<p>I'm thinking about going to ucsb this fall. Could anyone give me advice on housing options? How to rank them? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Try looking into the themed housing! It seems fun! Thats my two cents, sorry ^^.</p>
<p>Housing doesn't open till April though, right?</p>
<p>I donno, I wanna register for housing asap!</p>
<p>Well, go here:</p>
<p>New</a> Freshman Application</p>
<p>It says April, but I just want to verify with others that it does for sure mean April haha.</p>
<p>Did anyone here get an email about "Tropicana Gardens Housing"? It seems like its not official student housing, but pretty legit by the way they advertise it. Any input?</p>
<p>Yeah I got that Tropicana Gardens thing too, it looks pretty awesome but I don't know. Anyone want to input on that?</p>
<p>Tropicana gardens is a privately owned dorm located in Isla Vista a few blocks away from campus. I personally wouldn't consider it as an option for your first year. It's fine for someone in their 2nd, 3rd, 4th years. </p>
<p>The benefit of being in the campus owned dorms is that everyone on your floor will be a freshman UCSB student, so there's a certain camaraderie that develops. If you were to live in Trop, you'd be living with people of various ages from various colleges. It's not really the best way to develop a new group of friends.</p>