<p>Does anyone have anything in mind as far as what type of housing they're going to try to get into? </p>
<p>I guess it'll depend on how much I can afford, but if cost weren't a factor, De Neve seems pretty cool. :)</p>
<p>How does housing work for freshmen? What are we allowed to apply for?</p>
<p>No, De Neve is not an option for incoming freshmen. That's usually for upper classman.</p>
<p>The residence halls of Rieber, Hedrick, Dystra, and Sproul are usually for Freshmen and some upper classsmen, if I remember correctly.</p>
<p>North Rieber and Hedrick Summit are the new ones and those are the ones I love to stay in. I stayed at Hedrick at that wasn't too bad either. </p>
<p>UCLA guarentees 2 years of housing, and eventually 3 years by 2007.</p>
<p>Freshmen do not get to select where they want to live; they're randomly placed, if I remember as well.</p>
<p>Actually there's a chance that freshmen could get into De Neve because for the housing application, De Neve is grouped with Sunset. :) I'm currently a first year De Neve resident and there are quite a few first years here as well to my surprise in the Evergreen building (There are 5 De Neve buildings).</p>
<p>It's recommended that first years stay in the residence halls (see eiffelguy's list above) because they're known to be more social, but honestly, its how you make of it. De Neve and sunset are known to be more quiet and study-friendly, and "anti-social," but really its up to you to make an effort to get to know your floor in de neve and sunset.</p>
<p>UCLA began guaranteeing sophomores this year 3 years of housing so the 3 guaranteed years are in effect for the current class of 2007 (I think this is what you meant instead of "by 2007").</p>
<p>Also, freshmen are allowed to rank the order of preference of their housing buildings, but 2nd and 3rd years get the priority and freshmen are chosen based on the housing spots left over. The theme junk they ask you to rank also when you apply for housing means nothing.</p>
<p>Ahh yeah, I just realized that it probably wasn't open to freshmen. </p>
<p>I'll have to check it all out when I visit. So I guess most people start out at one of the 4 RHs, then can move up to another type of housing after their freshmen year?</p>
<p>Well generally those who wanted DeNeve end up in Sunset, because the two are grouped together as an option on the housing application, with some that get into De Neve, because De Neve (and also Dykstra of the RH) are popular among the upper classmen.</p>
<p>Oh I see...I love the fact that there's two new complexes being added, so there's lots of options available. I assume apartment rates in the surrounding area of the school are pretty darned high.</p>
<p>Actually the upper classmen who live in the apartments that I've talked to tell me the contrary about apartment rates. Apartments are cheaper, but you have more responsibilities: furnishing the place, paying the bills, cooking your own food, etc. as oppose to paying a more expensive lump sum to have it all done for you in the dorms.</p>
<p>For the residential suites that have two bedrooms, is it two guys in each bedroom or one in each?</p>
<p>2-3 per bedroom. You can see the floor plan at:</p>
<p>jyancy: Thank you for correcting my information.</p>
<p>I always thought that frosh were not allowed into De Neve(/Sunset).</p>
<p>Do you know if Hedrick Summit and North Rieber are available for frosh as well?</p>
<p>Now that you've mentioned Sunset, I would love to be there.</p>
<p>Hedrick was nice (even with the construction), but the walk killed me (but provided much needed exercise).</p>
<p>Nicest residence halls?</p>
<p>Nicest dorms in general?</p>
<p>Rank?</p>
<p>Ok time for the current UCLA student to break all the myths.</p>
<p>First, dorms are now guaranteed for 3 years to all incoming freshmen. Their ultimate goal is to guarantee 4 years. </p>
<p>There are quite a few of freshmen who live in De Neve, as well as Sunset. Priority is given to non-freshmen, but not everyone wants to or can afford to live in De Neve/Sunset. </p>
<p>De Neve and Sunset are a lot more quiet and filled with more second years. If you really want to have a social environment, I highly recommend that you choose a Residence Hall. At first, I wanted to live in De Neve because it was really new, but I couldn't afford it, and ended up in a Residence Hall. Now I want to go back to the Residence Hall next year (although I'm getting placed at Sunset's Delta Terrace because I'm a Program Assistant there next year).</p>
<p>Here's the Residence Hall socialness rank, from high to low</p>
<p>Dykstra > Hedrick > Rieber > Sproul</p>
<p>Nevertheless, all the dorms are nice and adequate. You can't go wrong with where you choose. Like choosing colleges, just make sure your dorm is a good "fit" as well... both financially and more importantly, socially. </p>
<p>As for apartments, compared to most places, apartment renting rates are crazy. They're in high demand; it's hard to get one here. However, compared to living in the dorms, they are still cheaper. UCLA has one of the highest housing prices of all the UC's. But I guess property rates are higher in a nice area like Westwood. </p>
