<p>ok my choices have been narrowed to these two schools and i would lie to get some info on housing as that is a big part of my budget.</p>
<p>ucd told me freshman are only guaranteed one year of housing and then your off on your own, while i heard that ucsd guarantees two years. i also know that both davis and la jolla are full of old ppl that love to rip off students so can anyone tell me what is the average rental costs for off campus housing for a student? </p>
<p>even though la jolla and ucsd are notoriously known for expensive housing, do you think that extra year in the dormsat ucsd will cost me less than at davis which i assume will only give me one year in the dorms. </p>
<p>so basically which campus will give me the cheapest total in housing (i expect to be in either campus for 5 years since i am a comp sci major)</p>
<p>this would really help me out cuz i can basically envision myself at either campus</p>
<p>well my brother goes to davis, he pays about $370 a month for rent. He lives with 8 others in a townhouse and has one roomate. the house is pretty big. (but remember the closer your house is to the campus, the more expensive it gets.) as for ucsd, i asked some of my friends who goes there, they told me they rented a two bedroom apartment with four people (including themselves) and each person pays about $450 per month. Rent in LaHolla is probably a little bit more expensive and harder to find, but compare to living in a dorm it is a lot cheaper same goes for davis.</p>
<p>You can live in Pacific Beach (south of La Jolla), or Mira Mesa (east) for much cheaper, the commute is not bad at all from PB and Mira Mesa is only bad if its like 5pm or something, usual rush hour traffic</p>
<p>my_acers: really? i thougt living in dorms is cheaper....so maybe the one year guaranteed at davis is not so bad...</p>
<p>borkez: would i need to drive to get to school? cuz i do not plan on taking my car so that could be a problem.....what is the average rent at those places?</p>
<p>yeah you would need to drive....but its California what do you expect. You could always take the bus I guess...dunno about the numbers on the rent but substantially cheaper than La Jolla for sure</p>
<p>Living off campus is generally cheaper because you don't have to purchase a meal plan and your rent doesn't cover the costs of having a dorm administration including all the free rent RAs.</p>
<p>Another consideration is that after your freshman year you may want to room with certain friends who may or may not have cars. Then you need to be near a bus line (and many buses do not run all night) or you need to have access to a set of wheels (Car, bike, friends car ect.)</p>
<p>After two years in a dorm at UCSD, you might be planning to live very far off campus for your junior year, Like Paris or London and dorms don't matter much. Most of the seniors I know age out of dorms as they try to finish off their requirements and get into grad school. They have developed the discipline to make use of the libraries and classes in blocks of time so they are not constantly rushing back on to campus several times a day.</p>
<p>You might want to pick a college based on educational opportunity, since even a great dorm with a lousy roommate or a lousy dorm with a great roomate can happen.</p>
<p>well ucd does have one of the largest internship programs so that would help me career rise but ucsd has better rep overall and in my major (comp sci)......so will internships/experience be better than rep/prestige of program and school? plus davis is near silicon valley and i intend on living in norcal so maybe ucsd rep doesnt really matter up here, but i would like to see socal.</p>