<p>My daughter is currently a freshman living in a plaza triple with a shared bath. Next year she and one room mate would like a double in a plaza with a private bath. What are their chances? I know they have priority numbers and housing sign ups start on March 3rd. Can anyone who has been through this process as a sophomore shed some light here? They are really interested in an off campus apt. but those are hard to come by. Thanks!</p>
<p>It depends when her housing sign-up time is. What time you get seems only loosely based on seniority since I got the second day as a freshman. I think there were a fair amount of plaza doubles around the middle of the second day.</p>
<p>off-campus apts are not hard to come by. i live in midvale plaza and they are pre-leasing right now. as a matter of fact, a lot of big apt. complexes are pre-leasing. i don’t know about others but Jefferson Court and Midvale Plaza are pretty nice places. rent is 1950 per month for one bedroom. 2800-2950 for 2 bedroom.</p>
<p>so it doesnt really matter what type of room we chose on the app? we just pick whatever’s availible?</p>
<p>I’d think that filling out the application lets UCLA plan in advance how many doubles/triples to set aside but yes unless you are in incoming freshman you are able to pick exactly which building/floor/room you want assuming someone else hasn’t taken it.</p>
<p>About that, so if we wrote down we wanted a triple plaza, we could actually pick a hall double? I don’t plan on doing this, but I’ve heard a few people ask in the past few days, and I’ve gotten curious 
And this would be for returning students…</p>
<p>returning students can pick whatever room is open in any building, regardless of type they chose on the app.</p>
<p>So just to be sure I get this, they could be sure of getting a double with a private bath in a plaza if that were open, right? If they picked a floor that only had a few rooms available then they wouldn’t be with a ton of freshman students?</p>
<p>It’s very random. It’s all dependent on sign-up time, and whoever has the earlier one is responsible for signing up the other, too. My roommate and I both had bad sign-up times, and our choices by the third day’s late afternoon were Hedrick doubles or E/F triples.</p>
<p>i want an off campus apt… and have the second day of sign ups… if i just want 2 bd/2 bathrooms… @ glenrock, will those be filled?</p>
<p>If your time is on late second day or later, then doubles in the popular areas of De Neve (ABCD) will likely be gone. You will have a chance for E and F. There will be plenty of doubles in Courtside remaining, well until the 3rd and 4th day.</p>
<p>Doubles in Rieber Terrace should be gone by early second day or earlier. Similar story for Rieber Vista. There might be a few in Hedrick Summit too.</p>
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The number of unallocated rooms will be predetermined, and most likely balanced in a plaza from floor to floor. There is usually a reasonable amount of doubles on each floor … (except at Rieber Terrace) … so any way, there will be freshmen.</p>
<p>Do I have a good chance of getting a double in Dykstra with a 1:30 sign-up time on day 3?</p>
<p>Also, Sproul triple vs. Dykstra double? Which would you choose? This is from someone coming from a Sunset triple who isn’t in love with the private bath and would like a more social community.</p>
<p>Double >>> Triple</p>
<p>double > triple
but
sproul > any other hal</p>
<p>DEFINITELY a double in dykstra > triple in sproul</p>
<p>you will never again go back to a triple once you’ve been in a double</p>
<p>also on a sidenote, how many juniors do you think will be in sproul next year? I’m going to be a third year and since I don’t really care about my room and want to save some money I’m going to be in a double in sproul</p>
<p>^ I think a fair few… I’m gonna be a junior too and if I don’t get a UA I’m gonna sign up for Sproul again (I’m in Sproul this year and I know of four juniors on my floor… which I think is actually a pretty good percentage considering that I’m not very connected with my floor, haha). We’ll definitely be waaay outnumbered by the first and second years, but like you kinda said, I think most juniors who want/need to stay on campus but also want to save money will be in Sproul since it’s obviously the nicest res hall</p>
<p>Triple in Sproul > Double in Dykstra > Double in Hedrick </p>
<p>:-/</p>
<p>do you guys think 3:30 pm on the first day is early enough to get a guys double in rieber terrace?</p>
<p>Be happy. You’re on the first day. :'(</p>
<p>how fast do the university apts typically go? does anyone know?</p>