<p>to correct jyancy, there's actually 6 de neve buildings. and i actually think the most popular choice for 2nd years is Sproul (around 90% 2nd-years I've heard)... this is also where I live =)</p>
<p>The nice thing about UCLA dorms is that they're all close to each other and all close to the dorm food options on campus. Very convenient. </p>
<p>If you have any questions, feel free to ask on here.</p>
<p>:( The walk to Hedrick is like walking to class on campus, and having to trek the entire path uphill coming from class must be exhausting. Not sure about Hedrick Summit and North Rieber, I'm guessing if there are any spots left after we decide to pick our rooms, then they'll just do the lottery system as usual for incoming students who marked on their application that they'd be willing to pay the price for a single. </p>
<p>I like DeNeve for its private bathroom, purely preferencial (although its only cleaned once a week as oppose to daily in the RH's- some people say they make friends in the restrooms too waiting for shower stalls and such). </p>
<p>Out of all the dorms, I would say Birch (De Neve) is the nicest. You go down 1 flight of stairs for the de neve dining hall, its right in front of the DD parking structure (if youre lucky enough to get parking), and when you need to get to class, you don't have the extra walking the other RH's (w/ exception of Dysktra which is connected to Acacia-Deneve) have to do to get to the same starting point (especially helpful when you wake up late- Hedrick people probably take an extra 10 or so minute to get to the Deneve building stop light point to cross to get to campus). The downside about living in Deneve is you're right across the street from frat row, and it gets rowdy at night sometimes.</p>
<p>I only lived in Sproul for the residence halls (summer orientation) and I've visited Rieber, and of those 2 I prefer Rieber because it's closer to campus and the late night dining places (Puzzles and Bruin Cafe and also the Hilltop student store). RH's don't have a/c though as oppose to sunset and deneve but the weather wasn't unbearable during the summer and if you really wanted to, you could bring fans. Hopefully someone else who's had more experience living inside these places can help you out. They're lounges are pretty large though and the RH's tend to be well decorated, but this is really up to the students who live on the floor that year.</p>
<p>The ranking depends on your preferences: can you deal with a public bathroom? Is the public bathroom worth the social advantages? Do you prefer a more social floor where you can gain a lot of friends, or do you want a more quiet floor because of the study load you think you'll have to take on that year because of your major? </p>
<p>Personally I'd rank them:
DeNeve>Dykstra>Sunset>Reiber>Sproul>Hedrick</p>
<p>And for Deneve: Birch>Acacia>Cedar>Dogwood>Fir>Evergreen</p>
<p>Sunset is just one huge pentagonal maze and I don't know enough to rank the three sunset buildings</p>
<p>So what is usually the max tenure for students to live on campus? Do graduate students still live on campus most of the time?</p>
<p>Do we get to pick our roommate? One of my friends is also going to attend UCLA next year and was wondering if we could be roommates.</p>
<p>you get to be roommates with the person you want to room with if you both mutually request each other on the housing app. </p>
<p>graduate students dont live on campus... there's separate graduate housing elsewhere, plus most of them get apartments anyway. </p>
<p>for sunset socialness, i'd rank
Canyon Point > Courtside > Delta Terrace</p>
<p>**note on jyancy's post: i actually think he/she switched sproul and rieber around. summer orientation was at rieber. sproul is actually closer to campus, across from puzzles, and bruin cafe is actually right below it. A/C is not a big factor. you can get a fan and that will suffice. yes lounges are also bigger, but so are some of the sunset ones. as someone who lives in a residence hall, i NEVER had to wait for shower or any bathroom related stuff. in fact, its usually empty. you really do make more friends because of the residence hall living arrangements though.</p>
<p>yeah i did switch them around... whoops</p>
<p>So basically, the dorms are all pretty good and it comes down to personal preference.</p>
<p>I love Sunset Rec area!!</p>
<p>I definitely recommend res halls for first years. I have some friends who managed to get into Sunset and De Neve, and they just found it really difficult to meet people and make friends. Of course, if you're really really social, you can probably meet people anywhere, though if you're really really social you'd have a lot more fun in the res halls. The bathroom situation really isn't an issue. There's never been more than half of the stalls for either toilet or shower filled. I've never had to wait for a sink or for anything. If you want a quiet place to study, there are a lot of places on the res hill to go.</p>
<p>Yeah... the bathroom was only crowded during summer orientation because the majority of the people on my floor got up around the same time of day instead of getting up early and we all had to meet up with our counselor by a certain time so everyone needed the shower stalls. This occurance is very rare during the school year though (or should be and is according to res hall people).</p>