<p>I also asked this question in the UC Transfer forum and was told I might get a better answer by trying in this one. So here is what I orginally wrote:
I’m really unsure as to what housing I want to choose as a transfer student from a CC to UC Davis, as junior. I know this topic has been brought up before, and believe me, I have read the comments. The majority involve the discontent of those transfer students whom live off campus and this worries me as off campus living is my present decision.
I am hoping that by giving you some info of my situation that you might give me either first hand or second hand experience of off campus or on campus living and some needed advice; I’m curious to know more about the trade-offs.
First off, cost is a factor but not if one choice is overwhelmingly better than the other. I am particularly concerned with being isolated from others (like others have reported after having lived as a transfer off campus). I am not the most outgoing when it comes to meeting new people so off campus could be difficult in that respect while something like a dorm could be …distracting. I get the impression that most of transfer and probably all juniors live off campus but the only response to off campus living that I have read is negative. From experience or maybe from what a friend has gone through, what do you think the better choice is? The more I think about it the more I am settling with off campus apartments but I am still not sure.
I think this sums up my concerns. Thanks for any and all feedback.</p>
<p>Generally, dorms = if you want to be social while off campus = if you just want to work. That's not to say that you can't do either in the opposite location, it's just more difficult to do it.</p>