<p>i can be social and i like being quiet at times... which dorm would u recommend? is lothian dirty??? and which dorm is spacious?? and does pentland rlly not have any social life??? and if u do live in pentland is it far to go eat??? how long does it take to go eat. how far are the dorms to each other????</p>
<p>Lothian might be good for you and no it is not dirty… East Lothian dorms are much more spacious than West Lothian dorms. For Pentland, it depends on what kind of people you live with, but it might be harder to get close with everyone because you’re separated into suites. Pentland isn’t that far of a walk from either dining hall and the dorms are all within a short walking distance from one another. How long it takes to eat depends on each person or how long you and your friends want to stay in the dining hall…</p>
<p>Not a lot of social opportunities for pentland. Lothian is a good option if you want to be social yet have quite time</p>
<p>The dorms are within a few minutes of walking.</p>
<p>East Lothian??? how do i get around the school??? through bike???</p>
<p>You can walk, bike, scooter, skate around campus.</p>
<p>lothian’s clean. east lo is cleaner than ai or west lo</p>
<p>There are no spacious dorms.</p>
<p>it all depends on who else is in your hall. i know plenty of pentland suites that are more social than my lothian hall.</p>
<p>it takes two minutes to go from pentland to the ai or lothian dining hall.</p>
<p>I would recommend either AI or Lothian for the social aspect if you want to meet a lot of people then yes definitely those two. I’m a first year right now and wanted to live in East Lothian the summer before I moved in because everyone was talking about how “social” it was. When the dorm assignments were released I was a bit disappointed because I was assigned AI. I heard that AI sucks because it’s old. Now that I’ve been here for almost a whole school year I really like living in AI. I met a lot of people and these people i met led me to meet even more people and my network just continuously broadens. AI is great because it’s convenient in many ways. It’s the closest to campus, and everything you need is within the building. There’s a convenience store, dining hall, 2 large study lounges, large game room, and two music rooms. Also it’s closest to the rec center (gym). I would definitely recommend AI or Lothian. Pentland is alright I guess… I know a lot of people living in Pentland, and it’s social aspect really isn’t as good as the other two traditional style dorm halls. You’d really get close with the people within your own hall of around 10 people or so. If you’re lucky maybe a few halls around and that’s it. The area of pentland is too broad, which leads to safety issues. Because Pentland isn’t one building it’s not easy for the security to keep an eye everywhere so there has been robberies that happened and they’re recent too. Another inconvenience is that Pentland doesn’t have it’s own dining hall so you’d have to walk to either AI or Lothian. Pentland is good if you’re really that afraid of sharing the entire bathroom with your hall. Seriously it’s not a big deal to share the bathroom also it’s not coed so if you’re a girl you won’t have to fear of showering next to a dude and vice versa. For AI, one hall consists around 50 people total and split in around 25 guys and 25 girls , so you’re basically sharing the bath room with around 25 or less guys and it’s never packed so you won’t have to wait in line just to brush your teeth there are enough sinks! Overall I love AI if I get to choose again I’d definitely pick AI. There’s just a lot to say but you’d have to experience it yourself. Goodluck on choosing, and hope you really decide on coming to UCR!</p>
<p>wait what happens if u dont get the dorm u want ??? can i change try to change it? cus i rlly dont want west lothian !!</p>
<p>Thank You sooo muchhh</p>
<p>you can TRY to change it, but it’s really hard to. the easiest way to change is to find someone who wants to switch with you, which is already next to impossible haha. but westlo isnt bad! im in eastlo, and actually now that im here, i wouldve preferred westlo, cept the showers arent as nice and it smells kind of funky. but the rooms seem a bit larger to me and they have elevated beds and two mirrors instead of one. =]</p>