<p>This obviously applies only to on-campus housing, since it's unlikely that there's such thing as an apartment in which one is legally prevented from cooking.</p>
<p>I understand that microwaves and the like are not officially allowed in dorms not already outfitted with them (correct me if I'm wrong there), but given that I don't like using microwaves anyway, I was wondering:</p>
<p>Do the dorms (or buildings containing them) contain conventional cooking facilities ("conventional" would basically be a stove/hot plate and a conventional/convection oven)?</p>
<p>Are small refrigerators/freezers allowed in the dorm rooms?</p>
<p>erm, microwaves and minifridges ARE allowed. UCSD used to pass out flyers for micro101's fridge/fridge-microwave combo rental service, where they'd deliver to the dorms and pick it up at the end of the year. it was a good deal for us. i don't know if they're still passing out flyers, but you should be able to hook up with them yourself. </p>
<p>and yes, on each college there IS access to "conventional" cooking facilities. but don't count on them to always be free ... or clean.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information, though I just remembered that asking about this for UCSD is completely pointless, since I currently live in San Diego anyway.</p>