@Mumstheword2 most if not all of the triples in Santa Lucia last year had at least one ED applicant. If your student can find an ED student to request as a roommate, that may up her chance of getting into a double. Of course as the freshman class continues to grow, those double will be harder and harder to come by.
Thanks for the info @caligirl14. I didn’t realize that such a high percentage of the room assignments were triples. Do you know if Yosemite or Sierra Madre have as many triples as Santa Lucia?
FWIW, and take this with a grain of salt as I have a son, not a daughter, my son was in a triple and it was awesome. All three were from out of state and became very close friends. I really think the triple/double concern is pretty overblown. They are all small rooms, with two of three. The rooms aren’t places to escape to a quiet place regardless of double or triple. The magic is just being in the wing and developing ties with so many likeminded students. It’s why freshmen in PCV typically report that their experience is less than ideal even though the dorms are “nicer.” They miss out on the bonding borne from compaction.
I don’t honestly know. And the freshman class keeps growing each year so Cal Poly is constantly making adjustments to housing (for instance turning 4 bedroom apartments (housing 4 students in single rooms) into apartments that house 6 students - 3 rooms housing two students each with one room being used as a study area). If your daughter ends up in a triple it will probably be fine; my student learned a lot of life skills living in such a tiny area with two other students who weren’t a particularly good match.
When we toured the campus, we ate at the all-you-can-eat restaurant (19 Metro) and they had several different themed stations (burgers, sandwiches, asian, italian, etc.), as well as a full salad bar which could be a meal in itself. According to the student who did our housing tour, the dining plan changed this year (2015-16) to accommodate what the students wanted (a declining dollars plan where they can spend their dining dollars anywhere on campus). We didn’t eat anywhere else on campus, but we felt 19 Metro was high quality and that it had several options to appeal to different tastes. Other food places we saw on campus, in addition to the regular dining halls, included Jamba Juice, Einstein Bros, Ciao, Red Radish, Subway, Tacos-2-Go, and others. Since they changed the plan this year, I suspect they are aware of the less than stellar reputation of on-campus food and are looking to improve!
