting a good group of friends, but that’s not necessarily true. Last year I was assigned to a floor of people I simply didn’t have anything much in common with, and the majority of my friends ended up being from the house across the way. No matter the situation you’ll find a solid group of friends, no doubt.</p>
<p>Thats awesome to hear on regulations thank you.</p>
<p>Also as far as sharing sleeping arrangements I’m kind of a challenge. Because in addition to being an incredibly soft sleeper I also go through stints in the night where I either have my eyes wide open or where I will start talking and be able to hold a full on conversation in my sleep. Not sure how much a roommate would appreciate either of these traits… Then again I could always restart my love/hate affair with sleeping medication.</p>
<p>And that is nice to hear some reassurement on the potential for living in apartments and still being social.</p>