<p>LOL UCLAri</p>
<p>Basically, the Dykstra showers are set up like this: There are 6 stalls total. Each stall has its own door, not curtain. Outside of this shower area, there is a bench and a bunch of hooks, all of this is curtained off from the rest of the bathroom. </p>
<p>Most people put their towel over the shower stall, and either walk to their rooms with the towel or with a bathrobe that you can leave on the hook outside. Its really not very difficult.</p>
<p>UCLAri, take no offense but not everyone on here shares your opinion. You have had the privilege and ability to go to UCLA, graduate (or so I assume) and yet you come on here and act the fool with a bunch of prospective students? It does seem inconsistent. Take it from an "old woman", before telling othesr to "call the hell down" because they are alarmed at sharing a roommate with two people they don't know, why not be an example and show the maturity and decency of an actual college graduate with a lot of promise, as opposed to what we have all been witness to. (yes, I ended a sentence with a prep. lol)</p>
<p>Maybe when you grow up a little you'll see how much time you've wasted talking with a bunch of 17 year olds about......nothing. Certainly nothing they couldn't have learned on their own. Don't assume to know how other people feel and think.....that's terribly intolerant and insensitive.....</p>
<p>BruinMichelle,</p>
<p>Just because I'm older and have graduated doesn't mean I've lost my sense of humor. Being an adult doesn't mean you're dead inside. </p>
<p>As The Wolf said in Pulp Fiction, "If I'm curt with you, it's because time is a factor here. I think fast, I talk fast..." I just told everyone to calm down because it's not a big deal. In a quarter they'll hardly notice that two people live with them. What should I say instead? That they're in for hell? </p>
<p>I know not everyone shares my opinion, so what? I'm offering mine, and if you don't want it, read on.</p>
<p>i have two words for UCLAri: RAISE UP!!!</p>
<p>p.s. you give great answers.</p>
<p>I offer what little insight I can into the process. I don't honestly expect everyone to agree with me, but I think that I certainly can offer better insight into UCLA than most people who aren't students there, as well as most students.</p>
<p>UCLAri gives witty answers (or "insight" if u will). not everyone laughs at those kinds of answers.</p>
<p>This is true. I just figure that with all the extreme seriousness and overly nervous worrying I witness on these boards, the occasional chuckle or two helps.</p>
<p>I guess not always.</p>
<p>If you appeal a triple does it mean there is a good chance of being put in another facility or can you just move to a new room. Not really planning to appeal but I hope I don't get in a room with two close buddies and feel like an outsider. The thing I dislike most is that a desk will be under a bed and I am tired of bunk beds. I just recently got rid of my bunk beds at home and I don't like sleeping up on top and there will only be one bed on the bottom. also you have someone shaking your bed and stuff like that. I know they need to make room for everybody but there should be more choice.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, most appeals are not going to be met. I recommend that you just get to that room first and stake your claim.</p>
<p>i requested:</p>
<p>Residence Hall, Double
Theme Floor: Arts </p>
<p>I got a De Neve Triple and they don't even arrange the theme stuff till August! One of my friends requested a plaza, got a Hedrick triple and another one requested a SUITE and got a Hedrick triple too...LoL, what is this madness? </p>
<p>Should I switch with my plaza-wanting friend. Is it worth it to? I like the extra space and "niceness" I guess of a plaza, but I keep hearing "go to residence hall for a true social experience" blah blah. What should I do? Any opinions?</p>
<p>Because I really don't know you, I can't really say how De Neve suits your personality. I heard Plazas are nice (more private bathrooms) but that it's less social than residential halls. I think it shouldn't really matter because you can meet people through clubs and stuff, so being social is really up to you.</p>
<p>And yeah, it seems like this housing thing is messed up, but I hope we will all enjoy UCLA in the end. Perhaps someone need to reprogram the housing assignment thing.</p>
<p>I've always had my doubts about housing assignments. When I got here, I realized that my roommate and I had put down completely different roommate preferences, and so had most of the other people on my floor. I sometimes wonder if they even take that into account. That said, my roommate and I came in thinking that we would never get along since we're so different, but we get along perfectly, and have never had ANY conflicts.</p>
<p>"When I got here, I realized that my roommate and I had put down completely different roommate preferences, and so had most of the other people on my floor."</p>
<p>i think my experience is an anomaly because my roommates and i all put down the same roommate preferences. of course, none of us really sleep between 10-12pm lol</p>
<p>"none of us really sleep between 10-12pm"
omg u guys slept before 10 pm? =)</p>