<p>The main different between Kresge and Porter is that Kresge is all apartments. I don’t think first years can live on porter this coming school year because it has been turned into the transfer community meaning all transfers live on Porter now and no first years.</p>
<p>There will be first years at Porter next year. :)</p>
<p>Hey, I was wondering about Kresge College. I’ve been living on my own for about 6 months and think that I would like to be in a situation where I am more independent. I was just wondering if the people there were at all like that? Is it really far away from campus? I would like some info on some things like that?</p>
<p>Daydreamer81: Only Building A (dorms) will be dedicated to the transfer community. We still have Building B (dorms) plus all the Porter apartments. A few students are reportedly being displaced to other colleges, but that is highly unlikely to be first year students (although it is possible). It is more likely to be sophomore and up being displaced.</p>
<p>mckayla625: Kresge is physically on the campus. It is just above Porter on the west side of campus.</p>
<p>Hi everyone. i cant decide on which college to choose. im looking to major in neuroscience. i am also athletic and i am also down to smoke blunts all day if necessary. however, i dont really want to be partying too hard. i have been thinking about Porter. how are the rooms? bathrooms? is it a good choice for me? (<– kind of a hard question for a stranger to answer haha) any suggestions?</p>
<p>im trying to decide as well, i definitely want to be in a very social college that has lots of parties and all that (i understand most / all colleges will be this way). but which college will have the best food? best location? friendliest people?</p>
<p>@spikeisfat
Cowell and Stevenson are your best bet. Right by the gym, a good dining hall, and awesome view. But I will warn you, UCSC is not a party school. I went to a lot of parties my first quarter but this quarter it has slowed down. If you’re not in a club sport, frat or sorority, then you’ll have a hard time finding parties. And to be honest, frat parties are lame. All it is is people getting drunk and acting dumb. It’s definitely not like the movies make it seem like. Regarding the food, in the beginning of the year it’s pretty good but as the quarter and year goes a long it gets worse. Also, I would say all colleges have friendly people. I usually stay only in the Cowell/Stevenson area and most people are social and friendly.</p>
<p>hey guys I’m also might be considering which college to attend. I will be majoring in Electrical Engineering, and was wondering which college to go to?</p>
<p>also any college with more asians?</p>
<p>bl0wnidea: 9/10 has the most asians, supposedly. Being an EE major doesn’t help place you at all, unless you really want to be in a sciencey community. Then you might also want to look into Crown. But that’s the most I can say given that bit of info about you.</p>
<p>So the major you decide has no bearing on the college you choose?</p>
<p>I’m currently a first year at College 9. And I love college.</p>
<p>Some pointers mostly on 9/10:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The college “theme” is honestly bull crap. Don’t choose your college based on the theme. The only relevant “theme” thing is your first quarter mandatory Writing class which is affiliated with your chosen college.</p></li>
<li><p>Other than your first quarter of Writing, College 9 and College 10 are essentially the same thing. Yes, College 10 is two years newer than College 9, but there is no difference. C9 seems just as new as C10. 9/10 both have the “clean” and “modern” feeling. </p></li>
<li><p>The 9/10 community has a lot of Asians. And so, if you’re most comfortable with Asians, 9/10 is the place to be. Out of 40 people on my floor, 29 are Asians. Similar trend on other floors. It’s not a bad thing, though. Everyone seems to inter-mingle quite well, at least from my perspective. If you’re not Asian (or even if you are), you may feel intimidated at first by the majority population of Asians. But no worry, there is actually a nice diverse/mix of people that’ll match your type and in no time you’ll find yourself in a satisfied position.</p></li>
<li><p>Not a lot of smoking at 9/10, but it is here. Decent amount/size of parties. Nothing too hard, nothing too shallow. If you don’t like partying/drug/alcohol, you can still have a great time being social here. For first year dorming at C9, there is the substance-free and non-substance-free building. The substance-free building is pretty much 80% substance-free. Also, non-substance-free building doesn’t mean it gets crazy and out of hand there. I must say people here at 9/10 balance out socializing/partying and academics quite well.</p></li>
<li><p>I’ve read posts that say 9/10 is “inactive” or “lacks character”. What the eff. Lies. Don’t listen to them.</p></li>
<li><p>Most people at 9/10 are Bio or Engineering majors, and some Business majors. Similar build at Crown/Merrill. If 9/10 are your first/second choice, I suggest placing Crown/Merrill as third/forth and vice-versa.</p></li>
<li><p>Walking from 9/10: Short walk to the Physical Sciences, Engineering, Social-Sciences buildings, and the Science&Engineering Library. Medium walk to the Humanities, Classroom Unit1/2, Music/Media Theatre, Digital Arts buildings, BayTreeBookStore, and McHenry Library. Long walk to the athletic facilities (but hey, if you’re going there, jog).</p></li>
<li><p>9/10 Dining Hall is open until 11:00PM. Everywhere else, it closes at 7:00PM. Food here is good enough. Other colleges may have better food, but being able to go for a late-night snack is just awesome. </p></li>
<li><p>There are a lot of baby raccoons. They’re darn cute.</p></li>
<li><p>Most of my non-college friends branch out to Crown/Merrill and Porter/Kresge, simply because those are adjacent to the 9/10 community.</p></li>
<li><p>9/10 bathroom stalls are a mere 3~4 inches off the ground, compared to 1+ ft in public bathrooms. And so, if you were in a stall, and someone walked into the stall next to yours, you can barely see their shoes. Showers have double curtains: a curtain for a place to change, another curtain for the actual shower. It’s pretty darn safe.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I’ll continue to update this as things pops up in my head.</p>
<p>Feel free to msg me for any questions, not limited to 9/10 questions too.</p>
<p>@bl0wnidea: Yup, your major has no impact on where you live. It’s not like they thrown all of some major into some college. It just so happens that due to location or history, that some colleges attract more of one type than the other. </p>
<p>A few things to add to ExpiredYogurt’s post.</p>
<p>Not all the other dining halls close at 7pm. 8/Oakes has late night hours, and Crown closes at 8pm (but closed on weekends). 9/10 suffers for an overabundance of junk food, but the consistency is certainly nice considering the late night hours!</p>
<p>The Crown showers also have the double curtains. I think this must be the standard in the dorms, thank goodness.</p>
<p>I see baby raccoons over at Crown too. A group of 4 plus a parent or two. I wonder if they’re the same ones? They seem to wander all over. :0</p>
<p>Hello everyone! I know that everyone here says that the colleges theme and core courses really don’t matter, but I’m in a little dilemma here. </p>
<p>I recently checked out Santa Cruz and REALLY liked the Cowell and C8 colleges, but in the brochure it says that Kresge is home to The Writing Program, The Writing Center, the Creative Writing archives, and the Writer’s House which REALLY catch my attention but I didn’t really like Kresge…</p>
<p>So my question is if I decide to not go to Kresge will I not be able to join those programs OR will it set me back to those living in Kresge college OR I won’t be as informed seeing that I’m not living there?</p>
<p>Basically, is it worth choosing Kresge because of those benefits or it really doesn’t matter?</p>
<p>Hopefully…this made sense. Thank You everyone!</p>
<p>Porter also has double curtain showers.</p>
<p>And to add to the dining hall discussion:
Cowell/Stevenson is open until 7 pm every day of the week.
Crown/Merrill (apparently) is open until 8 pm, but is closed on weekends.
9/10 is open until 11 pm every day of the week.
Porter/Kresge is open until 7 pm. but is closed on weekends.
College 8/Oakes is open until 11 pm Sunday-Thursday. It closes at 7 on Fridays and Saturdays. </p>
<p>SO, if you want late night on weekends, you’ll have to go to the 9/10 dining hall. And if you live at Porter/Kresge or Crown/Merrill, you’ll have to choose a different dining hall all together on weekends.
But saying that 9/10 is the only late night option is completely false. Any day of the week other than Friday or Saturday nights, you have the option of 8/Oakes as well (which in MY opinion is much better than 9/10 dining).</p>
<p>@skinnykittee</p>
<p>I really don’t think it will matter that much. I’m sorry I don’t know more about those programs specifically, but I think a lot of colleges also have writing “themed” housing. At least Porter does as well. Honestly, if you didn’t like Kresge, I don’t think it would be wise to choose to live there just because some center might be located there.
For example, I have a friend who is a legal studies major. Most of the legal studies “things” are located in/near Merrill, but she really didn’t want to live there. In the end, she lived at Porter. And while it is inconvenient to have to go all the way to Merrill to take certain classes or talk to an advisor, she hasn’t had any problems with getting involved in her area of study. </p>
<p>I could be wrong, and it might be different for creative writing, but I get the feeling it might be a similar situation. If you don’t want to live at Kresge, don’t. In the end, I think the college you choose to live at should be based on just that: it’s where you want to live. And like I said, you might be able to find writing themed housing at other colleges too!</p>
<p>Hi! I’m yet another admitted student who is undecided on a college.</p>
<p>-black female
-open-minded and liberal
-don’t do drugs or alcohol, occasional partier
-love meeting new people
-a mix of introverted and extraverted, slightly more introverted
-fun person, but also serious about academics
-undecided major, and my interests tend to either change or be very diverse. I like music, writing, video games, diversity, and current events!</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>AHHH, Thank you so much @rectangleshorts! I’ve heard that the college you go to doesn’t ultimately influence your major, I’m just not sure if it’ll give me any disadvantages for not attending the college relating to my major. Ahhh.</p>
<p>^No problem 
And I really don’t think it will give you much of a disadvantage if you live elsewhere. Chances are that you’ll find students with humanities majors all over campus. They’re definitely not restricted to just Kresge. Just like how you’re not going to find only art students in Porter or science in Crown.</p>
<p>To add to what rectangleshorts said: definitely just pick a college you like. No need to be at Kresge especially since you will still need to go to the Humanities building near Cowell (completely on the other side of campus from Kresge) to speak to a Literature adviser if you’re going to major with a Creative Writing concentration. My classes for Lit (including Creative Writing discipline courses I’ve taken) have been all over campus.</p>
<p>CommonIntuition: You’re going to find all sorts of people at the different colleges. I chose Porter simply because I knew one of my majors required very late nights (Theatre Arts) and I wanted to be able to walk to and from the department easily and quickly.</p>
<p>Something that might be a good idea to try (and is not something I did, but I wish I had) is to visit the different colleges and get a feel for their location on campus. Also consider if being close to certain places on campus is important to you. Is being close to a certain department important? A dining hall? A bus stop? The gym? Deep in the forest? On the edge of the forest? Quarry Plaza? There are so many different things that could be important to you.</p>
<p>So interesting! So basically choose your college based on interests and commodities instead on what the brochure says and your major. Gotcha!</p>